Francis Joyon

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Joyon at the Route du Rhum 2014 (6th place)
Arrival in Brest for Idec 2 on March 17th, 2013
Joyon in the harbor of the Brest Fortress (2013)
The Idec 2 at the start of the Route du Rhum 2010
The Idec 2 in Brest 2008

Francis Joyon (born May 28, 1956 in Hanches , Département Eure-et-Loir , France ) is a French high seas regatta - and record sailor. Among other things, he won the renowned one-handed transatlantic regatta OSTAR in 2000 and the Fastnet race in 2001 .

In 2004 Joyon circled the world as a single-handed sailor - second after Nigel Tetley - on a multihull boat , the Trimaran Idec , and set several single-handed speed records in the process. Four years later he broke world records again in an even faster one-handed circumnavigation on the same boat. In 2016/2017, Joyon and a five-person crew set a new record for the fastest circumnavigation of the world with almost 41 days of sailing on the Idec .

In 2008 Joyon was named Sailor of the Year ( marin de l'année ) by the French Association of Sailors , the Fédération française de voile .

Life

Joyon learned to sail when he was an 18-year-old volunteer helping to maintain the boats and other equipment at the French sailing school Les Glénans . As a result, he also learned at other sailing schools and eventually gained access to ocean regattas. When he found the unused hulls of the Elf Aquitaine catamaran in the port of La Trinité-sur-Mer , in which there are often larger boats used by ocean-going sailors , he built his own boat out of it.

As the professionalization of offshore regattas increased and demanded more and more marketing from the sailors, Joyon said he was looking for a niche to continue (only) focusing on sailing, even if he then received less sponsorship money. In 1996, Joyon led the renowned one-handed transatlantic regatta OSTAR ( The Europe 1 STAR ) with a margin of 24 hours until his trimaran Banque Populaire capsized off Nova Scotia . Joyon won the next edition of the regatta ( The Europe 1 New Man STAR ) in 2000. A year later, he won the Fastnet race in 2001.

In the following years Joyon turned mainly to the one-hand records on maxi trimarans. On Idec (ex- Sport Elec , designed for six to seven people), he circumnavigated the world in 72 days in 2004, setting a new record (see below ). On July 6, 2005, Joyon beat the 11-year-old North Atlantic record for a one-hand crossing with just over six days of sailing. A day later, one-handed on his way back to Brittany, he drove asleep under autopilot onto the rocks of the Pointe de Penmarch ; Idec suffered a total write-off, Joyon escaped unscathed.

When Ellen MacArthur undercut Joyon's circumnavigation in 2006, Joyon - on the Idec 2 launched in 2007 - again circumnavigated the world alone in 2008 and reduced the best time for single-handed sailors to under 58 days.

In 2016/2017, Joyon circled the world with a five-person crew at Idec in 40 days, 23 hours and 30 minutes. He undercut Loïck Peyron's record, which has been in effect since 2012, by almost five days and thus won the Jules Verne Trophy for the fastest circumnavigation of the world from and to an imaginary line between Ouessant and The Lizard .

Boats

For several years now, Joyon has been sailing its records, especially on boats called Idec or IDEC , named after its sponsor, the Japanese company IDEC :

  • Idec (1) (ex- Poulain , ex- Un autre regard , ex- Charal , ex- Lyonnaise des eaux-Dumez , ex- Sport-Elec ): built in 1985, originally 75 feet (22.7 meters) long trimaran Poulain , with whom Olivier de Kersausan undertakes regattas and record drives under his various names; various modifications over the years; 2003–2005 under Joyon as a 90 foot (27.4 meter) long Idec ; destroyed on July 7, 2005 at the Pointe de Penmarc'h
  • Idec 2 : built in 2007 for Joyon; Sold in 2015 to the Chinese sailor Guo Chuan and renamed Qingdao China , on a record attempt across the Pacific, Guo enlisted on October 25, 2016, the Qingdao China was found after two days without a driver, but was initially allowed to drift and finally to Honolulu on November 21 brought
  • Idec Sport (ex- Groupama 3 under Franck Cammas , ex- Banque Populaire VII , ex- Lending Club 2 , ex- IDEC 3 ): Launched 2006; handed over to the Idec Sport team for Joyon in September 2015

Services

Regatta successes

Speed ​​records

  • July 12, 2017: North Atlantic crossing with one hand in west-east direction (New York / Ambrose Lighthouse - Lizard Point ):

