Bruno Peyron
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Bruno Tristan Peyron (born 10 November 1955)[1] is a French yachtsman who, along with his crew on the catamaran Orange II, broke the outright round-the-world sailing record in March 2005.[2] He was the first winner of the Jules Verne Trophy in 1994, for completing a round-the-world trip in under 80 days.[3] Peyron was born in Angers, France, and grew up in the French Atlantic coast city of La Baule.[1][4] He has been one of the main organisers behind the round-the-world-race The Race.[5]
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- ^ a b Sorkin, Beverly E.. "Bruno Peyron (French yachtsman)". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5wusf1Acm.
- ^ Glenday, Craig (2010-04-27). Guinness World Records 2010: Thousands of New Records in The Book of the Decade!. Random House Publishing Group. p. 165. ISBN 9780553593372. http://books.google.com/books?id=rZ8nFo7Ep0AC&pg=PA165. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ Zimmermann, Tim (2004-01-01). The Race: The First Nonstop, Round-The-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 105. ISBN 9780618382705. http://books.google.com/books?id=WI7U45COn1EC&pg=PT105. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ "Sailing: Peyron smashes record". New York Times. 17 March 2005. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5wusKaujF.
- ^ Jeffery, Tim (20 October 2003). "Yachting: Storm brews over new races". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5wurxx4c0.
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