{{Short description|French offshore sailor and navigator}} {{Expand French|topic=bio|Bertrand de Broc|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox sailor | name = | image = Bertrand de Broc VG2012 (1).jpg | image_size = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- if different than name --> | full_name = <!-- if different than name or birth_name --> | nickname = | nationality = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|09|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Quimper, France | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | weight = <!-- "X kg", "X lb" or "X st Y lb" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | classes = | club = | collegeteam = | coach = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = yes | updated = }}
'''Bertrand de Broc''' (born 23 September, 1960) is a French professional sailor. He has long resided in Combrit in the Finistère.<ref name="VG2016 Profile">{{cite web|url=https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/skippers/58/bertrand-de-broc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627130811/https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/skippers/58/bertrand-de-broc|title=Vendee Globe 2016 Skipper Profile page|archive-date=2017-06-27|date=|access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref> He has competed in four Vendee Globe's completing the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe in 9th place.
==Personal life== Bertrand de Broc has a son, born in 1996, who practices windsurfing. He is also a cousin with fellow offshore sailor Marc Guillemot.{{CN|date=April 2025}}
==Incidents at sea== * 1992-1993 Vendée Globe: abandoned in New Zealand due to structural problem of his keel, while he is in third position. During this solo race, he had to sew his tongue.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sailing-stitch-in-time-for-solo-yachtsman-1477972.html Sailing: Stitch in time for solo yachtsman | The Independent | The Independent<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1996-1997 Vendée Globe: capsizing three hundred miles from the finish, in the Bay of Biscay, while he was out of the race following a stop in Ushuaia to solve technical problems. * 2002 Route du Rhum: abandonment off Brest, decision to stop solo sailing on trimaran following not feeling comfortable with two competitors capsizing.<ref name="Rhum 2002">[http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/sailing/11/12/rhum.capsize/index.html CNN.com - Second capsize in Rhum race - Nov. 12, 2002<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 2012-2013 Vendée Globe: When leaving port, a collision with a boat accompanying his team causes a waterway. He is forced to turn around to repair a few minutes before departure. He left the following night and finished 9th in this race.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/2657/bertrand-de-broc-plans-re-start-tonight|title=News - Bertrand de Broc plans re-start tonight - Vendée Globe - en|date=|access-date=2021-01-30}}</ref> * 2016-2017 Vendée Globe: Retires following a collision following a hull inspection.<ref name="VG 2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/16313/bertrand-de-broc-forced-to-retire|title=News - Bertrand de Broc forced to retire - Vendée Globe - en|date=|access-date=2021-01-30}}</ref>
==Sailing highlights==
{|class="wikitable sortable" !Year!!Pos!!Event name!!Class!!Boat name!!Notes!!Ref |- !colspan=8 |Round the World Races |- | 2016 || RET || 2016-2017 Vendée Globe || IMOCA 60 || ''MACSF'' || Day 14: Damaged keel - South Atlantic near Fernando de Noronha |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/16313/bertrand-de-broc-forced-to-retire|title=News – Bertrand de Broc forced to retire – Vendée Globe – En|website=vendeeglobe.org}}</ref><ref name="VG 2016" /><ref name="FFV Database" /> |- | 2013 || {{0}}9 || 2012-2013 Vendée Globe || IMOCA 60 ||''Votre Nom autour du Monde avec EDM Projets''||Elapsed 92d 05h 10' 14"<br />Corrected 92d 17h 10' 14" |<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/12885/bertrand-de-broc-finishes-9th|title= News - Bertrand de Broc finishes 9th - Vendée Globe - en|date= |access-date=2021-02-22 |publisher=Vendee Globe Race Organisers}}</ref> |- | 1997 || RET || 1996-1997 Vendée Globe || IMOCA 60 ||''Votre Nom autour du Monde<br>- Pommes Rhône Alpes''||capsized|| |- !colspan=8 |Transatlantic Races |- | 2018 || 10 || 2018 Route du Rhum || catamaran TS 52.8 || Pampéro Evasion || || <ref name="FFV Database">{{cite web|url=https://www.ffvoile.fr/ffv/sportif/cif/cif_detail.aspx?NoLicence=0784729B&AnneeSportive=|title=Bertrand FFV Database Entry|date=|access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref> |- | 2015 || {{0}}6 || 2015 Transat Jacques Vabre || IMOCA 60 || || with Marc Guillemot || |- | 2013 || {{0}}6 || 2013 Transat Jacques-Vabre || IMOCA 60 || || with Arnaud Boissières || |- | 2010 || {{0}}3 || Transat AG2R || Beneteau Figaro 2 || Green Circle || with Gildas Morvan || |- | 2005 || 3 || Transat Jacques Vabre || IMOCA 60 || || || |- | 2000 || {{0}}2 || Transat AG2R || || || || |- | 1994 || {{0}}2 || Transat AG2R || || La dairies Le Gall || with Marc Guillemot || |- | 1981 || {{0}}1 || Transat doubles || || || || |- !colspan=8 |Other Races |- | 2007 || {{0}}6 || BPE Trophy || || || || |- | 2004 || 20 || Solitaire du Figaro || || || || |- | 2004 || {{0}}1 || Tour de France à la voile || Farr 30 || || || |- | 2003 || {{0}}1 || BPE Trophy || || || || |- | 2000 || 15 || Solitaire du Figaro || || || || |- | 1999 || 26 || Solitaire du Figaro || || || || |- | 1998 || {{0}}9 || Solitaire du Figaro || || || || |- | 1998 || {{0}}1 || Tour de France à la voile || JOD 35 || || || |- | 1991 || 21 || Solitaire du Figaro || || || || |- | 1990 || {{0}}5 || Solitaire du Figaro || || || || |- | 1989 || {{0}}6 || Solitaire du Figaro || || || || |- | 1988 || {{0}}5 || Solitaire du Figaro || || || || |- | 1984 || 10 || Solitaire du Figaro || || || || |- | 1982 || 28 || Solitaire du Figaro || || || || |- | 1979 || {{0}}9 || Solitaire du Figaro || || || || |}
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==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://pampero-evasion.com/le-skipper-bertrand-de-broc/ Official Website]
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