Yvan Bourgnon - 70'
- navigate
- Catamaran
- skipper
- first around the world
- cabin-less
- Transat
- beach yacht
- swiss
- sextant
- voyage
- Racer
- Jacques Vabre
- Offshore
- winner
- Yvan Bourgnon
- Ma Louloutte
- Solo
- oceans
In 2015, the Swiss skipper Yvan Bourgnon - a regular offshore racer and winner of the Transat Jacques Vabre in 1997 alongside his brother Laurent - completed the first around the world solo voyage in a cabin-less catamaran the size of a beach yacht, "Ma Louloutte". 220 days and 55,000 km at sea, with no protection from the elements. To find his way across the world’s oceans, he decided to navigate the old way, using a sextant.