Marie Tabarly
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Marie Tabarly (born 1 January 1984) is a French professional yacht sailor based in Lorient, France, in Brittany.[1] She is the daughter of Éric Tabarly, who died while sailing in the Irish Sea in 1998. Marie originally had a career as an equine behaviourist but put it on hold after her horse got injured and decided to focus on sailing instead.[2] She has a long history of sailing many different yachts from a young age, such as Geronimo, for which she was named as the boat's godmother at its christening;[3] the French trimaran which has since broken many records, such as with Olivier de Kersauson.
She primarily sails Pen Duick VI, a 73 ft ketch built for Eric Tabarly’s 1973–1974 Whitbread Round the World Race.[4] In 2018, she embarked on a four-year round the world trip on Pen Duick VI through her project, the Elemen'Terre Project.[5][6] This project was a sailing journey around the world that became a documentary series focused on reconnecting humans with nature through sailing, arts, and outdoor sports.[6][5] Throughout the journey, many ambassadors joined, such as Yann Tiersen, the writer Sylvain Tesson, the sailor Franck Cammas and the freediver Aurore Asso.[1] She will race Pen Duick VI in the Ocean Globe Race (OGR) in 2023.[7]
Prior to the OGR, she raced alongside Louis Duc in the Transat Jacques Vabre.[1][2]