Boris Herrmann
Born (1981-05-28) 28 May 1981
Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, West Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationYachtsman

Boris Herrmann (born 28 May 1981) is a German yachtsman.

Sailing career

In 2001 Boris Herrmann was the youngest (and only German) participant in the Mini Transat race, a single-handed yacht race across the Atlantic. He came to finish eleventh which earned him his first larger appearance in the yachting press. In 2006 Herrmann finished second in the European Championship as well as in the German Championship in the 505 class. He also competed in the 505 World Championships finishing 17th in 2005, 7th in 2006 and 9th in 2007 in highly competitive 100+ boat fleets. In spring 2008 Herrmann sailed his Class 40 yacht “Beluga Racer” to a second in the Artemis Transat, the oldest transatlantic regatta for single-handed yachts.

Boris Herrmann won the Portimão Global Ocean Race, a five leg regatta around the world for Class 40 boats. He and his co-skipper Felix Oehme (the Beluga Offshore Sailing Team) came to win three of the five legs of the race, and left behind the team Desafio Cabo de Hornos. This makes them the first German professional team on a German yacht to win a leg of an international trans-ocean race and the whole race itself.[1]

On 29 July 2019, it was announced that Boris Herrmann was to sail climate activist Greta Thunberg from Plymouth to New York City in mid-late August 2019 on his emission-free racing yacht Malizia II. [2] They departed on 14 August 2019 and arrived on 28 August the same year.[3]

In 2020/2021 Boris Herrmann was the first German (apart from the Franco-German Isabelle Joschke) to take part in the prestigious 2020 - Vendée Globe, which started on 8 November 2020 in front of Les Sables-d'Olonne in the Vendée department in France.[4] He crossed the finish line in 5th place with an elapsed time of 80d 20h 59m 45s. In total Boris Herrmann achieved 5th place between Jean Le Cam on 4th and Thomas Ruyant on 6th place.[5] Due to a granted time compensation of 6 hours as part of the rescue of Kevin Escoffier in late November 2020, Boris Herrmann came out with a total regatta time of 80d 14h 59m 45s.[6]

On the 19th June 2022 he launched his new boat Malizia-Seaexplorer, with which he participated in the 14th edition of The Ocean Race. The ship is constructed for his participation in the 2024/2025 Vendée Globe.[7]

In 2023 Boris Herrmann is competing in the 14th edition of The Ocean Race, sailing around the world in the toughest crewed race in the world over with co-skippers Will Harris, Rosalin Kuiper, Nicolas Lunven and Antoine Auriol. The crew passed Cape Horn in first place in leg 3 of the race [8]

Sailing Results

Year Pos Event Class Yacht Notes Ref
2001 11 Mini Transat Classe Mini solo
2001 10 Mini Fastnet Classe Mini solo
2005 1 EuroCup 505er
2006 2 EuroCup 505er
2006 6 World Cup 505er
2007 1 German Championships 505er
2007 9 World Cup 505er
2008 7 Transat Quebec - Saint Malo Class40 Beluga Racer with Meike Schomeker, Matthias Beilken and Michel Kleinjans [9]
2008 6 Grand prix petit navire Class40 Beluga Racer solo [9]
2008 5 Marblehead Halifax Class40 Beluga Racer with Brian Hancock, Arno Kronenberg and

