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4.27.23
Kevin Escoffier's team works on plan after dismasting while 11th Hour Racing Team leads fleet north
Kevin Escoffier's team is down but not out after dismasting while leading Leg 4...
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Born in Rouen, Fabien Delahaye started sailing in Ouistreham on Optimist dinghies, then 420 and 470, where he joined the French Sailing Team (Youth) and took part in the European and World Championships. He continues to race, at the same time as his higher education, on the Figaro circuit.
In 2015, he joined Jean-Pierre Dick's team on the IMOCA St Michel-Virbac. Fabien took part with the skipper from Nice in the 2015 Transat Jacques Vabre, but the two sailors were forced to abandon the race after five days following a structural problem with the boat.
In 2017-2018, he took part in the crewed round the world race as a performance analyst on Dongfeng Race Team, where the Chinese crew managed by Charles Caudrelier won first place, which he considers to be the most beautiful trophy one can win, along with the Vendée Globe.
He is back on the Figaro circuit in 2019 but also keeps one foot in IMOCA with Team MACSF, where he will be taking part in the Transat Jacques Vabre with Isabelle Joscke.
Between his coaching activities, notably for Class40 stars (Yoann Richomme, Corentin Douguet, Martin Le Pape...), his role as a boat performance analyst and double-handed sailing, the Caen native has never been bored.
Between his activities as a coach, notably for Class40 stars (Yoann Richomme, Corentin Douguet, Martin Le Pape...), his hat as a boat performance analyst and double-handed sailing, the Caen native has never been bored. This experience enabled him to join the Swiss Holcim-PRB team, led by Kevin Escoffier, for The Ocean 2023, in performance, then as a sailor, in parallel with his Class40 Legallais project.
2023: The Ocean Race - 2nd overall on Holcim-PRB
2021: Transat Jacques Vabre - 12th (MACSF)
2021: Rolex Fastnet Race - 9th (MACSF)
2021: Double-handed Transat Concarneau-Saint Barthélémy - 14th
2021: Solo Maître CoQ - 10th
2020: Solitaire du Figaro - 6th
2019: Transat Jacques Vabre - 2nd (Class40)
2019: Solitaire URGO Le Figaro - 21st
Kevin Escoffier's team is down but not out after dismasting while leading Leg 4...
•••Skipper Kevin Escoffier has reported his team is safe after dismasting during leg 4 of The Ocean Race.
•••For the crewed round-the-world race with stopovers, Kevin Escoffier, the reigning winner of the Volvo Ocean Race (2017-18), has chosen to be accompanied by experienced sailors, but also by younger talents. A crew with va…
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