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Jean-Yves Terlain
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NationalityFrench
Born (1944-11-12) 12 November 1944 (age 79)
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Jean-Yves Terlain (born November 12, 1944, in Angers), is a French navigator and architect. He is the uncle of the famous sailing brothers Bruno and Loïck Peyron.

He studied naval architecture at the Sorbonne and was the youngest sailor to finish the 1968 OSTAR, sailing singlehanded from Plymouth, England to Newport, Rhode Island. He competed in the first Vendée Globe in 1989-1990 where he had to retire onboard UAP having lost the mast in the Indian Ocean.[1] The boat was marked by it unique ahead of it time enclosed cockpit.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Legend Was Born 30 Years Ago". 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  2. ^ "Experimental Cockpits" (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-01.


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