Born in the Hauts-de-France area, Thomas Ruyant is a specialist in transatlantic races: he has won the Mini-Transat, the Route du Rhum twice, the Transat AG2R, as well as the Transat Jacques Vabre! Thomas is a sailor in the strictest sense of the term. He really comes into his sporting own offshore and over a long period of time. 2024 should be his 3rd Vendée Globe. In 2016, he heroically abandoned the round-the-world race aboard Souffle du Nord after suffering major damage off New Zealand, and finished the 2020 edition in 6th place after often sailing in the top 3. Thomas' motto is to give meaning to his performances, which he does with the collective We Sail For People and Planet.
Ranking
3rd
Status
Distances covered
in nautical miles (1 mile ≈ 1.852 km)
- 2875 Transat Jacques Vabre 2021
- 661 Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race 2022
- 1250 Vendée Arctique - Les Sables d'Olonne 2022
- 505 Défi Azimut 2022
- 3550 Route du Rhum 2022
- 294 Défi Azimut 2023
- 1880 Transat Jacques Vabre 2023
- 3500 Retour à la Base 2023
- Transat Jacques Vabre 2021 2875
- Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race 2022 661
- Vendée Arctique - Les Sables d'Olonne 2022 1250
- Défi Azimut 2022 505
- Route du Rhum 2022 3550
- Défi Azimut 2023 294
- Transat Jacques Vabre 2023 1880
- Retour à la Base 2023 3500
Profile
Achievements
VULNERABLE
- Architect : Antoine Koch et Finot-Conq
- Construction : 2022, CDK Technologies
- Launch date : 16 Mars 2023
- Lenght : 18,28 m
- Draught : 4,50 m
- Mast height : 29 m
Advens is a leading French cybersecurity company. With its independence and more than 400 experts in France and Europe, it helps companies to prevent and neutralise cyber attacks. But that's not its only vocation: Advens wants to have an impact on the world. It is building a committed business model that allows it to dedicate 50% of the Advens group's capital to the development and acceleration of initiatives that aim to have a large-scale impact on people and the planet.
Commitment
VULNERABLE is a campaign to change the way we look at the shared vulnerability of people and the planet. Its aim? To stop seeing vulnerability as a burden to be carried, but rather as limits to be accepted and a potential for creating value to be released.
Its ambition: to give a real place to the most vulnerable among us in order to humanise society.
Initiated by Alexandre Fayeulle, who placed it at the heart of Advens' purpose, it spread with Thomas Ruyant and Sam Goodchild who in turn embraced it... soon to be joined by players from all horizons...
News & media
New colours for Thomas Ruyant's IMOCA Vulnerable
