Bruno Peyron

Biography

Family

Bruno Peyron born the November 10th 1955, is a French, elder navigator of a family of three brothers whose another, Loïck Peyron is also a candidate known in veil. Stephan Peyron, the youngest child, was made known by the Planche with veil, then by emissions on French television.

Youth

It begins very young person its engagement in the race with the broad one, It took part 4 times in the Solitaire of the Barber and 3 times at that of the Rhum.

But it is in the big challenges around the world that it is illustrated, and he was thus the leader of the classification of the skippers of 1986 to 1990.

Twice second of the Road of Rum, in 1982 and 1986, he was then second of Baule Dakar in 1987 and victorious of the Transat in double in 1989.

Records

He beats the record of the crossing of the Atlantic as a recluse held by Florence Arthaud in 1992, in 9 days, 19 hours and 26 minutes. He gains then the Trophée Jules Verne in 1994 over Commodore Explorer in 79 days and 6 hours, then in 2002 over the multihull Orange in 64 days and 8 hours. The record is then held by Steve Fossett. The record of the crossing of the North Atlantic held by Serge Madec on Jet Services 5 since 1990 having been beaten in 2001 by Steve Fossett, it launches out as of launching into 2004 of its new Catamaran Orange II of 37 meters in a new attempt, but having run up against a whale, it fails of only 41 in August 2004 minutes. It succeeds, the July 6th 2006, its following attempt, always with Orange II , and connects New York to the Cape Lizard in 4 days, 8 hours, 23 minutes and 54 seconds at a mean velocity higher than 27 nodes, improving the record of 9 hours and 4 minutes Fossett. During this crossing, the crew beats also record the 24 hour old with 766,8 miles, that is to say 31,95 nodes of average, they improve their old record of 60 miles.

Its new attempt on the Trophy Jules Verne in 2005 is this crowned time of success with the same boat. It improves 7 days the record of Steve Fossett and buckles the round the world tour the March 16th in 50 days, 16 hours, 20 minutes and 04 dryness.

Impassioned great races around the world, he is the organizer of The Race, a race around the world as an unbounded crew of gauge. The first edition is launched the December 31st 2001, a cover in real-time with vidéos thanks to Internet of the six maximum Catamaran S committed constituted an innovation in this kind of race. It plans to take part in next the Vendée Globe.

Prize list in race:

1989 : 1st of the Deckchair in double - St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre - Lorient - with Vincent Jack;
1989: 2nd of the Race of Europe
1988: 2nd of the Road of discovered the (Spanish Transatlantic race as a Cadiz crew in Saint Domingue)
1988: 3rd of Deckchair Quebec-Saint-Malo
1988: 5th of the CSTAR (English transatlantic race Plymouth-Newport).
1987: first record of the Atlantic as a recluse;
1987: 2nd of Baule-Dakar (behind Loïck, winner);
1986: 2nd of the Race of Freedom, deckchair in double between Rouen and New York;
1986: 2nd of the Road of Rum
1982: 2nd of the Road of Rum
1980: 1st in boat of series of the Race of the Dawn;

Boats

It should be noted that Bruno Peyron is a specialist in the catamaran.

In 1982 it takes part in the road of Rum on Jaz , a catamaran bipode of 17 m drawn by the architect Bruno Dubernet.
In 1986 it carries out in the road of Rum, under the name of Ericsson , old the Crédit Agricole of Philippe Jeantot, a catamaran of 20 m due with the pencil of the architect Gilles Ollier, lengthened with 23 Mr. C' is this same boat that it will carry out at the time of Baule-Dakar, which will enable him to beat the record of the Atlantic as a recluse and to finish 5th CSTAR after being shortened to 18 m (under the name of VSD ).
It is on the ex Jet Services , a Ollier plan of 22,80 m lengthened to 26 m and famous Commodore Explorer , which it will establish in 1993 the first time of reference of the Trophy Jules Vernes in 79 days.
Orange , the boat which will enable him to reconquer the Trophy Jules Vernes in 2002 is still a Ollier catamaran of 33 Mr.
the latest to date, Orange II , launched in 2004, is also a catamaran Ollier, almost 37 m this time (36,80 m).

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