Boris Herrmann
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Sailing career
In 2001 Boris Herrmann was the youngest (and only German) participant in the Mini Transat race, a single-handed yacht race across the Atlantic. He came to finish eleventh which earned him his first larger appearance in the yachting press. In 2006 Herrmann finished second in the European Championship as well as in the German Championship in the 505505 (dinghy)
The International 505 is a one-design high-performance two-person monohull planing centerboard dinghy, with spinnaker, utilizing a trapeze for the crew...
class. In spring 2008 Herrmann sailed his Class 40 yacht “Beluga Racer” to a second in the Artemis Transat, the oldest transatlantic regatta for single-handed yachts.
Boris Herrmann won the Portimão Global Ocean Race
Portimão Global Ocean Race
The Portimão Global Ocean Race is a yachting race which was held in 2008/2009 for the first time.The race was created for single- and doublehanded yachts and small budgets. The two former professional yachtsmen Josh Hall and Brian Hancock were the initiators of the race...
, a five leg regatta around the world for Class 40 boats. He and his co-skipper Felix Oehme
Felix Oehme
- Sportive successes :End of 2006, Felix Oehme sailed with a five man crew over the Atlantic and received the second prize of the Stiftung Hochseesegeln for this performance. In September 2006 and 2008 he successfully represented Germany at the World University Match race...
(the Beluga Offshore Sailing Team) came to win three of the five legs of the race, and left behind the team Desafio Cabo de Hornos. This makes them the first German professional team on a German yacht to win a leg of an international trans-ocean race and the whole race itself.
Sources
- Article at Seglermagazin.de Artemis Transat 2008: Boris Herrmann sensationell Zweiter 30. Mai 2008
- Article at Manager Magazin "Man liegt immer auf der Lauer" 15. November 2008
- Article at Spiegel Online Deutsche Segler mit historischem Erfolg 16. November 2008
- Article at Spiegel Online Herrmann und Oehme gewinnen Portimão Global Race 21. Juni 2009