Maud Fontenoy

Maud Fontenoy on November 15, 2006 on Réunion , before setting off to circumnavigate the Antarctic

Maud Fontenoy (born September 7, 1977 in Meaux , France) is a French water sports enthusiast.

She is particularly known for her ocean rides in rowing boats : She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean from June 13 ( Saint-Pierre and Miquelon off the Canadian Newfoundland ) to October 10, 2003 ( A Coruña in Spain) and about halfway through of the Pacific Ocean from January 12 ( Callao in Peru) to March 26, 2005 (Hiva Oa, one of the Marquesas islands in French Polynesia ).

From October 15, 2006 to March 14, 2007, Fontenoy circumnavigated the Antarctic from Réunion as a single-handed sailor in her sailboat L'Oréal Paris (ex Adrien of the sailor Jean-Luc Van Den Heede) . She chose the heavier direction against the prevailing winds and covered a distance of around 16,700 km (9,000 nautical miles ). The sailing route was not recognized as an official circumnavigation . This was confirmed by the World Speed Sailing Records Council's newsletter No. 128, which said: “The WSSR rule for circumnavigations - rule 26a - requires the boat to have a minimum orthodromic distance of at least 21,600 nautical miles [approx. 40,000 km] (the distance of a great circle). "

Individual evidence

The present article in its original version of April 1, 2007 is based on the article Maud Fontenoy of the French Wikipedia in the version of March 31, 2007 . Also to be mentioned:

↑ "The WSSR Rule for Around the World - rule 26a - calls for a minimum orthodromic track distance of the vessel of at least 21,600 nautical miles (the distance of the great circle)." - WSSR Newsletter No 128 Maud de Fontenoy. sailspeedrecords.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; accessed on January 19, 2015 (English).

Works

Maud Fontenoy: The Atlantic and Me. 3600 nautical miles in a rowboat. Frederking and Thaler, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-89405-252-2 .
Maud Fontenoy: Against all winds. Around the world in a single-handed sailboat. Frederking and Thaler, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-89405-849-4 .
Maud Fontenoy: A woman, a boat and the Pacific. 7,000 kilometers from Peru to Tahiti in 73 days. Frederking and Thaler, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-89405-280-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Fontenoy, Maud
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French water sports enthusiast
DATE OF BIRTH	7th September 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH	Meaux , France

[1] "The WSSR Rule for Around the World - rule 26a - calls for a minimum orthodromic track distance of the vessel of at least 21,600 nautical miles (the distance of the great circle)." - WSSR Newsletter No 128 Maud de Fontenoy. sailspeedrecords.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; accessed on January 19, 2015 (English).