Hervé Laurent

French offshore sailor and navigator

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Hervé Laurent
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1957-05-02) 2 May 1957 (age 67) Lorient

Hervé Laurent is a French sailor born on 2 May 1957 in Lorient, (Morbihan). He competed in the Vendee Globe round the yacht race twice in 1996^[1] and 2004.

Career highlights

Year	Pos	Race	Class	Boat Name	Notes	Ref.
Round the World Races
2005	DNF	2004-2005 Vendee Globe	IMOCA 60	UUDS	Retired rudder problems	^[2]^[3]
1996	3	1996-1997 Vendee Globe	IMOCA 60	Groupe LG-Traitmat	114 days 16hrs 43mins	^[4]^[5]
Trans Oceanic Races
2007	11	Transat Jacques Vabre		Maisonneuve
2005	7	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	UUDS
2004	7	Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race	IMOCA 60	UUDS
2002	1	Transat AG2r	Beneteau Figaro 2	COLBERT ORCO	with Rodolphe Jacq	^[6]
1996	8	Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race	IMOCA 60	Groupe LG1
1994		Route du Rhum
1993	4	Transat Jacques Vabre
1992	4	1992 OSTAR Race	60 ft T	Took Took		^[7]
Other Results
2008		Tour de France à la Voile
1995		Solitaire du Figaro

References

^ "Vendee 1996_97 Results". solocircumnavigation.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ World, Yachting (5 December 2004). "Damage affects Vendee fleet". Yachting World. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "Document sans titre". www.histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "Sailing - Hervé Laurent (France)". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "Document sans titre". www.histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "2002 • Transat AG2R - SeaSailSurf®". www.seasailsurf.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "The Royal Western Yacht Club of England | OSTAR 1992". Retrieved 27 March 2021.