Eric Tabarly

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Pen Duick II , with the Tabarly the famous one-handed regatta OSTAR won
Pen Duick III
Manureva (ex- Pen Duick IV ), which was the first multihull boat (by Alain Colas ) to be sailed around the world with one hand ; Picture a few days before the Route du Rhum 1978, during which she disappeared under colas

Éric Tabarly (born July 24, 1931 in Nantes , † June 13, 1998 in the Irish Sea ) is one of the most outstanding ocean sailors and most innovative designers of regatta yachts of the 20th century. He made a name for himself primarily through victories in one-hand regattas and various record drives. In 1980, 75 years after Charlie's record voyage across the North Atlantic with the schooner Atlantic in 1905, he undercut Barr's record with the aluminum trimaran Paul Ricard (length: 16.50 m) in ten days, five hours and 14 minutes.

Tabarly's sailing yachts were called Pen Duick (Breton for coal tit ; literally pen = head; du = black; ick = diminutive , small) and are still in use today, especially on France's coasts. Tabarly also founded an organization under the name that now organizes deep sea regattas, among other things.

Services

The classic Pen Duick (I)

Tabarly's first major success was victory with the Pen Duick II at the Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race (OSTAR) from Plymouth to Newport (Rhode Island) in the USA. For the following regattas he developed various yachts, some of which were very innovative. In addition to regatta rides, Tabarly was passionate about the classic yacht Pen Duick , built in 1898 to a design by William Fife III , which he had taken over and restored from his father.

In 1973, Tabarly and Gérard Petipas founded the Pen Duick SAS organization, which campaigned for various areas of sailing. Since 1985 Pen Duick has been organizing ocean regattas such as the Route du Rhum and the Transat AG2R ; the subsidiary organization "Match Racing" organizes the Transat BPE .

Éric Tabarly always refused to secure himself on board. This was to cost him his life in 1998 when he went overboard on a night voyage in the Irish Sea . His body was recovered by fishermen several days later. Tabarly was awarded the Legion of Honor Commander's Cross.

Honors

Tabarlys sailing yachts Pen Duick

  • Pen Duick (I) , built in 1898, designer: William Fife III , shipyard: Gridiron and Workers, Carrigaloe , Ireland; 1958/59 new polyester hull (Tabarly continued to see it as the same boat when it celebrated its 100th birthday in 1998)
  • Pen Duick II , built in 1964, designer: Gilles Costantini , shipyard: Costantini, France
  • Pen Duick III , built in 1967, designer: Eric Tabarly, shipyard: La Perrière, Lorient , France
  • Pen Duick IV , trimaran, built in 1968, designer: André Allègre , shipyard: La Perrière, Lorient France
  • Pen Duick V , built in 1968, designer: Michel Bigoin and Daniel Duvergie , shipyard: La Perrière, Lorient, France
  • Pen Duick VI , built in 1974, designer: André Mauric , shipyard: L'arsenal, Brest , France

  • Pen Duick VI 2007 in Ushuaia (southern Argentina)

  • Pen Duick V

literature

  • One-handed to victory , Delius Klasing (2000)
  • Jacqueline Tabarly, Daniel Gilles: Eric Tabarly. A Sailor's Life , Delius Klasing (2000)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pen Duick ( Memento of November 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on transat.ag2rlamondiale.fr (French; accessed January 7, 2011)
  2. ^ ISAF Sailing Hall of Fame: Eric Tabarly ( Memento June 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Eng.) Retrieved March 13, 2009

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Tabarly, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French ocean sailor
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Nantes
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1998
Place of death Irish Sea