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title: "Michel Desjoyeaux: offshore racing wins and records"
description: "Michel Desjoyeaux's wins and records in the great offshore sailing races, race by race: the years, the boats and the classes they sailed."
url: "https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/skippers/michel-desjoyeaux"
lang: "en"
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# Michel Desjoyeaux: offshore racing wins and records

Michel Desjoyeaux has 3 wins and 2 records in the great offshore races covered here, from 2000 to 2009, sailing Foncia and PRB.

- 2009 · [Vendée Globe](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/vendee-globe) · course record (84d 3h 9m 8s, beaten in 2013) · *Foncia*
- 2008 · [Vendée Globe](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/vendee-globe) · win · *Foncia*
- 2007 · [Transat Café L'Or](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/transat-cafe-lor) · win · *Foncia* (IMOCA)
- 2001 · [Vendée Globe](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/vendee-globe) · course record (93d 3h 57m 32s, beaten in 2005) · *PRB*
- 2000 · [Vendée Globe](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/vendee-globe) · win · *PRB*

## Races

- **[Vendée Globe](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/vendee-globe)**
  The solo, non-stop, unassisted race around the world.
  Start: Les Sables-d'Olonne · Finish: Les Sables-d'Olonne · 24,300 nm · Next start: November 12, 2028
  [IMOCA](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/classes/imoca)
- **[Transat Café L'Or](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/transat-cafe-lor)**
  The double-handed transatlantic race, formerly the Transat Jacques Vabre, starting from Le Havre.
  Start: Le Havre · Finish: Fort-de-France · Next start: October 31, 2027 (to be confirmed)
  [Ultim](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/classes/ultim) [IMOCA](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/classes/imoca) [Ocean Fifty](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/classes/ocean-fifty) [Class40](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/classes/class40)

## In our articles

- [Engineers vs adventurers: two ways to cross an ocean](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/blog/offshore-sailors-engineers-vs-adventurers)
- [Route du Rhum 2026: a second life for legendary boats](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/blog/route-du-rhum-2026-vintage-second-life-legendary-boats)
- [Barcelona World Race: the two-handed record](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/blog/barcelona-world-race-record)
- [The Transat: from 40 days to 8 to New York](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/blog/the-transat-records)
- [Vendée Globe record: from 109 days to 64](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/blog/vendee-globe-record-history)