| Age | 39 (12/11/80) |
|---|---|
| Top performance | 8th of the Bermudes 1000 Race 2019 |
| Joined Imoca on | 2019 |
| Team | Team Envol |
| Base | TOULON |
| Partners | Yacht Club de Toulon, Bexter, Les Monsieur Madame, Gateway Immobilier, 4W, Advanced Tracking, Biotechni |
Clément Giraud is not a skipper from an offshore racing mould. He has turned his life into a maritime adventure trying out all the different boats: Mini, TP52, Volvo, Class America, Orma, Farr40, on all the seas of the globe, from the Caribbean, where he lived until he was 18, to the far North and down to Polynesia.
Passionate about technology, he’s got a handle on the mechanics, the sail loft element and he’s built two boats.
In 2007, he prepared Sébastien Roubinet’s expedition, the north-west passage, under sail alone.
A few years later, he took his family (his wife and two kids aged 2 and 3 years old at the time) to explore the Pacific Islands. Clément doesn’t enjoy discovering new things on his own; the sharing of experiences, transmission and human relations lie at the heart of all his projects.
Slowly but surely, by dint of salt sea voyages and wet regattas right across the globe, Clément says he’s sure to end up going around…
Collective strength
Fortil will support him through to the Vendée Globe 2020. This young, expanding company, specialising in engineering consultancy, and developing a series of innovative management methods, recognises itself in Clément’s project: collective strength at the service of the individual and individual performance at the service of the collective. A furious desire to share and transmit also brings them together. Clément was keen to have a community-based project, geared towards numerous associations.
2020: Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne - 16th
2019: Bermudes 1000 Race - 8th
2015: World Champion 15 mJI on Mariska
2009: America’s Cup World Series
2007: North Pole Expedition 2009 - Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series
2005: Mini-Transat solo -11th
- 129 regattas and races, in multihulls and monohulls, all over the world
- More than 25 wins and 40 podiums
- 135,000 miles covered with crew, 20,000 in doubles, 22,000 in solo
| Name | COMPAGNIE DU LIT / JILITI |
|---|---|
| Sail number | FRA 83 |
| Architect | Farr Yacht Design |
| Construction | 2006, JMV Industries, Cherbourg |
| Former names | DELTA DORE, Bureau Vallée, Vers un monde sans sida |
| Length | 18,28 m |
| Beam | 5,75 m |
| Draught | 4,50 m |
| Weight | 8,5 tonnes |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Mât classique |
| Foils | No |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | 300 m2 |
| Downwind | 620 m2 |
| 2020 | Vendée Globe |
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Given the current public health situation and the economic difficulties that have arisen, there was the fear that some sailors who had not completed their budget for the Vendée Globe might have found it hard to find spon…
•••Line crossing and first words of Arnaud Boissières, Manu Cousin, Clément Giraud and Miranda Merron.
•••The skipper of Vers un monde sans Sida, crossed the finish line in Les Sables d’Olonne this Wednesday 15 July at 08h 03’ 27’’ (French time) after 11 days, 16 hours, 33 minutes and 19 seconds of racing.
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