(1972-12-22) 22 December 1972 (age 51) Aix-en-Provence, France
Sailing career
Class(es)
ORMA, AC45, VO70, F18
Club
Yacht Club de France
Franck Cammas (born 22 December 1972 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French yachtsman.[1] He has lived in Brittany since his victory in the Challenge Espoir Crédit Agricole in 1994. After completing a two-year maths course for the ‘Grandes écoles’, as well as a piano academy, Franck Cammas finally opted for a career in sailing. In 1997, at the age of 24, he won the Solitaire du Figaro and a year later helmed his first trimaran christened Groupama. Despite his late entry into competition, he is one of the most talented and respected sailors in the Ocean Racing Multihull Association world.
Later, Cammas was skipper of the 60-foot (18 m) trimaran Groupama 2, with which he won five ORMA championships. His last trimaran, the 103-foot (31 m) Groupama 3 was designed to break ocean racing records. Groupama 2 holds the record for being the fastest yacht in a transat Jacques Vabre race and Groupama 3 once broke Jules Verne Trophy, which she held for nearly two years.
In 2010, became testimonial and tester of technical sportswear for SLAM, Italian company producer of sailing technical sportswear.
After winning Route du Rhum and the Jules Verne Trophy in 2010, Cammas has switched from multihull to monohull racing and won the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race[2] with the Open 70 Groupama 4.
Cammas is involved in the 2017 America's Cup as a skipper for Groupama Team France.[3]
Cammas is the father of two girls and practices other sports including skiing, boardsports and cycling.
^Franck Cammas' biography Archived 21 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, official Franck Cammas website
^"Volvo Ocean Race: Groupama secure second French win". Retrieved 21 July 2012.
^France, Groupama Team. "Groupama Team France". groupamateamfrance.americascup.com (in French). Archived from the original on 29 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
FranckCammas (born 22 December 1972 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French yachtsman. He has lived in Brittany since his victory in the Challenge Espoir Crédit...
FranckCammas website Archived 10 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine FranckCammas website Archived 9 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine Franck Cammas...
circumnavigation of the world. She was originally skippered by French yachtsman FranckCammas, with a crew of ten and sponsored by the French insurance company Groupama...
average speed of 32.94 knots), beating the previous record, held by FranckCammas on Groupama 3, by more than 12 hours. During the attempt she also broke...
the Brest Atlantiques in December 2019 (skippers Charles Caudrelier-FranckCammas for both races). Benjamin de Rothschild inherited the Château Clarke...
four minutes and 37 seconds when entry opened on 7 January. Skipper FranckCammas took Multihull line honours, despite running aground within the first...
categories of boats and 38 competitors. 1st multihull 60 : FranckCammas (FRA) and Franck Proffit (FRA) on Groupama. 1st monohull 60 : Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA)...
Jules-Verne trophy record in 2009–2010, the trimaran Groupama 3 skippered by FranckCammas covered 798 nautical miles in 24 hours on 13 February 2010 at 5 p.m...
joined, such as Yann Tiersen, the writer Sylvain Tesson, the sailor FranckCammas and the freediver Aurore Asso. She will race Pen Duick VI in the Ocean...
Jules-Verne trophy record in 2009-2010, the trimaran Groupama 3 skippered by FranckCammas covered 798 nautical miles in 24 hours on 13 February 2010 at 5 p.m...
Team New Zealand Pete Burling 485 4 Softbank Team Japan Dean Barker 466 5 Artemis Racing Nathan Outteridge 460 6 Groupama Team France FranckCammas 419...
new record for the America Discovery Route, beating the time set by FranckCammas in 2007 by more than 20 hours. In August 2015, Dona Bertarelli's Spindrift...
a singlehanded circumnavigation (with stops, through Panama Canal). FranckCammas and a crew of 10; 2010; French trimaran Groupama 3; set the fastest...
Groupama Sailing Team is a French sailing team. Headed by skipper FranckCammas, the team has won Volvo Ocean Race and Tour de France à la voile. They...
40 years of life at the extreme". Volvo Ocean Race. "FranckCammas #TousPourLaCoupe". www.cammas-groupama.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-26...
overall record set by the 103-ft sailing trimaran Groupama 3 skipped by FranckCammas with 48d 7h 44' 52" or the latest 2012 record set by Banque Populaire...
America's Cup. Designed by VPLP Yacht Design with consultation from FranckCammas and his Groupama multi-hull sailing team, BOR90 is very light for her...
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