Paul Meilhat

French offshore sailor and navigator

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Paul Meilhat
Personal information

Nationality	French
Born	(1982-05-17) 17 May 1982 (age 42)

Sailing career
Club	Brest Bretagne Nautisme

Paul Meilhat (born 17 May 1982) is a French sailor and navigator.^[1] 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^[2]
7th - Défi Azimut^[1]
5th - Rolex Fastnet Race^[1]

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 ^[3]
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^[4]

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^[5]

2006

34th - 49er World Championship - Aix Les Bains, FRA^[5]

2005

29th - 49er World Championship, Moscow, RUS^[5]

2004

68th - 49er World Championship (Olympic Qualifier), Athens, GRE^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Paul MEILHAT". www.imoca.org. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ "Map and rankings - Transat Jacques Vabre - Site Officiel". www.transatjacquesvabre.org. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ "Fiche régatier". www.ffvoile.fr. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ "Major keel damage for Paul Meilhat in the 2016 Vendée Globe". BoatsNews.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Paul Meilhat". members.sailing.org. World Sailing. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022.