Louis Burton

Louis Burton
start of the 2013 Transat Vabre
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1985-06-04) 4 June 1985 (age 41)
Ivry-sur-Seine
Sailing career
SportSailing
ClassIMOCA 60 / Classe Mini
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Louis Burton (born 4 June 1985 in Ivry-sur-Seine, France) is a French yachtsman who competes in ocean racing. Burton was the youngest skipper of the fleet at the start of the Vendée Globe 2012.

Race result highlights

Reference

Pos.earEventClassBoat nameNotesRef.
Round the World Races
DNF2025Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée (3)Retired unaided to Cape Town (Rigging damage)
32021Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée (2)80d 10h 25m 12s
72016Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée (1)87 d 21 h 45 min 49 s
RET2012Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée (1)Day 3: collision with a fishing boat
Transatlantic Races
TBC 2023 Retour à la base IMOCA 60 Bureau Vallee 3
16 2023 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Bureau Vallee 3 with  Davy Beaudart (FRA)
DNF 2022 Route du Rhum IMOCA 60 Bureau Vallee 3 Dismasted
DNF2021Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bureau Vallee 3Dismasted
with  Davy Beaudart (FRA)
102019Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée 2 with  Davy Beaudart (FRA)  
72017Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée 2with  Servane Escoffier (FRA)
92015Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bureau Valléewith  Romain Attanasio (FRA)
52013Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bureau Valléewith  Guillaume Le Brec (FRA)
72011Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bureau Valléewith  Nelson Burton (FRA)
RET2018Route du RhumIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée 2
52014Route du RhumIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée
72011Transat B to B
202010Route du Rhum
Other Races
5/52021Ocean Race EuropeIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée 3crewed by  Davy Beaudart (FRA)
 Servane Escoffier (FRA)
 Thibault Hector (FRA)
 Christophe Bachmann (FRA)
 Pip Hare (GBR)
 Jean-René Guilloux (FRA)
 Arthur Hubert (FRA)
 Baptiste Hulin (FRA)
 Clément Commagnac (FRA)
102019Défi Azimut
32019Rolex Fastnet Race
82018Monaco Globe series
RET2018Bermuda 1000 Race
62017Rolex Fastnet RaceIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée 2with  Servane Escoffier (FRA)

References

  1. ↑ "Louis BURTON - Vendée Globe - en".
  2. ↑ "Louis BURTON". www.imoca.org. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  3. ↑ "Louis BURTON".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Fiche régatier".
  5. ↑ "Louis Burton is forced to abandon the Vendée Globe". December 5, 2024.
  6. ↑ "News - Louis Burton (Bureau Vallee 2) second across the finish line - Vendée Globe - En". www.vendeeglobe.org.
  7. ↑ "News – Good luck, good judgement, good pace: Louis Burton's 'lucky' seventh – Vendée Globe – En". vendeeglobe.org.
  8. ↑ "News - Louis Burton Abandons - Vendée Globe - en".
  9. ↑ "Bureau Vallée".