Legallais Sailing Team 2021

Born in Caen, Pierre made his first tacks in the Barneville-Carteret harbour, facing the Channel Islands. He was educated in Caen, Paris, and then London, and continued his higher education at Columbia University on the other side of the Atlantic. In 2019, he took a gap year to train, qualify and participate in the Mini Transat. This solo transatlantic race allowed him to discover the job of skipper and confirm his passion for the open sea.

He holds a Master’s degree in Operations Research and is interested in data analysis and decision making.

Originally from Grenoble, Kevin started competitive sailing at the age of 10 and honed his skills at the Aix les Bains club. In search of a more intensive sailing programme, he enrolled on a course combining sport with academic studies and took part in several international 420 competitions in high school. He then joined ENSTA Bretagne, where he sailed on a variety of craft while completing an engineer course with a hydrodynamics major.

Fascinated by the call of the open sea, Kevin also took part in the 2019 Mini Transat, before being selected by “Team Vendée Formation” as skipper for the 2020 Figaro season. He finished first in the rookie ranking of the legendary “Solitaire du Figaro” race

Attracted to ocean racing since childhood, Vittoria studied naval architecture in La Spezia, in her native Italy. She even designed a Class40 for her thesis. With her diploma in hand, she moved to Lorient, the “Mecca of the open sea”, to join this world she was so keenly interested in. She thus trained to prepare for the Mini 6.50 race and was in particular behind the success of her partner Ambrogio Beccaria, who dominated the 2018-2019 racing circuit through an infallible boat.

Vittoria then joined the Crédit Mutuel Class40 team, where she is continuing to apply her theoretical and practical knowledge.