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Bernard Stamm

Cheminées Poujoulat

Born on 29th November 1963 in Saint-Prex (Switzerland)
Lives in Saint-Pabu (Brittany, France)
IMOCA Skipper since 2000

www.bernardstamm.com


  Bernard Stamm's life has been linked with the sea since the age of two, lake-sailing with his parents  Switzerland, then a brief career in the Swiss merchant navy followed by a period as boatbuilder and cruising boat skipper. A conviction that he "was born to be at sea" was confirmed during a spectacular and successful, singlehanded racing debut in the Mini class during the mid-1990's.

"The objective is always to win all the races you take part in"

With drive and determination that has become a trademark, Stamm juggled his Mini Transat racing campaign with building a Pierre Rolland designed Open 60 for the 2000-2001 Vendée Globe, non-stop, solo, round-the-world race. Faced with a near-impossible schedule, the boat's construction programme overran and Stamm was forced to retire from the Vendée in the early stages through autopilot failure. This scale of disaster would devastate many skippers, but Stamm - joined by a small team - sailed immediately to New York and, after waiting for a suitable weather window, scorched across the North Atlantic setting two new records: the crewed transatlantic time (8d 20h 55m 35s) and the crewed monohull 24 hour speed record (467.1 miles).


"I like solitude, but I also really like people!"

A series of intense depressions swept through the Open 60 fleet in early June 2004 during The Transat race, dismasting two of the leading boats and causing a dangerous crisis for Stamm as his keel detached completely, inverting the yacht 400 miles from the coast of Newfoundland. Through co-ordination with MRCC Halifax, the skipper was plucked from his stricken yacht by the crew of a tanker and taken to St. Johns, Newfoundland, where - within a matter of hours - Stamm boarded an ice breaking tug and began planning a salvage operation. After a three-day, mid-Atlantic search, skipper and yacht were reunited and, in typical style, Stamm volunteered to make the dangerous dive beneath the boat to cut away the mast and rigging.
 

Results

- 2008: 3rd in the Record SNSM
- 2007: Winner of the IMOCA Championship. 2nd in Rolex Fastnet. 3rd in Transat Jacques Vabre
- 2006: Co-holder of the Atlantic record crossing on Orange II.  Winner of the Rolex Fastnet. Co-holder of the Jules Verne Trophy on Orange II
- 2003: 4th in the Calais Round Britian Race. Winner of Around Alone. World FICO/IMOCA champion.
- 2002: Winner of Leg 2 in Around Alone race. Single-handed 60ft monohull Atlantic record (10d 11h 55m 19s). Winner of Leg 1 in Around Alone race. Record set between England and South Africa in a 60ft monohull (29d  21h 59m 45s). 2nd in Marseilles Grand Prix. 2nd in Rubicon Regatta. 3rd in Larmor Grand Prix.
- 2001: 8th in Transat Jacques Vabre. Winner of Fastnet Race in 60ft monohull class. 3rd in Quiberon Grand Prix. Crewed monohull record for an Atlantic crossing (8d 20h 55m)


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