Pascal Bidégorry, born the 15th January 1968 in Bayonne (France), is a french yachtsman and sailing champion.

He entered the Team Banque Populaire in 2004 as the skipper of the trimaran

Trimaran

A trimaran is a multihulled boat consisting of a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls , attached to the main hull with lateral struts...

 Banque Populaire IV.
He was, from february 2010 to april 2011, the skipper of the largest and fastest trimaran

Trimaran

A trimaran is a multihulled boat consisting of a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls , attached to the main hull with lateral struts...

 in the world, Banque Populaire V

Banque Populaire V

The offshore-racing trimaran Banque Populaire V is Team Banque Populaire's fifth boat designed to set oceanic records. She was launched on October 4, 2008 in Nantes, France....

 (40 m long), to attempt the great offshore records.

Sailing career

• 2000:
  • Winner of the Solitaire du Figaro
    Solitaire du Figaro
    The Solitaire du Figaro, previously called the Course de l'Aurore, is a solo multi-stage sailing race created in 1970 by Jean-Louis Guillemard and Jean-Michel Barrault...
    
    
  • 2nd of the French Championship single-handed.
  • 3rd of the Transat Ag2r
• 2001:
  • 3rd of the Tour de France à la voile
    Tour de France à la voile
    Tour de France à la voile is an annual yachting race around the coast of France. Inaugurated in 1978, it links the English Channel to the French Riviera and is held in July....
    
    
• 2002:
  • 2nd of the Tour de France à la voile
    Tour de France à la voile
    Tour de France à la voile is an annual yachting race around the coast of France. Inaugurated in 1978, it links the English Channel to the French Riviera and is held in July....
    
    
• 2003:
  • 4th of the Solitaire du Figaro
    Solitaire du Figaro
    The Solitaire du Figaro, previously called the Course de l'Aurore, is a solo multi-stage sailing race created in 1970 by Jean-Louis Guillemard and Jean-Michel Barrault...
    
    
  • 6th of the Transat Jacques Vabre
    Transat Jacques Vabre
    The Transat Jacques Vabre is a yachting race that follows the historic coffee trading route between France and Brazil.The course was drawn up back in 1993 to follow in the wake of the clippers transporting coffee from Brazil to France. The Transat Jacques Vabre is a major date on the calendar,...
    
    
• 2004:
  • 2nd of the Transat Ag2r
• 2005:
  • Winner of the Transat Jacques Vabre
    Transat Jacques Vabre
    The Transat Jacques Vabre is a yachting race that follows the historic coffee trading route between France and Brazil.The course was drawn up back in 1993 to follow in the wake of the clippers transporting coffee from Brazil to France. The Transat Jacques Vabre is a major date on the calendar,...
    
     on 60 ft (18 m) multihull.
  • Winner of the IB Group Challenge
• 2006:
  • 2nd of the Route du Rhum
    Route du Rhum
    The Route du Rhum is a transatlantic single-handed yacht race, which takes places every 4 years in November. The course is between Saint Malo, Brittany, France and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France...
    
     2006
• 2009:
  • Transatlantic record
    Transatlantic sailing record
    Since the five-weeks voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, crossing the Atlantic, fast and safely, between Europe and America has always been an important issue. Today, the route has become a classic one among skippers...
    
     (crewed), on Banque Populaire V
    Banque Populaire V
    The offshore-racing trimaran Banque Populaire V is Team Banque Populaire's fifth boat designed to set oceanic records. She was launched on October 4, 2008 in Nantes, France....
    
    , in 3 days, 15 hours, 25 minutes and 48 seconds, at an average speed of 32.94 knots (64.6 km/h).
  • 24 hour distance record
    Speed sailing record
    Speed sailing records are sanctioned, since 1972, by the World Sailing Speed Record Council . Records are measured either by average speed over a specified distance or by total distance traveled during a specified time interval...
    
     on Banque Populaire V
    Banque Populaire V
    The offshore-racing trimaran Banque Populaire V is Team Banque Populaire's fifth boat designed to set oceanic records. She was launched on October 4, 2008 in Nantes, France....
    
    , with 908.2 nautical miles (1,682 km), at an average speed of 37.84 knots (74.2 km/h).

External links

• The official page of Pascal Bidegorry