Patrice Carpentier

Patrice Carpentier

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1950-01-10) 10 January 1950 (age 74) Falaise, Calvados

Patrice Carpentier is a French professional sailor born on 10 January 1950 in Falaise, Calvados.[1]^[better source needed]

He holds a BA in letters. Married with four children, he lives in La Trinidad-sur-Mer.

He writes for Race Au Large and SeaHorse Magazine. He became race director for the 2018 Golden Globe race.[2]

Career highlights

Year	Pos	Events	Class	Boat Name	Note	Ref.
Round the World Races
1973	3	1973–1974 Whitbread Round the World Race	Maxi	Grand Louis	Skippered by André Viant	[2]
1977	6	1977–1978 Whitbread Round the World Race	Maxi	Gauloises 2	Skippered by Eric Loizeau	[2]
1989	RET	1989-1990 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Le Nouvel Observateur	Completed the course after autopilot issues so stopped in the Falklands
2001	11	2000-2001 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	VM Matériaux	116d 00h 32'
2005	RET	2004-2005 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	VM Matériaux	broken boom
Transoceanic Races
1982	1	Route du Rhum
1991	2	Mini Transat Race	Mini Transat 6.50
1992	6	Transat AG2R
2005	RET	OSTAR	Open 40s	VM Materiaux		[3]
2008	ABD	TRANSAT QUEBEC SAINT MALO	Class40	22 - Les Entreprises Lorraines	Luc LAJOYE, Jean-Philippe TOTOT, Cora ZIMMERMAN	[4]
2009	12	LA SOLIDAIRE DU CHOCOLAT	Class40	22 - Group 5	Crew Victor MALDONADO 32d 19h 24m 00s	[4]
Other Races
1981	1	Solitaire du Figaro		l'Auto-Journal
2007	7	MORBIHAN MONDIAL CLASS40	Class40	22 - Groupe 5		[4]
2007	4	MATONDO CONGO	Class40	22 - Centre D'accueil des Mineurs de Mvoumvou	Crew Adrien MONSEMPES, Benoit LENGLET	[4]
2009	RET	1000 MILLES BRITTANY FERRIES	Class40	22 - Group 5	Crew Rune AASBERG	[4]
2010	2	HAPPY BAIE! A LA TRINITE SUR MER	Class40	85 - Groupe Picoty	Jacques FOURNIER, Jean-Edouard CRIQUIOCHE, Jean-Christophe CASO, Nicolas CHARMET	[4]

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  VM Matériaux
  Patrice Carpentier
  Departing for 2004 Vendée Globe

References

1. "Patrice Carpentier, horoscope for birth date 10 January 1950, born in Falaise, with Astrodatabank biography - Astro-Databank". www.astro.com.
2. "GGR Race Director Appointment". 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
3. World, Yachting (June 6, 2005). "Patrice Carpentier retires from OSTAR". Yachting World.
4. "Class 40 Skipper Profile Page". Retrieved 2021-01-31.