Photo: Loïck Peyron, Alinghi sailing in Ras Al Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah, UAE November 17th 2009 (George Johns/Alinghi)
Video: 10 November 2009
Loïck Peyron on his typical day at the Alinghi team whilst training in Ras al Khaimah. UAE
At Al Hamra Golf Club, training on the beach, football and sailing
Alinghi, Defender of the 33rd America’s Cup, in July 2009 welcomed one of the world’s most renowned multihull sailors to the team for the campaign.
Loïck Peyron. The 50 year old Frenchman has crossed the Atlantic 43 times; 18 single-handed. He has raced around the world twice, holds three Transat titles and two Transat Jacques Vabres: “In every sailor’s mind, the America’s Cup is part of life. I have been following it for many years and now to be working for a team like Alinghi makes me proud,” Peyron said, adding: “There is a tremendous amount of work for sure, but it’s a big challenge. An interesting strength of Alinghi is that it has a lot of knowledge from a lot of areas of the sport: monohulls, offshore sailing, multihulls; especially here in Switzerland. The way the team works is based on team spirit and the method works really well; they have proved it many times.
Brad Butterworth, Alinghi team skipper and four-time America’s Cup winner welcomed Peyron: “We are looking forward to working with Loïck; he brings a lot of multihull experience – from both a design and sailing point of view – to a team that already has quite a bit of depth in this area of our sport. I think he will be an asset to this project and a good addition to the team.”
Loïck Peyron – Sailing career highlights
43 Atlantic crossings; 18 single-handed
2 Round the Worlds
3 Transat ‘Anglaise’ wins, single-handed
2 Transat Jacques Vabre wins
2 Bol d’Or wins
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