Boris Herrmann

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Herrmann on the Neutrogena (left, with black and white sails) at the start of the Barcelona World Race 2010/2011

Boris Herrmann (born May 28, 1981 in Oldenburg ) is a German professional sailor .

Sporting successes

In 2000 Herrmann was the youngest participant and the only German to reach 11th place in the Mini-Transat in the series boat classification. In 2006 he became Vice European Champion and in 2007 German Champion in the 505 class . In spring 2008, won Herrmann with the Beluga Offshore Sailing Team in the Artemis Transat - a spin-off of the OSTAR for professional sailor - second place in Class 40 .

In 2008/2009 Herrmann and his co-skipper Felix Oehme won the Portimão Global Ocean Race with the Beluga Racer - a regatta in five stages around the world for Class 40 boats (1st stage: Portimão, Portugal – Cape Town, South Africa; 2nd stage) Stage: Cape Town – Wellington, New Zealand, 3rd stage Wellington – Ilhabela, Brazil, 4th stage Ilhabela – Charleston, USA and 5th stage Charleston back to Portimão). For the first time after the Whitbread Round the World Race (renamed Volvo Ocean Race in 2001 ) in 1989/1990, a German professional team achieved a stage victory on a German ship and ultimately even the overall victory in an international ocean race . He was the first German participant to take part in the Barcelona World Race 2010/2011 and, together with his teammate Ryan Breymaier, achieved 5th place.

In autumn 2016, Herrmann, as a crew member of the Idec trimaran, attempted to circumnavigate the world in record time. This attempt had to be canceled after six days due to the weather.

In November 2018 Herrmann took part in the IMOCA 60 ' category with his Malizia II on the Route du Rhum ( Saint-Malo - Pointe-à-Pitre ) and came fifth in the overall standings after 13 days, 3 hours, 47 minutes and 30 seconds .

Boris Herrmann wants to be the first German to participate in the prestigious Vendée Globe in 2020/2021 with the yacht Seaexplorer (ex: Malizia II ex: Edmond de Rothschild ) .

Awards

  • 2009: Trans-Ocean Prize
  • 2010: German Offshore Award - Senate Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Atlantic crossing with Greta Thunberg

In August 2019 Herrmann brought the climate activist Greta Thunberg on the yacht Malizia II from southern England Plymouth to New York City where it performed at climate summit during the UN General Assembly September 23 to 29 2019. discussions on the Framework Convention on Climate of the United Nations wants to participate . Apart from Herrmann, the crew consisted of Greta's father Svante Thunberg , the filmmaker Nathan Grossman and Pierre Casiraghi , the founder of the Malizia team and Herrmann's co-skipper. 14 days were planned for crossing the North Atlantic. On August 14, 2019, the tour group set off from Plymouth to cross the Atlantic under heavy media coverage. The Malizia II reached its destination on August 28, 2019.

According to media reports, however, the trip caused significantly greater greenhouse gas emissions than if Greta had flown to the USA with her father. According to the team, several employees will sail the yacht back to Europe and will have to travel by plane to the United States. Herrmann himself will also take the plane for the return journey. The extensive media coverage of her departure from Plymouth probably caused more CO 2 emissions than a simple flight. In connection with this trip, Casiraghi's climate-critical activities as the majority shareholder of the airline Monacair came into the focus of reporting. However, the Malizia team has been offsetting its entire CO 2 emissions, including all flights, through compensation payments since 2018 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Herrmann crew breaks off record attempt. In: yacht.de , November 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ Cartography Tracking IMOCA tracking.routedurhum.com. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ All alone on Everest of the Seas faz.net. From August 1, 2018
  4. ↑ TO-Preis2009 trans-Ocean.org. Retrieved August 1, 2018
  5. ↑ German Offshore Owners Association Boris Herrmann and Felix Oehme win German Offshore Award ger-oo.de on February 15, 2010
  6. ^ Before sailing trip to America: Best circumnavigator has an important message for Greta Thunberg. In: Float Magazin on Focus Online , July 31, 2019, accessed on August 11, 2019.
  7. ↑ Sophie Laufer: This is what Greta Thunberg expects on Boris Herrmann's sailing yacht. In: Hamburger Abendblatt , August 9, 2019, accessed on August 11, 2019.
  8. ↑ Greta Thunberg arrived in New York . In: Spiegel Online , August 28, 2019.
  9. ↑ Jost Maurin: Greta's trip more harmful than flight. In: TAZ , August 15, 2019, accessed on the same day.
  10. ↑ Benedikt Fuest: Now Greta Thunberg's sailing trip is no longer clean. In: Die Welt , August 15, 2019, accessed on the same day.
  11. ↑ Sailing trips should be more harmful to the climate than air travel. In: Die Zeit , August 15, 2019, accessed on August 16, 2019.
  12. ↑ Isn't Greta Thunberg's sailing trip to New York climate-friendly after all? In: Spiegel Online , August 15, 2019, accessed on August 16, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Like camping on a roller coaster". In: Der Tagesspiegel , August 17, 2019, accessed on August 18, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Herrmann, Boris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sailor
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg