Anne Liardet

Anne Liardet (born April 16, 1961 in Bourges)^[1] is a French female offshore professional sailor.

Anne Liardet

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1961-04-16) 16 April 1961 (age 64) Bourges
Sport
Sailing career
Class	IMOCA 60

Biography

Her father is a teacher who moved to teach at Brest Graduate School of Arts when she was one year old. The family moved to Sainte-Anne-du-Portzic she was introduced to sailing by her father. After leaving school she started work for a sailmaker but within two years she moved into working in a boatyards preparation ocean racing boats.^[1] Working in the world of offshore racing at a shipyard and then on various sailing yacht she already imagines herself aboard the boats she prepares. She is the mother of three children Morgan, Manon and Margot,^[2] whom she had with partner and fellow offshore sailor Jo Le Guen where they live in Daoulas, Finistère.

Sailing career

She is the third woman to finish a Vendée Globe solo yacht race following Catherine Chabaud in 1997 and Ellen MacArthur in 2001.^[3] She attempted to return to professional sailing to compete in the 2012-2013 Vendee Globe but failed to raise the funds. In 2021 she returned to offshore sailing mounting a Mini Transat campaign.^[4][5]

Results highlights

Pos	Year	Race	Class	Boat Name	Notes	Ref.
	1983	Brest-Bermuda-Brest		Pen Duick VI		[1]
1	1985	2 Person Mini Transat	Mini Transat 6.50		with B Audrezet	[1]
10	1985	Mini Transat Race	Mini Transat 6.50	Piz Buin	1st woman	[1]
1	1985	Mini Fastnet solo	Mini Transat 6.50			[1]
24	1986	Solitaire du Figaro	Beneteau Figaro	Normerel	1st in a standard boat	[1]
2	1987	100 miles of Concarneau		Normerel		[1]
9	1987	Half Ton Cup	Half Ton Class	Normerel	held in La Rochelle	[1]
10	1987	Solitaire du Figaro	Beneteau Figaro			[1]
	1990	Route du Rhum	Multi	CTL		[1]
9	2003	Atlantic Challenge			(Bahia - La Rochelle)	[1]
12	2004	The Transat	IMOCA 60	Quiksilver		[1][5]
8	2005	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Roxy (1)	19d 14h 24m with  Miranda Merron (GBR)
11	2005	Rolex Fastnet Race	IMOCA 60	Roxy (1)		[6]
11	2005	2004–2005 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Roxy (1)		[3]
8	2006	Route du Rhum	IMOCA 60	Roxy (2)
2	2007	Transat Jacques Vabre	Class40	40 Degrees	with  Peter Harding (GBR)	[7]