Wilfrid CLERTON

Vintage Mono skipper, on ECHO MER, La Rochelle

As soon as the wind blows, I'll set sail again...

Biography

4th participation in the Route du Rhum. A marine surveyor in La Rochelle for 7 years and, alongside this, a sailing teacher at the La Rochelle maritime and aquaculture high school; he ran a boat rental company for 12 years. Sailing since the age of 8: Laser, 420, Soling, Star with the French team, J80, Class40 under IRC (Trophée de l'Atlantique), 12 transatlantic crossings with Kriter VIII.

Record

• 2024, Transat Québec-Saint-Malo, 3rd
• 2022, Drheam Cup, 3rd
• 2022, Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe, 3rd
• 2018, Drheam Cup, 1st
• 2018, Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe, 5th
• 2014, Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe, 4th
• 2009, LES SABLES-HORTA-LES SABLES, 2nd
• 2008, SNSM Record, 1st
• 2008, Mondial Morbihan, 4th

Boat

ECHO MER, ANDRE MAURIC, POUVREAU, 1980

In the same class

• Kieran LE BORGNE
• Sidney GAVIGNET
• Christophe BACHMANN
• Tanguy CARADEC
• Amaury DE JAMBLINNE DE MEUX
• Patrick ISOARD
• Titouan PILLIARD
• Frédéric MAILHOS
• Gilles COLUBI
• Rémy GÉRIN
• Jean LE CAM
• Olivier NEMSGUERN