Anne Liardet (born April 16, 1961 in Bourges) is a French female offshore professional sailor.
Biography Her father is a teacher who moved to teach at Brest Graduate School of Arts when she was one year old. The family moved to Sainte-Anne-du-Portzic she was introduced to sailing by her father. After leaving school she started work for a sailmaker but within two years she moved into working in a boatyards preparation ocean racing boats. Working in the world of offshore racing at a shipyard and then on various sailing yacht she already imagines herself aboard the boats she prepares. She is the mother of three children Morgan, Manon and Margot, whom she had with partner and fellow offshore sailor Jo Le Guen where they live in Daoulas, Finistère.
Sailing career She is the third woman to finish a Vendée Globe solo yacht race following Catherine Chabaud in 1997 and Ellen MacArthur in 2001. She attempted to return to professional sailing to compete in the 2012-2013 Vendee Globe but failed to raise the funds. In 2021 she returned to offshore sailing mounting a Mini Transat campaign.
Results highlights
PosYearRace Class Boat name Notes Ref. 1983 Brest-Bermuda-Brest Pen Duick VI 1 1985 2 Person Mini Transat Mini Transat 6.50 with B Audrezet 10 1985 Mini Transat Race Mini Transat 6.50 Piz Buin 1st woman 1 1985 Mini Fastnet solo Mini Transat 6.50 24 1986 Solitaire du Figaro Beneteau Figaro Normerel 1st in a standard boat 2 1987 100 miles of Concarneau Normerel 9 1987 Half Ton Cup Half Ton Class Normerel held in La Rochelle 10 1987 Solitaire du Figaro Beneteau Figaro 1990 Route du Rhum Multi CTL 9 2003 Atlantic Challenge (Bahia - La Rochelle) 12 2004 The Transat IMOCA 60 Quiksilver 8 2005 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Roxy (1) 19d 14h 24m with 11 2005 Rolex Fastnet Race IMOCA 60 Roxy (1) 11 2005 2004–2005 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Roxy (1) 8 2006 Route du Rhum IMOCA 60 Roxy (2) 2 2007 Transat Jacques Vabre Class40 40 Degrees with
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