JACQUES CARAËS

Race Director

Jacques is one of offshore sailing's most decorated Race Directors. With more than 40 Atlantic crossings and four circumnavigations to his name as a sailor, he turned his hand to the role back in 2007. Since, he's overseen seven editions of the Solitaire du Figaro, directed the Barcelona World Race, Brest Atlantiques, Route du Rhum and has led the most emblematic of ocean races, the Vendée Globe, on two occasions.