Laurent Bourgnon (April 16, 1966 – June 24, 2015) was a Swiss sailor and motorsports. He was an offshore sailing winning both the prestigious transadltanic races the Route du Rhum in 1994 and 1998 and the Transat Jacques-Vabre in 1997. He did a lot of his racing alongside his brother and fellow adventurer Yvan Bourgnon.[1] He was born on 16 April 1966 in La Chaux-de-Fonds and disappeared after a diving accident on 24 June 2015 in Toau Atoll, French Polynesia.
Laurent Bourgnon
Personal information
Nationality
Swiss
Born
(1966-04-16)16 April 1966 La Chaux-de-Fonds
Died
June 24, 2015(2015-06-24) (aged 49) Toau Atoll, French Polynesia.
Laurent Bourgnon was a multidisciplinary as a sailor, airplane and helicopter pilot, mechanic and developer, engineer and creator.
At the age of four, Laurent Bourgnon took his first steps on his parents' sailboat for a two-year trip to the Caribbean, then they left for three years from 13 to 16 years old, going around the world with their family. After crossing the Atlantic in 1986 at the age of 20 on a beach machine (Hobie Cat 18 of 5.40 m), Laurent Bourgnon embarked on the competition.
Winner of the biggest transoceanic events on his Primagaz trimaran including two Routes du Rhum, the Twostar, the Transat Jacques-Vabre, the Québec-Saint-Malo and many other events.
It also puts its know-how in aeronautics to develop and develop a new MCR 01 two-seater travel aircraft, very fast with a very long autonomy.
On June 24, 2015, he went missing during a dive in French Polynesia in the lagoon of Toau Atoll. The people on the support boat did not see him return to the surface and alerted the emergency services. The search (by helicopter and boats) is called off on the evening of June 28 after 4 days. According to the MRCC Polynesia "The most likely hypothesis is that it was carried to the bottom by a current coming out in a pass."[2]
A Documentary entitled "The uncommon destiny of the Bourgnon brothers, icons of sailing" was produced in 2018.[3][4]
Sailing achievements
1986
Transatlantic Hobie Cat 18 beach catamaran with Fred Giraldi
1987
2nd in the Mini Transat 6.50, winner of the 2nd stage on a production boat against the faster prototypes
1988
Winner of the Solitaire du Figaro on his first attempt, the youngest of the competitors with one of the oldest boats
1994
record for solo sailing across the North Atlantic on Primagaz in 7 days, 2 hours, 34 minutes and 42 seconds
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