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Eric Defert: points, statistics and records · Sillage

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Ocean Fifty🇫🇷Franceabout 50 years old

Eric Defert

Statistics

Whole career, 2007–2017, every class.
· General · 2026 season in progress
Method
Not ranked: no scored race since 2023
Past standings, up to the 2015 season.
244
pts in all · 3 races counted
End of season
802007165th
802008197th
602009247th
6 starts
Wins
0
0%
2nd and 3rd places
0
0%
4th to 5th
1
17%
Further back
3
50%
Retirements
2
33%
Finish rate 67%
Highlights
Starts6
Best Sillage standing57th in 2007 · Class40
Record season141 Sillage pts in 2012
Level by season
Share of the fleet beaten, averaged over the classified results (retirements do not count here). 100%: winning everything; 50%: mid-fleet.
- Class40
- fewer than 3 results
- mid-fleet
62%’07
’08
’09
46%
Ocean Fifty, 2017–2017.
1 start
Wins
0
0%
2nd and 3rd places
0
0%
4th to 5th
0
0%
Further back
0
0%
Retirements
1
100%
Finish rate 0%
Highlights
Starts1
Class40, 2007–2012.
5 starts
Wins
0
0%
2nd and 3rd places
0
0%
4th to 5th
1
20%
Further back
3
60%
Retirements
1
20%
Finish rate 80%
Highlights
Starts5

Transatlantique New York – Lizard, 40 pieds et moins (référence)2011
11d11h03min58s
Qwanza - Proviteq
Eric Defert
WSSRC record · April 2011Record

’10

’11

33%’12

’13

’14

’15

’16

’17

Best season 2007 (62%, 11th: Transat Café L'Or). 2012 rests on 1 result only.

Best Sillage standing57th in 2007

Record season141 Sillage pts in 2012

Level by season

Share of the fleet beaten, averaged over the classified results (retirements do not count here). 100%: winning everything; 50%: mid-fleet.

Class40
fewer than 3 results
mid-fleet

62%’07
’08
’09
46%’10
’11
33%’12

Best season 2007 (62%, 11th: Transat Café L'Or). 2012 rests on 1 result only.

134

2010

142nd

942011230th

1412012187th

1172013223rd

532014302nd

352015347th

podium seasoncurrent season, provisional

Sillage pointsPoints ranking computed per class: the winner scores the base of the race's tier (1,000, 600, 350 or 200), the others a share by place and fleet size, a retirement 5 %. Four seasons count, weighted 100, 75, 50 and 25 %.See in the glossary · Class40 · 2026 season in progress

Method

Not ranked: no scored race since 2023

Past standings, up to the 2015 season.

244

pts in all · 3 races counted

End of season

80200757th
80200894th
602009151st
134201080th
942011149th
1412012116th
1172013146th
532014227th
352015263rd

podium seasoncurrent season, provisional

Sillage pointsPoints ranking computed per class: the winner scores the base of the race's tier (1,000, 600, 350 or 200), the others a share by place and fleet size, a retirement 5 %. Four seasons count, weighted 100, 75, 50 and 25 %.See in the glossary

French sailor born in Tours in 1976, holder of the solo North Atlantic Class40 record (2011), also involved in sailing-based oceanography.

Skipper

General rankingPlace in the class's points ranking at the current season; tied on equal points.Computed on 9 Nov 2026.See in the glossary: —not ranked

Class40 rankingPlace in the class's points ranking at the current season; tied on equal points.Computed on 9 Nov 2026.See in the glossary: —not ranked

: 6

: 0

: 0

·: 0 · 0

StartsRaces started in finished editions. Non-starters (did not start, withdrawn) are not counted.Computed on 9 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

WinsFirst place in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 9 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

PodiumsTop three in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 9 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

WinsFirst place in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 9 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

PodiumsTop three in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 9 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

Records

Records

Statistics

· General · 2026 season in progress

End of season

Sillage pointsPoints ranking computed per class: the winner scores the base of the race's tier (1,000, 600, 350 or 200), the others a share by place and fleet size, a retirement 5 %. Four seasons count, weighted 100, 75, 50 and 25 %.See in the glossary · Class40 · 2026 season in progress

End of season