The Ocean Race 2022-23 - 7 June 2023. Franck Cammas joins 11th Hour Racing Team for Leg 6.
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Franck Cammas

Crew Member

France

French yachtsman Franck Cammas’ high profile ocean racing exploits over the past two decades have made him a household name in his home country.

Likewise, he earned himself a unique position in The Ocean Race annals when in 2011-12 he became the only skipper to claim overall victory in the crewed around-the-world race on his first attempt.

After first starting sailing in a singlehanded Optimist dinghy, Cammas went on to train at the renowned French offshore training academy in Port-La-Forêt.

In 1997, at the age of 24, he won the prestigious French Solitaire du Figaro solo offshore race. A year later – and with the support of what would become his longtime sponsor Groupama – he made the huge step up into the ORMA 60 ocean racing trimaran class.

As well as winning the the doublehanded transatlantic
Transat Jacques Vabre in both 2001 (with Swiss co-skipper Stève Ravussin) and in 2003 (with fellow countryman Franck Proffit), Cammas was crowned ORMA world champion on no less than five occasions.

In 2010 he won the solo transatlantic Route du Rhum, as well as the Jules Verne Trophy for setting the fastest time for a non-stop fully-crewed circumnavigation of the world.

In 2017 Cammas led the French America’s Cup challenge Groupama Team France in the Cup’s 35th edition in Bermuda.

2020 saw the French Sailing Federation name Cammas ‘French Sailor of the Decade’ in recognition of his achievements so far.

In recent years – along with French yachtsman Charles Caudrelier – Cammas co-skippered Gitana Team’s 100-foot Ultim trimaran Maxi Edmond de Rothschild to victory in all eight of the races they competed in – including a comprehensive win in the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre.

Currently Cammas is co-skipper with Jérémie Beyou (FRA) of the leading edge designed IMOCA, Charal 2.

Previous participation in The Ocean Race:
2011-12 Groupama sailing team


  • French yachtsman Franck Cammas’ high profile ocean racing exploits over the past two decades have made him a household name in his home country.

    Likewise, he earned himself a unique position in The Ocean Race annals when in 2011-12 he became the only skipper to claim overall victory in the crewed around-the-world race on his first attempt.

    After first starting sailing in a singlehanded Optimist dinghy, Cammas went on to train at the renowned French offshore training academy in Port-La-Forêt.

    In 1997, at the age of 24, he won the prestigious French Solitaire du Figaro solo offshore race. A year later – and with the support of what would become his longtime sponsor Groupama – he made the huge step up into the ORMA 60 ocean racing trimaran class.

    As well as winning the the doublehanded transatlantic
    Transat Jacques Vabre in both 2001 (with Swiss co-skipper Stève Ravussin) and in 2003 (with fellow countryman Franck Proffit), Cammas was crowned ORMA world champion on no less than five occasions.

    In 2010 he won the solo transatlantic Route du Rhum, as well as the Jules Verne Trophy for setting the fastest time for a non-stop fully-crewed circumnavigation of the world.

    In 2017 Cammas led the French America’s Cup challenge Groupama Team France in the Cup’s 35th edition in Bermuda.

    2020 saw the French Sailing Federation name Cammas ‘French Sailor of the Decade’ in recognition of his achievements so far.

    In recent years – along with French yachtsman Charles Caudrelier – Cammas co-skippered Gitana Team’s 100-foot Ultim trimaran Maxi Edmond de Rothschild to victory in all eight of the races they competed in – including a comprehensive win in the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre.

    Currently Cammas is co-skipper with Jérémie Beyou (FRA) of the leading edge designed IMOCA, Charal 2.

    Previous participation in The Ocean Race:
    2011-12 Groupama sailing team

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