Born on 16 November 1967 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Éric Drouglazet is a professional skipper based in Trégunc. He first made his name in the Figaro class: winner of the Tour du Finistère à la voile in the late 1980s, he was runner-up in the Solitaire du Figaro in 1998 and 1999 before winning it in 2001. He also has five stage wins and several French Elite solo offshore champion titles.
In 2005 he won the Saint-Nazaire–Cuba transatlantic race on a Figaro. In Class40 he teamed up with Yannick Bestaven aboard number 98, aquarelle.com, and won the 2011 Transat Jacques Vabre; the pair finished 4th in the 2012 Solidaire du Chocolat.
More recently he has raced a TP52 in coastal and offshore events, winning the SNIM and the Porquerolles Cup in 2022 and 2023.
