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Charlie Dalin

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Charlie Dalin
Charlie Dalin in 2023
Personal information
Full nameCharlie Claude Antoine Dalin
NationalityFrench
Born(1984-05-10)10 May 1984
Harfleur, France[1]
Died11 June 2026(2026-06-11) (aged 42)
Quimper, France
Sailing career
SportSailing
ClassIMOCA 60
Charlie Dalin at the Solitaire du Figaro 2012 Paimpol (23 June 2012)

Charlie Dalin[a] (10 May 1984 – 11 June 2026) was a French offshore sailor. He won the 2024–2025 Vendée Globe which is the pinnacle race held every four years for sailing non-stop around the world. He completed the race with a time of 64 days 19 hours 22 minutes and 49 smashing the previous record by 9 days 8 hours 12 minutes and 57 seconds which also set the monohull around the world sailing record.[2] He completed this race while battling gastrointestinal cancer, taking immunotherapy pills during the race.[3]

Early life

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Dalin started sailing dinghies at a young age in the Optimist and 420. After school he moved to England to study for a Naval Architecture degree from the University of Southampton.[4]

Professional career

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Dalin started yacht racing, competing on both sides of the Channel, racing the Farr 30 in the Tour de France à la voile, and on the Farr 52s Chernikeeff 2 and Bear of Britain at events such as Cowes Week, the Commodores' Cup and Round the Island Race on the.[5]

In the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe he was the first to finish with a time of 80 days 6 hours 15 minutes and 47 seconds but was classified second due to redress.[2]

Dalin was also IMOCA world champion in 2021 and 2022. In 2023 he launched his new sailing yacht MACIF, an IMOCA 60 monohull.[6]

Distinctions

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In 2025 he received a World Sailing World Sailor of the Year Award with fellow Vendee Globe competitor Justine Mettraux winning the female category.[7] Also in 2025, he was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour in France.[8]

Sailing highlights

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PosYearRaceClassBoat nameNotesRef
Round the world races
12024‍–‍252024–2025 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Macif (2023)64d 16h 22m 49s[9]
22020‍–‍212020–2021 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Apivia (2019)80d 06h 15m 47s[10]
Transatlantic Race
22022Route du RhumIMOCA 60Apivia (2019)11d 19h 38m 11s[11]
22021Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Apivia (2019)with Paul Meilhat[12][13]
12019Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Apivia (2019)with Yann Elies[12]
DNF2016Transat AG2RFigaro 2MACIF 2015with Yoann Richomme[12]
3 / 202015Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Quéguiner – Leucémie Espoir, FRA 02917d 10h 01m
with Yann Elies		[12]
RET2014Transat AG2RFigaro 2CERCLE VERTwith Gildas Morvan
12012Transat AG2RFigaro 2Green Circlewith Gildas Morvan
22009Mini Transat RaceMini Transat
Pogo 2		[14]
Other Results
12022Vendée ArctiqueIMOCA 60Apivia (2019)Vendee Qualifier[15]
12021Defi Azimut
12021Syz Translemanique en Solitaire
82020Défi Azimut
22020Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne
32018La Solitaire Urgo Le Figaro
62018La Solo maitre Coq
12017Douarnenez Fastnet Solo
12016Douarnenez Horta Solo
32017La Solitaire Urgo Le FigaroFigaro 2SKIPPER MACIF 2015[12]
22016La Solitaire du FigaroFigaro 2MACIF 2015
22015Solo Basse Normandie
2 / 92015Rolex Fastnet RaceIMOCA 60Quéguiner – Leucémie Espoir, FRA 02903d 01h 28m
with Yann Elies		[16]
22015La Solitaire du FigaroFigaro 2
32014La Solitaire du FigaroFigaro 2
12014Championnat de France de Course au Large
32014Le Havre All Mer Cup
22014Lorient - Horta Solo
12013Rolex Fastnet RaceFigaro
2013Tour de France à la VoileM34
12013Record SNSM
32012Med-RaceM34
2011Solo Basse NormandieFigaro
2010Record SNSM
22008Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht RaceSydney 38The GoatCrew
2008Les Sables - Les Açores - Les SablesMini Transat
Pogo 2
12004Round The Island RaceFarr 52Crew[17]
12004RORC Commodore's CupFarr 52Crew[17]

Death

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On 11 June 2026, Dalin died in Quimper, France, at the age of 42. He had been battling gastrointestinal cancer for two and a half years.[18][1][19] He wrote about his illness in his biography, La Force du destin, published by Gallimard in October 2025, making clear his determination not to let the cancer diagnosis get in the way of his life.[20]

Publications

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  • Book: La force du destin (The force of destiny) [21]

Media appearances

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  • Sailing Home (2004) as himself [22]

Notes

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  1. ↑ French pronunciation: [ʃaʁli dalɛ̃]

References

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  1. 1 2 Risen, Clay (12 June 2026). "Charlie Dalin, Who Set a Sailing Record While Battling Cancer, Dies at 42". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Charlie DALIN".
  3. ↑ Sieff, Kevin (10 January 2025). "He was diagnosed with cancer, then won a 24,000-mile sailing race". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Charlie Dalin Vendee Globe Success". Southampton University southampton.ac.uk. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Charlie Dalin, record-breaking Vendée Globe winning sailor, has died aged 42". Yachting World. 11 June 2026.
  6. ↑ Luce, Amandine (26 June 2023). "Elodie Bonafous getting seriously into the Imoca class". Tip & Shaft. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Justine Mettraux and Charlie Dalin rewarded at the 2025 World Sailing Awards". 5 November 2025.
  8. ↑ "Offshore sailing loses a giant with the passing of Charlie Dalin". The Ocean Race. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Détail résultat". Vendée Globe. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "Détail résultat". Fédération Francaise de Voile (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Runner up Dalin rues his third second place in IMOCA major races". 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "FFV Sailors Database".
  13. ↑ "Map and rankings - Transat Jacques Vabre - Site Officiel". www.transatjacquesvabre.org.
  14. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Transat 6.50. 2009 - Charlie Dalin. Mini transat. YouTube.
  15. ↑ "A first first for Dalin, night finishes | Site officiel de la Vendée Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne 2022".
  16. ↑ "A26 Safran, FRA 25". histoiredeshalfs.com (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  17. 1 2 "Sailing CV". Archived from the original on 18 August 2009.
  18. ↑ "Vainqueur du dernier Vendée Globe, Charlie Dalin est mort à 42 ans" [Charlie Dalin, winner of the last Vendée Globe, has died at the age of 42] (in French). L'Équipe. 11 June 2026. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  19. ↑ "Vendee Globe winner Dalin dies aged 42". BBC. 11 June 2026.
  20. ↑ Demorand, Stéphane (18 June 2026), "Charlie Dalin, vainqueur du Vendée Globe, est mort des suites d'un cancer à 42 ans" [Charlie Dalin, winner of the Vendée Globe, has died from cancer at the age of 42.], Le Point (in French), Paris, p. 28, retrieved 23 June 2026
  21. ↑ Dalin, Charlie (October 2025). La force du destin [The force of destiny]. Paris: Gallimard. ISBN 978-2-7424-6879-9. OCLC 1545741310.
  22. ↑ "Sailing Home". IMDB. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
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