Route du Rhum 2026 · IMOCA
Pierre-Louis ATTWELL
The skipper
- Nationality
- France
- Age
- 30 years old
- Home port
- Lorient
- Participations
- 2
- Lucky charm
- My freeze-dried food spoon
Whether one lives with an invisible disability or is a sailor facing the ocean, resilience is the key to lasting performance.
Biography
A professional offshore skipper, patient-expert and speaker, Pierre-Louis has lived with Crohn's disease since the age of 15. A former sports instructor in Honfleur, he began competing offshore in 2018 on the Solitaire du Figaro, then won the Class40 Championship in 2024. He has nine Atlantic crossings to his name, including the 2022 Route du Rhum, sailed solo. In January 2026, he became patron of AFA Crohn RCH France and is building his IMOCA project "RESILIENT", intended to raise awareness of chronic illnesses and invisible disability, and to prove that one can have ambitious dreams and make them come true.
The boat
- Class
- IMOCA
- Sail no.
- FRA1000
- Length
- 18.3 m
- Beam
- 5.9 m
- Draft
- 4.5 m
- Mast height
- 29 m
- Weight
- 8,500 kg
- Year built
- 2007
- Yard
- Multiplast, Vannes
- Designer
- Finot - Conq
Photo : Jug81 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · illustration photo
Links
Information and photos: Route du Rhum organisation (routedurhum.com).