Born on 19 June 1963 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Loïc Pochet joined the French Navy at seventeen and stayed until 1988. He then learned offshore sailing alongside several sailors, including Olivier de Kersauson, Florence Arthaud, Philippe Jeantot, Michel Malinovsky and Yves Parlier.
His record includes second place in the Transat Lorient–Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon–Lorient (1987), victory in the Tour of the British Isles (1989), the Channel crossing record (1990) and 13th in the Transat AG2R (1992). In 1995 a serious car accident kept him immobilised for three years before he returned to racing.
In 2001 he retired from the Transat Jacques-Vabre with Patrick Tabarly. In 2002, in the Route du Rhum, his 60-foot monohull La Rage de Vivre hit a cargo ship while he was among the leaders, forcing him out.
From 2006, as a qualified seaplane flight instructor, he flew several long raids, including a North Atlantic crossing, and one aircraft crashed in Greenland. He then founded the company Calamalo and developed a four-seat seaplane, the Morgann.
