Education
Humphreys graduated from Plymouth University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Science and Meteorology. Humphreys was also later awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Plymouth University in 2005.
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Conrad Humphreys
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He is a professional sailor and has competed in three round the world races. On 20 February 2005, he became only the 5th British sailor to complete the Vendée Globe. Humphreys" professional career in sailing began at 17 years old, when he was spotted at the Junior World Cadet Championships and asked to join the Youth Challenge campaign for the 1993-1994 Whitbread Round the World Race (now the Volvo Ocean Race) The change in direction thrust him into the world of extreme ocean racing.
His first leadership challenge was as Skipper of LG FLATRON in the gruelling British Telecom Global Challenge 2000-2001.
Humphreys and his team went onto dominate the race setting a record pace and winning four out of seven legs. At just 26 years of age, Humphreys became the youngest winning skipper in the history of the race.
Foreign Humphreys" third circumnavigation, he decided to take on the Everest of ocean racing, the non-stop, solo round the world race, the 2004-2005 Vendée Globe. Humphreys, in his Open 60, HELLOMOTO set out from Les Sables Doctorate"Olonne, France in November 2004 with 19 competitors to race non-stop and without assistance around the world.
The Vendée Globe is regarded as the pinnacle of ocean racing and an event that is widely regarded as the toughest endurance race in any sport.
