SEASAILSURFER OF THE MONTH
Bernard Stamm SeaSailSurfer of May 2003
Winner of the round the world race with stopovers
jeudi 29 mai 2003 –
SeaSailSurfer of May 2003 is nobody other than our friend Bigouden-Switzerland Bernard Stamm. By winning at the beginning of the month the fifth leg of Around Alone, the sailing round the world race with stopovers, Bernard entered the legend of offshore racing.

He succeeds in the prize list impressing of Around Alone, ex-BOC Challenge and future 5-Oceans (!) to Philippe Jeantot, Christophe Auguin, Alain Gautier and Giovanni Soldini. With his record of the Atlantic and the record of distance covered of 24 hours on a monohull, what is to wish moreover to the SeaSailSurfer of the year 2002 ? A victory in the Vendée Globe...
Cheers Bernard and so long !
• The prize list of Bernard Stamm
November 2002
– Around Alone : 1st place of the leg n°2
– Transatlantic record of crossing as a recluse for a monoshell 60 feet in 10 days 11 hours 55 minutes and 19 dryness.
September 2002
– Around Alone : 1st place of the stage n°1 Record speed enters England and South Africa for a monoshell 60 feet in 29 days 21 hours 59 minutes and 45 dryness.
June 2002
– GP of Marseilles : 2nd place
May 2002
– Regatta Rubicon : 2nd place
May 2002
– GP of Larmor : 3rd place
November 2001
– Transat Jacques Vabre : 8th place
August 2001
– Fastnet Race : 1st monohull 60 feet in real time, 7th in time real IRC all classes
June 2001
– GP of Quibreon (FRA) : 3rd place
February 6, 2001
– Absolute record of the crossing of the Atlantic out of monohull and a crew in West in 8j 20h 55m and 35s on "Armor Lux" (3 team-members : Christophe Lebas [ FRA ] - Jean Baptiste Olliver [ FRA ] - François Sheeck [ FRA ]) (Approved Wssrc)
– Preceding record : Mari Cha III, 44 meters the long ones and 22 team-members in 8j 23h 59m and 41s
Since 31 Janvier 2001
– Holder of the Record speed in 24h out of monohull and a crew with 467,1 miles of 24 hours (Homologué Wssrc)
– Preceding record : Silk Cut on Withbread in 447 miles
November 2000
– Departure of the Vendée Globe 2000/2001 on "Armor Lux - Foie gras Bizac"
– Abandonment following a damage of autopilots and helm.
1996
– 3rd of Transméditerranée in double 1996 by winning two legs out of three.
– 1st of the Fastnet Minis in double 1996 by beating the record of the test
– 3rd of the Championship of France Minis 1996
1995
– 3rd of the Mini-Transat
– 2nd of Transgascogne
Source : http://www.bernardstamm.com