Paul Meilhat

Paul Meilhat (born 17 May 1982) is a French sailor and navigator. He was a high level 49er dinghy sailor with Olympic aspirations before moving into offshore sailing. From 2015 to the end of 2018 he was skipper of the IMOCA 60 - SMA and competed in the Vendée Globe.

Rankings 2019: 7th - Transat Jaque Vabre on Initiatives cœur with Sam Davies 7th - Défi Azimut winner of the Monaco Globes series, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet winner of the Bermuda 1000 Race - Douarnenez Cascais 2017: winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet on IMOCA SMA 2nd in the Transat Jacques Vabre, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet on IMOCA SMA RET for the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe with keel issues 2016: 4th in the Transat New York-Vendée. 4th in The Transat 2015: winner of the SNSM record, doubles with Michel Desjoyeaux, in 37 hours, 4 minutes and 23 seconds 2014: 1st - Transat AG2R with Gwénolé Gahinet on "Safran Guy Cotten" 2012: 4th - Transat AG2R with Fabien Delahaye on "Macif" 2007 31st - ISAF Sailing World Championships Cascais, POR 2006 34th - 49er World Championship - Aix Les Bains, FRA 2005 29th - 49er World Championship, Moscow, RUS 2004 68th - 49er World Championship (Olympic Qualifier), Athens, GRE