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Samantha Davies

Born on 23rd August 1974 in Great Britain
Lives in La Forêt-Fouesnant (Brittany, France)
IMOCA Skipper since 2007

www.roxysailing.com

 
Sam has been displaying an impressive amount of consistency and perseverance since 2001, the year she managed to capture the 11th place in the Mini Transat. Moving on after this first important step, the young Briton competed in top-level events in various classes, often sailing alongside some of the prominent Anglo-Saxon skippers like Shirley Robertson (Olympic preparation), Nick Moloney (Transat Jacques Vabre) or Tracy Edwards (Maiden II records campaign).


Sam has also been a member of Ellen MacArthur and Mark Turner’s Offshore Challenges Sailing Team, skippering the Skandia Figaro – on this very demanding solo One-Design circuit, she impressed her rivals with her boating skills and stamina. But Sam has also acquired valuable academic credentials, having notably completed a Master in Engineering at Cambridge University shortly before switching to a professional sailing career. Having been raised within an ocean-loving family, she started sailing as a very young child and lived around the Solent, Britain’s racing Mecca.


In the Roxy Team, Sam now has the helm of the famous Open 60 which won the Vendée Globe two times in a row, and this new challenge doesn’t scare the young girl, who finished seventh in last winter singlehanded Brazil to Brittany transat… It is also worth mentioning that the young British skipper is the ambassador for “The Brightside Trust”, a charity committed to creating educational opportunities.


Results

> 5th of The Artemis Transat 2008
> Two entries in the transat Ag2r in 2006, 2004 – Best finish in 2004: 5th
> Four entries in the Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro in 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003 – Best finish in 2003: 19th and 2nd rookie
> Two entries in the Générali Solo in 2005 and 2004 – Best finish in 2004: 12th- 2005: Trophée BPE: 5th
- 2004: Championnat de France de Course au Large: 10th, Course des Falaises: 13th
- 2003: Transat Jaques Vabre: 6th (with Nick Moloney), Route du Ponant: 14th, Tour de Bretagne: 18th  (with E. Westmacott),
Générali Méditerranée: 24th
- 2002: Crew member on the Maxi-Catamaran Maiden II (ex-Club Med)
Records: 24 Hours, Cross-Channel, Round Britain & Ireland and Antigua - Newport
- 2001: Mini Transat: 11th and 2nd woman, Mini-Pavois: 6th, Select 6.50: 9th

Press Contact:

 

- France: Cathy Rourre at contact@agence-op.fr
- Great Britain: Justine Ozoux at justine@pitchpr.co.uk 

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