Route du Rhum 2026 · Class40
Guillaume PIROUELLE
Photo : Gpirouelle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The skipper
- Nationality
- France
- Age
- 32 years old
- Home port
- LE HAVRE
Biography
Guillaume Pirouelle is a sailor born in Rouen. He grew up in dinghy sailing, in Optimist and then 470. He started offshore racing in 2021, driven by the desire to learn and to push his limits. He won the Tour de France à la Voile in 2019 as part of a crew and finished second in the Solitaire du Figaro in 2022. Every mile sailed since then has helped him progress. A Class40 winner of the Transat Café L’Or, he approaches the Route du Rhum with ambition and humility. His driving force: learning relentlessly.
The boat
- Class
- Class40
- Sail no.
- FRA 197
- Length
- 12.2 m
- Beam
- 4.5 m
- Draft
- 3 m
- Mast height
- 19 m
- Weight
- 4,580 kg
- Year built
- 2023
- Yard
- JPS Production
- Designer
- Sam Manuard
Links
Information and photos: Route du Rhum organisation (routedurhum.com).