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Phil Sharp | |
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 Phil Sharp at the finish of the Transat bakerly 2016 single-handed race from Plymouth, UK to New York, America aboard Class40 Imerys. | |
| Born | May 11, 1981 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Yachtsman and Mechanical Engineer |
| Website | www.philsharpracing.com |
Phil Sharp (born 11 May 1981) is an British yachtsman, born in Jersey (Channel Islands), educated at Victoria College Jersey and qualified from Imperial College London with an MSc in Mechanical Engineering. Sharp holds World Speed Sailing Records[1] and Guinness World Records[2] [3] for the Cowes to Dinard monohull under 60ft singlehanded (set in 2016)[4], and crewed around Britain and Ireland under 40 ft (set in 2018)[5][6].
Racing a 2013 Manuard Mach 2 design under the name Imerys, Sharp won the Class40 ocean racing Championship in 2017 with title partner Imerys.
In 2006 Sharp won the infamous Route du Rhum single-handed race from St Malo to Guadeloupe aboard a Class40 and is entered for the 2018 edition. In 2016 Sharp lost his lead in the single-handed Transat bakerly (Plymouth – New York) after his mainsail shredded in a storm. Sharp made a temporary repair and finished the race in 3rd place[7].
Sharp is a specialist in high performance composite structural design. He engineered a 43m wind turbine through his time at Blade Dynamics on the Isle of Wight and three carbon-fibre booms at Future Fibres in Valencia[8], designed for what is still (as at August 2018) the largest yacht in the world – A (sailing yacht). The £260million superyacht has a length of 473ft and a gross tonnage of 12,558.
Sharp is a member of the Royal Cruising Club and Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club, and is a founder of PS Racing Ltd a sports management company. The company is developing a hydrogen-electric system[9] to replace the diesel engine with the objective to race single-handed around the world with zero fossil fuels aboard in the Vendee Globe.
Records
- 2018: Monohull (crewed, up to 40 feet) for the Round Britain and Ireland. Starting on 12 August 2018 the distanced of 1,773 nm sailed was covered at an average speed of 9.03 kts (16.72 kph) in 8 days, 4 hours, 14 minutes and 49 seconds[10].
- 2016: Monohull and multihull (single-handed up to 60 feet) for the Channel (Cowes-Dinard). The route distance of 138nm was covered on 24 November in 9 hours 3 minutes and 6 seconds with an average speed of 15.25 knots (28.24 kph)[11].
External links
References
- ^ Administrator. "Records". www.sailspeedrecords.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Fastest time to sail across the English Channel, monohull". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Fastest time to sail around Great Britain and Ireland ─ 40 ft or under". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Phil Sharp: Jersey sailor has cross-Channel record ratified". BBC Sport. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Sharp breaks record in Round Britain and Ireland win". ITV News. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Royal Ocean Racing Club - Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race - Imerys Clean Energy take the gun". www.rorc.org.
- ^ Brown, Luke (2 June 2016). "A true British underdog story: Phil Sharp overcomes all odds with Transat podium finish". The Telegraph.
- ^ "Phil Sharp's Biography". Energy Challenge - Innovating for our Future. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "The Challenge". Energy Challenge - Innovating for our Future.
- ^ "Records". www.sailspeedrecords.com.
- ^ "Records". www.sailspeedrecords.com.
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