Conrad Colman

Conrad Colman is a yachtsman from New Zealand. In 2016 he became the first New Zealander to compete in the famous single-handed around-the-world race, the Vendée Globe.[1][2][3] On 10 February 2017 Colman was in 10th place, 740 miles from the finish line (having completed 97% of the race's 27,440 nautical mile circumnavigation) when his IMOCA 60, the Foresight Natural Energy, was dismasted.[4] Two weeks later he became the 3rd sailor in history to complete the Vendée Globe under jury rig, taking 16th place in the race with a time of just under 110 days 2 hours.[2] Colman ran out of food after the dismasting, and completed the race on survival rations pillaged from his life raft.[4]

Conrad Colman
Conrad Colman in November 2016, about to start the Vendée Globe
NationalityNew Zealand
OccupationYachtsman
Known forSingle-handed yacht racing

Foresight Natural Energy is the same yacht that Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty used in the 2008–09 Vendée Globe[3] and it is powered entirely by renewable energy.[5] When he crossed the finish line Colman became the first skipper to complete the Vendée Globe using no fossil fuels.[4]

References
  1. "Vendee Globe: Conrad Colman's epic voyage".
  2. "Conrad Colman finishes Vendée Globe >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". 24 February 2017.
  3. "Kiwi sailor Conrad Colman signs up for 2016 edition of Vendée Globe".
  4. "New Zealand's Conrad Colman finishes under jury rig for 16th". vendeeglobe.org. Vendée Globe 2016–2017. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  5. "Renewable energy generation onboard Foresight Natural Energy, Conrad Colman's Vendee Globe yacht – Foresight Metering". 22 November 2016.


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