5 days, 2 hours, 7 minutes

  • 2016/2017:
    • Jules Verne trophy for the fastest circumnavigation of the world in 40 days, 23 hours 30 minutes and 30 seconds.
  • 2009:
    • L'Odyssée des épices (French for "Odyssey of Spices", named after the spice trade at the time of the French colonies in Asia) between the French island of Groix and Mauritius : 26 days 4 hours 13 minutes 29 seconds (first reference time ever)
  • 2008:
  • 2007:
    • Crossing the English Channel with one hand: 6 hours 23 minutes 36 seconds
    • One-hand sailed route in 24 hours ( Etmal ): 616.07 nautical miles (not recognized by the WSSRC ; undercut on January 6, 2008 by Thomas Coville during his attempt to sail around the world on Sodebo : 619.30 nautical miles, i.e. an average of 25.80 knots )
    • Brest - Equator - set up with one hand, but at the same time broke the previous team record: 6 days 16 hours 58 minutes
    • Cape of Good Hope - Cape Leeuwin set up with one hand, but at the same time broke the previous team record: 7 days 8 hours 12 minutes
    • One-handed crossing of the Indian Ocean: 9 days 12 hours 3 min
    • One-handed route Brest - Cape of Good Hope : 15 days, 7 hours 16 minutes (in total, including team boats, second best time for Brest-Cape of Good Hope after Bruno Peyron with Orange 2 , 2004: 14 days, 5 hours 21 minutes)
    • One-handed crossing of the Pacific Ocean: 10 days 14 hours 25 min
  • 2005:
    • One-hand sailed route in 24 hours ( Etmal ): 542.7 nautical miles (improved in 2008 by Joyon himself, undercut in 2008 by Thomas Coville )
    • North Atlantic crossing with one hand (New York - Lizard Point ): 6 days 4 hours 1 min 37 seconds ( undercut 2008 by Thomas Coville : 5 days 19 hours 29 min 20 seconds)
  • 2004:
  • 2003: Circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight in England : 3 hours 10 minutes 11 seconds (meanwhile undercut)

Web links

Commons : Trimaran Idec  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Marcel Wagner (January 26, 2017). Around the world in 40 days. tagesschau.de (accessed January 26, 2017)
  2. ↑ no author details (December 8, 2008). Francis Joyon marin de l'année 2008. ( Memento of March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) sport.fr (French; accessed February 8, 2011)
  3. ↑ no author details (November 28, 2008). Francis Joyon élu sportif Breton de l'année. ( Memento of March 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Internet presence of Francis Joyon: www.trimaran-idec.com (French; accessed December 29, 2010)
  4. ^ A b Francis Joyon, un navigateur en harmonie avec les éléments. ( Memento from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) ( own representation) Internet presence of Francis Joyon: www.trimaran-idec.com (French; accessed January 27, 2011)
  5. ↑ Zou Jihong, Zhang Yu & Sun Fei (January 4, 2017). Guo Chuan and His Trimaran the Qingdao China: the Legend Lives On. ChineseToday.com no author information (27.10.2016). Two scenarios could have happened. ( Memento from October 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa from Francis Joyon: Palmarès. ( Memento of July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Internet presence of Francis Joyon: www.trimaran-idec.com (French; accessed January 27, 2011)
  7. ↑ no author details (July 12, 2017). Record de l'Atlantique Nord en Solitaire: Un nouvel exploit signé "Monsieur" Joyon! Francis Joyon's website: https://www.idecsport-sailing.com (French)
  8. ↑ tagesschau.de: Fastest circumnavigation: around the world in 40 days. Retrieved January 26, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Tatjana Pokorny (yacht online): Incroyable! 40 days! 23 hours! 30 minutes! 30 seconds! Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
  10. ↑ 616 milles! Francis Joyon pulvérise le record des 24 heures ( Memento from December 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Internet presence of Francis Joyon (French)
  11. ↑ Le Record des 24 heures. www.sodebo-voile.com (French; accessed February 8, 2011)
  12. ↑ Francis Joyon pulverise tous les records à l'équateur! ( Memento of July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Internet presence of Francis Joyon: www.trimaran-idec.com (French)
  13. ↑ Francis Joyon affole les compteurs au cap Leeuwin ( Memento from February 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Internet presence of Francis Joyon: www.trimaran-idec.com (French)
  14. ^ Nouveau record à Bonne-Espérance pour Francis Joyon ( Memento from February 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Internet presence of Francis Joyon: www.trimaran-idec.com (French)
personal data
SURNAME Joyon, Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French high sea regatta and record sailor
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanches