Patrice Carpentier is a French professional sailor born on 10 January 1950 in Falaise, Calvados.
He holds a BA in letters. Married with four children, he lives in La Trinidad-sur-Mer.
He writes for Race Au Large and SeaHorse Magazine. He became race director for the 2018 Golden Globe race.
Career highlights
YearPosEventsClassBoat nameNoteRef.Round the world races 1973 3 1973–1974 Whitbread Round the World Race Maxi Grand Louis Skippered by André Viant 1977 6 1977–1978 Whitbread Round the World Race Maxi Gauloises 2 Skippered by Eric Loizeau 1989 RET 1989-1990 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Le Nouvel Observateur Completed the course after autopilot issues so stopped in the Falklands 2001 11 2000-2001 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 VM Matériaux 116d 00h 32' 2005 RET 2004-2005 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 VM Matériaux broken boom Transoceanic Races 1982 1 Route du Rhum 1991 2 Mini Transat Race Mini Transat 6.50 1992 6 Transat AG2R 2005 RET OSTAR Open 40s VM Materiaux 2008 ABD TRANSAT QUEBEC SAINT MALO Class40 22 - Les Entreprises Lorraines Luc LAJOYE,Jean-Philippe TOTOT,Cora ZIMMERMAN 2009 12 LA SOLIDAIRE DU CHOCOLAT Class40 22 - Group 5 Crew Victor MALDONADO32d 19h 24m 00s Other Races 1981 1 Solitaire du Figaro l'Auto-Journal 2007 7 MORBIHAN MONDIAL CLASS40 Class40 22 - Groupe 5 2007 4 MATONDO CONGO Class40 22 - Centre D'accueil des Mineurs de Mvoumvou Crew Adrien MONSEMPES,Benoit LENGLET 2009 RET 1000 MILLES BRITTANY FERRIES Class40 22 - Group 5 Crew Rune AASBERG 2010 2 HAPPY BAIE! A LA TRINITE SUR MER Class40 85 - Groupe Picoty Jacques FOURNIER,Jean-Edouard CRIQUIOCHE,Jean-Christophe CASO,Nicolas CHARMET
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