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Exceptional awards ceremony

Last night evening, on the main beach in Les Sables d’Olonne, François Gabart, the skipper of MACIF received his trophy from the President of the General Council, Bruno Retailleau. As for the ten other skippers who have finished the race,… 

The skipper of MACIF, François Gabart, 2012 IMOCA World Champion

François Gabart received on Friday, April 26, the IMOCA World Champion title in Lausanne, Switzerland.  

IMOCA chooses the boat for the future

  The Skippers and Members of IMOCA met in Paris on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 April 2013 at the IMOCA Annual General Meeting to decide the future direction of their class, and in particular to discuss two major subjects: the design of the… 

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A three-time World Champion, Mike Golding is a former career fire-fighter, who turned to professional sailing following his dominating campaign and overall win in the BT Global Challenge 1996/7, a crewed round the World race.
He has subsequently achieved podium positions in premier sailing events including the Vendée Globe, The Transat, the DefiAtlantique, the Route du Rhum, The Transat Jacques Vabre and the Calais Round Britain.

The first person to have raced round the World in both direction

Golding has held and holds several World records, including being the first person to have raced round the World in both directions. He is known as the ‘King of the South’ having set many speed records in the Southern Ocean. In 2007, Mike was awarded the OBE for services to sport (sailing) after being crowned FICO World Champion (2006)  and IMOCA World Champion twice ( 2005 & 2006 ). Renowned for his tough mental attitude (he describes himself as ‘dogged and stubborn’)he is feared by his competitors for his abilities in extreme conditions and innate sense of seamanship.In 2006, Golding abandoned his race in theVelux 5 Oceans solo round the World race to turn into the prevailing winds and currents in the Southern Ocean to rescue his competitor, Alex Thomson (GBR). Following a testing transfer of Alex to Mike’s boat, a second devastating blow came when the boat subsequently dismasted and the pair had to sail under jury rig to South Africa. In the 2008 Vendée Globe, Golding was leading the race at the midway stage in the Southern Ocean, when the boat was dismasted, Mike retired from the race and sailed under jury rig to Perth, Australia.
A partnership with Gamesa, the global technology leader in the wind industry, announced in June 2011 gave Golding the chance to realise his ambition of one last shot at the pinnacle of solo ocean racing, the Vendée Globe.

 

Wins and Performances

2011
4th B to B Transat

2006
Race Record SNSM
Retired Velux 5 Oceans

2005
2nd Calais Round Britain race

2004
Winner The Transat

2003
3rd Calais Round Britain race

2002
2nd Route du Rhum

2000
3rd The Transat

Others
Two-time winner Artemis Challenge (2010 & 2012)
3 Vendée Globe (7th in 2001, 3rd in 2005, retired in 2008)
7 Transat Jacques Vabre (3rd in 1999, 2nd in 2001, 3th in 2003, 4th in 2004, 5th in 2007, 3rd in 2009, 9th in 2011)
 

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  18 years’ experience and more than 24,000 MW installed in 35 countries, strengthen Gamesa as a global technology leader in the wind turbine business. Gamesa has factories in Europe, the US, China, India and Brazil. The company is also a global benchmark in the development, construction and sale of wind farms.

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Emily CAROE
emilycaroe@mikegolding.com
+44 77 85 56 59 29