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CHAMPIONSHIP SKIPPERS
| 2009 Imoca World Championship | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Marc Guillemot | 362pts |
| 2. | Michel Desjoyeaux | 357pts |
| 3. | Armel Le Cleach | 338pts |
| 4. | Samantha Davies | 321pts |
| 5. | Vincent Riou | 304pts |
| 6. | Dee Caffari | 295pts |
| 7. | Arnaud Boissières | 292pts |
| 8. | Brian Thompson | 281pts |
| 9. | Steve White | 250pts |
| 10. | Richard Wilson | 220pts |
| 11. | Raphaël Dinelli | 210pts |
| 12. | Norbert Sedlacek | 200pts |
| 13. | Kito De Pavant | 59pts |
| 14. | Loïck Peyron | 52pts |
| 15. | Yann Eliès | 44pts |
| 16. | Roland Jourdain | 39pts |
| 17. | Mike Golding | 36pts |
| 18. | Jérémie Beyou | 33pts |
| 19. | Yannick Bestaven | 32pts |
| 20. | Alex Pella | 30pts |
| 21. | Pachi Rivero | 18pts |
| 22. | Guillermo Altadill | 16pts |
| 23. | Jean-Pierre Dick | 8pts |
| 24. | Marc Thiercelin | 4pts |
| 25. | Unai Basurko | 0pts |
| 26. | Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty | 0pts |
| 27. | Derek Hatfield | 0pts |
| 28. | Sébastien Josse | 0pts |
| 29. | Jean Le Cam | 0pts |
| 30. | Jonathan Malbon | 0pts |
| 31. | Bernard Stamm | 0pts |
| 32. | Alex Thomson | 0pts |
| 33. | Dominique Wavre | 0pts |
Arnaud Boissières
Born on 20th July 1972 in Bordeaux (Aquitaine, France)
Lives in La Teste (Aquitaine, France)
IMOCA Skipper since 2007
www.akenaverandas.com/voile
Arnaud Boissières (aka “Cali”) has been steering his professional sailing career with determination for 13 years. After an A-Level specializing in literature and a degree in geography in 1995, Arnaud moves on to yacht deliveries, and enters the Figaro circuit where he races alongside Pascal Bidégorry. On the technical front, he integrates the Team Aquitaine shore crew, and becomes Catherine Chabaud’s “preparateur”. 
Working as a skipper in the West Indies from 1996 to 1998, Cali nevertheless stays in touch with Yves Parlier and manages to deliver his Open 60’ back to Europe on three occasions. Naturally, that type of experience does nothing to tame Arnaud’s desire to become a professional offshore racer! Meeting an old friend who has just competed in the Mini Transat seals his fate, and in 1999 he is on the starting line of that same grueling race.
Finishing 11th in the second leg after having dismasted in the first, he decides to have another shot at the event and puts together a structure with his friend Yannick Bestaven: the two skippers manage to build two brand new boats, and in 2001, Yannick wins the Mini Transat while Arnaud finishes 3rd! He then takes an active part in the Figaro circuit (competing in the Solitaire and AG2R Transat), and becomes skipper of Solune (60-ft racer). After several seasons in Great-Britain and a few records broken (Round Ireland…), he now enters The Artemis Transat aboard Seb Josse’s former VMI, renamed Akena Vérandas, on which he aims to take part in the next Vendée Globe.
Results
- 2008: 7th of The Artemis Transat 2008
- 2007: 12th of the Transat Jacques Vabre, 9th of the Transat B to B
- 2006: 2nd of the RORC Championship
- 2005: Record of the Ireland Tour
- 2005: 1st in 50 feet of the Route de l’Equateur
- 2004: Transat Ag2r, Solitaire du Figaro
- 2003: Solitaire du Figaro
- 2002: Transat Ag2r, Solitaire du Figaro
- 2001: 3rd of the Mini Transat aboard Aquarelle.com, 3rd of the Mini Fastnet aboard Aquarelle.com
- 2000: 3rd Triangle du Soleil
- 1999: 6th Transgascogne
- 1998: 2nd Estivale Mini, 4th of the Championnat de France Espoirs
Press Contact: Matthieu Honoré agence@effetsmer.com