SKIPPER
CLAIRE LEROY
2018-2019 Team: Claire Leroy – skipper, Mathilde Geron – main/tactics, Cassandre Blandin – trimmer, Julie Gerecht – trimmer, Lola Billy – pit, Sigrid Longeau – trimmer/bow, Morgane Gautier – bow
2016 Team: Claire Leroy – skipper, Marie Riou – main/tactic, Claire Pruvot – trimmer, Julie Gerecht – trimmer, Morgane Gautier – bow
2013/2014 Team: Claire Leroy – skipper, Claire Pruvot – main/tactic, Nathalie Corson – trimmer, Morgane Gautier – trimmer, Julie Gerecht – mast, Nadege Douroux – bow
In 2007 Claire was voted ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year, and for long periods the 36 years old French match racing skipper held the world ranking top position. She can also look back on numerous victories in the most prestigious match racing events in the world, including double world championship titles and three bronze medals. Not having sailed match racing for a while, she happily came back to the WIM Series for the 2016 Busan event, with the aim to have fun and she did not disappoint with a stellar podium finish. In 2018, she skippered the New Sweden Match Racing Team into the Petit-Finals in Lysekil before bring the Mermaids back together for the WIM Series in Switzerland – the 2018 Swiss Women’s International Match. The team won the 2019 Qualifier for the Women’s Match Racing World Championship and hope to carry the momentum into Lysekil.