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Charlie Dalin
Charlie Dalin in 2023
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born(1984-05-10)10 May 1984
Harfleur, France[1]
Died11 June 2026(2026-06-11) (aged 42)
Quimper, France
Sport
Sailing career
ClassIMOCA 60
Charlie Dalin at the Solitaire du Figaro 2012 Paimpol (23 June 2012)

Charlie Dalin (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁli dalɛ̃]; 10 May 1984 – 11 June 2026) was a French offshore sailor. He won the 2024–2025 Vendée Globe which is the pinnacle race held every four years for sailing non-stop around the world. He completed the race with a time of 64 days 19 hours 22 minutes and 49 smashing the previous record by 9 days 8 hours 12 minutes and 57 seconds which also set the monohull Around the world sailing record.[2] He completed this race while battling gastrointestinal cancer, taking immunotherapy pills during the race.[3]

Early life

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Dalin started sailing dinghies at a young age in the Optimist and 420. After school he moved to England to study for a Naval Architecture degree from the University of Southampton.[4]

Professional career

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Dalin started yacht racing, competing on both sides of the Channel, racing the Farr 30 in the Tour de France à la voile, and on the Farr 52s Chernikeeff 2 and Bear of Britain at events such as Cowes Week, the Commodores' Cup and Round the Island Race on the.[5]

In the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe he was the first to finish with a time of 80 days 6 hours 15 minutes and 47 seconds but was classified second due to redress.[2]

Dalin was also IMOCA world champion in 2021 and 2022. In 2023 he launched his new sailing yacht MACIF, an IMOCA 60 monohull.[6] In 2025 he received a World Sailing World Sailor of the Year Award with fellow Vendee Globe competitor Justine Mettraux winning the female category.[7]

Sailing highlights

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Pos Year Race Class Boat name Notes Ref
Round the world races
1 2024-25 2024–2025 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Macif (2023) 64d 16h 22m 49s [8]
2 2020-21 2020–2021 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Apivia (2019) 80d 06h 15m 47s [9]
Transatlantic Race
2 2022 Route du Rhum IMOCA 60 Apivia (2019) 11d 19h 38m 11s [10]
2 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Apivia (2019) with Paul Meilhat [11][12]
1 2019 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Apivia (2019) with Yann Elies [11]
DNF 2016 Transat AG2R Figaro 2 MACIF 2015 with Yoann Richomme [11]
3 / 20 2015 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Quéguiner – Leucémie Espoir, FRA 029 17d 10h 01m
with Yann Elies		 [11]
RET 2014 Transat AG2R Figaro 2 CERCLE VERT with Gildas Morvan
1 2012 Transat AG2R Figaro 2 Green Circle with Gildas Morvan
2 2009 Mini Transat Race Mini Transat
Pogo 2		 [13]
Other Results
1 2022 Vendée Arctique IMOCA 60 Apivia (2019) Vendee Qualifier [14]
1 2021 Defi Azimut
1 2021 Syz Translemanique en Solitaire
8 2020 Défi Azimut
2 2020 Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne
3 2018 La Solitaire Urgo Le Figaro
6 2018 La Solo maitre Coq
1 2017 Douarnenez Fastnet Solo
1 2016 Douarnenez Horta Solo
3 2017 La Solitaire Urgo Le Figaro Figaro 2 SKIPPER MACIF 2015 [11]
2 2016 La Solitaire du Figaro Figaro 2 MACIF 2015
2 2015 Solo Basse Normandie
2 / 9 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race IMOCA 60 Quéguiner – Leucémie Espoir, FRA 029 03d 01h 28m
with Yann Elies		 [15]
2 2015 La Solitaire du Figaro Figaro 2
3 2014 La Solitaire du Figaro Figaro 2
1 2014 Championnat de France de Course au Large
3 2014 Le Havre All Mer Cup
2 2014 Lorient - Horta Solo
1 2013 Rolex Fastnet Race Figaro
2013 Tour de France à la Voile M34
1 2013 Record SNSM
3 2012 Med-Race M34
2011 Solo Basse Normandie Figaro
2010 Record SNSM
2 2008 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Sydney 38 The Goat Crew
2008 Les Sables - Les Açores - Les Sables Mini Transat
Pogo 2
1 2004 Round The Island Race Farr 52 Crew [16]
1 2004 RORC Commodore's Cup Farr 52 Crew [16]

Death

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On 11 June 2026, Dalin died in Quimper, France, at the age of 42. He had been battling gastrointestinal cancer for two and a half years.[17][1][18] He wrote about his illness in his biography, La Force du destin, published by Gallimard in October 2025, making clear his determination not to let the cancer diagnosis get in the way of his life.[19]

Further reading

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  • Dalin, Charlie (October 2025). La force du destin [The force of destiny]. Paris: Gallimard. ISBN 978-2-7424-6879-9. OCLC 1545741310.

References

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  1. ^ a b Risen, Clay (12 June 2026). "Charlie Dalin, Who Set a Sailing Record While Battling Cancer, Dies at 42". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Charlie DALIN".
  3. ^ Sieff, Kevin (10 January 2025). "He was diagnosed with cancer, then won a 24,000-mile sailing race". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Charlie Dalin Vendee Globe Success". Southampton University southampton.ac.uk. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Charlie Dalin, record-breaking Vendée Globe winning sailor, has died aged 42". Yachting World. 11 June 2026.
  6. ^ Luce, Amandine (26 June 2023). "Elodie Bonafous getting seriously into the Imoca class". Tip & Shaft. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Justine Mettraux and Charlie Dalin rewarded at the 2025 World Sailing Awards". 5 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Détail résultat". Vendée Globe. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Détail résultat". Fédération Francaise de Voile (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Runner up Dalin rues his third second place in IMOCA major races". 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d e "FFV Sailors Database".
  12. ^ "Map and rankings - Transat Jacques Vabre - Site Officiel". www.transatjacquesvabre.org.
  13. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Transat 6.50. 2009 - Charlie Dalin. Mini transat. YouTube.
  14. ^ "A first first for Dalin, night finishes | Site officiel de la Vendée Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne 2022".
  15. ^ "A26 Safran, FRA 25". histoiredeshalfs.com (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  16. ^ a b "Sailing CV". Archived from the original on 18 August 2009.
  17. ^ "Vainqueur du dernier Vendée Globe, Charlie Dalin est mort à 42 ans" [Charlie Dalin, winner of the last Vendée Globe, has died at the age of 42] (in French). L'Équipe. 11 June 2026. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  18. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sailing/articles/cr5j64pn3jyo
  19. ^ Demorand, Stéphane (18 June 2026), "Charlie Dalin, vainqueur du Vendée Globe, est mort des suites d'un cancer à 42 ans" [Charlie Dalin, winner of the Vendée Globe, has died from cancer at the age of 42.], Le Point (in French), Paris, p. 28, retrieved 23 June 2026
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