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Hervé Laurent ’SeaSailSurfer of may 2002’
Winner of the Transat AG2R
vendredi 31 mai 2002 –
Hervé Laurent, 45 yo, did not entered in a transatlantic for the last two years. In April, he was back in the high level circuit of the Figaro-Bénéteau one designed class !
He did enter in the two handed Transat AG2R on the one-designed monohull with a young crew coming from the mini 650 circuit, Rodolphe Jacq. With him, the third sailor of the Vendée Globe 1997 did won the first leg and the race thanks to a weather analys with no fault.
Back in the offshore sailing professional scene, Hervé Laurent is the man of the month for SeaSailSurf in May 2002.
Hervé Laurent highlights
| 2002 | 1er de la Transat AG2R (double) |
| 2000 | 4e de la Transat Québec - Malo (équipage) |
| 1998 | 4e de la Transat AG2R (double) |
| 1997 | 3e du Vendée Globe (solitaire) |
| 1996 | 4e de l’Europe 1 Star |
| 1995 | Course en solitaire du FIGARO |
| 1994 | Route du Rhum |
| Transat en double anglaise | |
| 1993 | 4e de la Route du Café |
| 1992 : | Québec - St Malo |
| Transat anglaise en solitaire | |
| 1991 | La Baule - Dakar (solitaire) |
| Record de la traversée de l’atlantique en solitaire | |
| 1990 | Route du Rhum |
| 1989 | Tour de l’Europe |
| " | Lorient - Saint Barthélemy (double) |
| 1988 | Québec - St Malo (équipage) |
| 1982 | Route du Rhum (solitaire) |
| 1980 | Solitaire du Figaro |
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