Paul Meilhat

Paul Meilhat (born 17 May 1982) is a French sailor and navigator. He was a high level 49er dinghy sailor with Olympic aspirations before moving into offshore sailing. From 2015 to the end of 2018 he was skipper of the IMOCA 60 - SMA and he competed in the Vendee Globe.

Rankings

2019:

• 7th - Transat Jaque Vabre on Initiatives cœur with Sam Davies
• 7th - Défi Azimut
• 5th - Rolex Fastnet Race

2018:

• winner of the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe in the IMOCA category on SMA in 12 days, 11 hours, 23 minutes and 18 seconds; 6th overall
• winner of the Monaco Globes series, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet
• winner of the Bermuda 1000 Race - Douarnenez Cascais

2017:

• winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet on IMOCA SMA
• 2nd in the Transat Jacques Vabre, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet on IMOCA SMA
• RET for the 2016-2017 Vendee Globe with keel issues

2016:

• 4th in the Transat New York-Vendée.
• 4th in The Transat

2015:

• winner of the SNSM record, doubles with Michel Desjoyeaux, in 37 hours, 4 minutes and 23 seconds

2014:

• 1st - Transat AG2R with Gwénolé Gahinet on "Safran Guy Cotten"

2012:

• 4th - Transat AG2R with Fabien Delahaye on "Macif"

2007

• 31st - ISAF Sailing World Championships Cascais, POR

2006

• 34th - 49er World Championship - Aix Les Bains, FRA

2005

• 29th - 49er World Championship, Moscow, RUS

2004

• 68th - 49er World Championship (Olympic Qualifier), Athens, GRE

References

External links

• Paul Meilhat at World Sailing
• Paul Meilhat at the Fédération Française de Voile (in French)
• Official website