IMOCA
© Jean-Louis Carli / IMOCA
EricBELLION
COMMEUNSEULHOMME Powered by Altavia
age
48 years old ( 15/03/1976)
Number of participations
1 race
About
After sailing around the world in solidarity on Kifouine between 2003 and 2006, setting a sailing record between Brittany and Mauritius with the Défi Intégration in 2010, and then spending a year with Team Jolokia in 2012, Éric Bellion set off on the Vendée Globe in 2016 to convey a message about the richness of diversity. He finished ninth, first rookie, after 99 days, declaring at the finish that ""doing and experiencing a variety of things with different people is where happiness lies"". Four years later, Éric Bellion chose to return to the famous round the world race with the same message. He decided to turn the world's most solitary competition into a shared adventure by creating a collective. Again under the colours of COMMEUNSEULHOMME, and supported by the Altavia communications consortium, the sailor will take part in all the IMOCA Globe Series races from 2022 on board Hubert (Jean Le Cam's IMOCA), then on board a new IMOCA starting in 2023. Il termine neuvième, premier bizuth, après 99 jours et affirme à l’arrivée que “faire et vivre des choses différentes avec des gens différents, c’est là que réside le bonheur.” Quatre ans plus tard, Éric Bellion décide de revenir sur la célèbre course autour du monde avec ce même message et décide de faire de la compétition la plus solitaire au monde une aventure collective en créant un collectif. Toujours sous les couleurs de COMMEUNSEULHOMME, et soutenu par le groupe de communication Altavia, le navigateur prendra part à l’ensemble des courses des IMOCA Globe Series dès 2022 à bord d’Hubert (IMOCA de Jean Le Cam), puis à bord d’un IMOCA neuf à partir de 2023"
List of hits
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
2018
Vendée Globe - 1st Bizuth
9
th
2017
Transat Jacques Vabre
9
th
2015
Rolex Fastnet Race
7
th
2015
Rolex Fastnet Race (IRCZ)
8
th
2013
Record SNSM
1
st
2013
Record des épices (Port-Louis Lorient - Port Louis Ile Maurice)
2011
© Loïc Venance
For me it is a major human saga with all the pioneers of ocean racing. These are the old sailing books I used to pore over as a teenager. On the Route du Rhum you can enter with whatever boat you want and be whoever you want to be. It is the race where everything is possible. That's why it is such a dream for me.
Who you really are ?
Star sign ?
Pisces, not surprising, isn't it ?
Favorite freeze-dried food ?
Chocolate mousse
Lucky charm ?
my little superman figure to remind me that I'm not a hero!
Nickname of the ship ?
Hubert Jean's boat in tribute to his friend Hubert Desjoyaux
Favorite creole food or beverage ?
Boucané chicken with a Ty punch drink !