Career
He has lived in Brittany since his victory in the Challenge Espoir Crédit Agricole in 1994. After completing a two-year maths course for the ‘Grandes écoles’, as well as a piano academy, Franck Cammas finally opted for a career in sailing. Despite his late entry into competition, he is one of the most talented and respected sailors in the Ocean Racing Multihull Association world.
His last trimaran, the 103-foot (31 m) Groupama 3 was designed to break ocean racing records.
Groupama 2 holds the record for being the fastest yacht in a transat Jacques Vabre race and Groupama 3 once broke Jules Verne Trophy, which she held for nearly two years. Cammas is the father of two girls and practices other sports including skiing, boardsports and cycling.
Transat Jacques Vabre (Trimarans ORMA): 10 days 38 minutes and 43 secondes with an average speed of 19,18 knots (2007). North Atlantic crossing (east to west) also called the "discovery route" (Cádiz - San Salvador): 7 days 10 hours 58 minutes and 53 secondes (1 May 2007)
Miami - New York: 1 day 11 hours 5 minutes and 20 secondes (4 June 2007)
24 hours distance record: 794 milles (average: 3308 knots) (20 July 2007) >> A record held from 21 July 2007 to 1 August 2009
North Atlantic crossing (west to east): 4 days 3 hours 57 minutes 54 secondes (23 July 2007) >> A record held from 24 July 2007 to 2 August 2009
Round Britain and Ireland, on monohull, in 5 days 21 hours 26 minutes and 55 seconds.
(23–29 August 2010)
Mediterranean crossing record (Marseilles - Carthage): 17 hours 08 minutes and 23 seconds (15/16 May 2009) >> A record held from 16 May 2009 to 15 May 2010
Jules Verne Trophy: in 48 days 07 hours 44 minutes 52 seconds, 20 March 2010, a record held for nearly two years.