Jan Sangman

 [9]
2008 2 Artemis Transat Class40 Beluga Racer solo [9]
2008 1 Portimão Global Ocean Race Class40 Beluga Racer with Felix Oehme [10]
2009 3 Rolex Fastnet Race Class40 Beluga Racer with Didier le Vourch, Yvon Berrehar and Gérald Bibot [9]
2010 3 Happy Baie! La Trinite sur Mer Class40 40 Degrees with Conrad Colman and Jesse Naimark-Rowse [9]
2010 5 Barcelona World Race IMOCA 60 Neutrogena with Ryan Breymaier [11]
2011 8 CIC Normandy Channel Race Class40 Red with Mathias Mueller von Blumencron [9]
2013 7 CIC Normandy Channel Race Class40 Red with Mathias Mueller von Blumencron [9]
2016 6 GC32 Racing Tour GC32 Malizia - Yacht Club de Monaco crewed [12][13]
2017 4 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Malizia II with Thomas Ruyant
2017 3 Rolex Fastnet Race IMOCA 60 Malizia II with Pierre Casiraghi
2018 7 Monaco Globe Series IMOCA 60 Malizia II with Pierre Casiraghi [14]
2018 5 Route du Rhum IMOCA 60 Malizia II solo [15]
2019 7 Rolex Fastnet Race IMOCA 60 Malizia II with Will Harris
2019 12 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Malizia II with Will Harris
2020 7 Vendée-Arctique – Les Sables d’Olonne IMOCA 60 Seaexplorer - Yacht Club de Monaco solo [16][17]
2020 7 24h Le Defi Azimut IMOCA 60 Seaexplorer - Yacht Club de Monaco
2020 5 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Seaexplorer - Yacht Club de Monaco solo [18]
2022 24 Route du Rhum IMOCA 60 Malizia-Seaexplorer solo [19][20]
2022 3 24h Le Defi Azimut IMOCA 60 Malizia-Seaexplorer Team trials,

skipper, crewed

 [21][22]
2023 3 The Ocean Race leg 1 Alicante–Kap Verde IMOCA 60 Malizia-Seaexplorer skipper, crewed [23][24]
2023 1 The Ocean Race leg 3 Kapstadt–Itajaí

Als Teilstrecke davon: Roaring Forties Trophy

 IMOCA 60 Malizia-Seaexplorer skipper, crewed [23][24]
2023 3 The Ocean Race leg 5 Newport–Aarhus IMOCA 60 Malizia-Seaexplorer skipper, crewed [23][24]
2023 3 The Ocean Race leg 6 Aarhus–Den Haag IMOCA 60 Malizia-Seaexplorer skipper, crewed [23][24]
2023 1 The Ocean Race leg 7 Den Haag–Genua IMOCA 60 Malizia-Seaexplorer skipper, crewed [23][24]
2023 3 The Ocean Race overall result IMOCA 60 Malizia-Seaexplorer skipper, crewed [23][24]
2023 2 The Ocean Race in-port races overall result IMOCA 60 Malizia-Seaexplorer skipper, crewed [23][24]
2023 7 24h Le Defi Azimut IMOCA 60 Malizia-Seaexplorer with Will Harris [25][26]
2023 7 Transat Jaques Vabre IMOCA 60 Malizia-Seaexplorer with Will Harris; 12d 09h 01m 03s [27]

References

  1. ↑ "Home". Portimão Global Ocean Race. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008.
  2. ↑ correspondent, Jon Henley Europe (29 July 2019). "Greta Thunberg to sail across Atlantic for UN climate summits". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Justine Calma (28 August 2019). "Greta Thunberg wraps up 15-day carbon-free voyage to New York City". The Verge.
  4. ↑ "Hundertprozentige Sicherheit gibt es nicht". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 7 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Tracking map - Vendée Globe - En". www.vendeeglobe.org. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "News - Time Compensations To Skippers Involved In the Rescue of Kevin Escoffier - Vendée Globe - En". www.vendeeglobe.org. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  7. ↑ NDR. "Boris Herrmanns neue Yacht ist im Wasser". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ocean Race 2023: Team Malizia become first team to pass Cape Horn ahead of Holcim-PRB on Leg 3 to Itajai".
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Boris HERRMANN - Class40". www.class40.com. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  10. ↑ Schilling, Frieder (15 January 2009). "Portimão Global Ocean Race: Deutsches Segel-Duo siegt in Neuseeland". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  11. ↑ Kemmling, Carsten (10 April 2011). "Barcelona World Race: Herrmann segelt als Fünfter durchs Ziel". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  12. ↑ "Malizia: Fliegen auf dem Wasser | Team Malizia & Boris Herrmann Racing - Professional sailing team racing around the world". Team Malizia & Boris Herrmann Racing. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "2016's-results GC32 Racing Tour- all races and Event results". GC32 Racing Tour. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  14. ↑ Juanpa (7 June 2018). "IMOCA world championship, Monaco Globe Series. Triunfo para SMA de Paul Meilhat y Gwénolé Gahinet". Juanpanews (in European Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  15. ↑ NDR. "Segler Herrmann startet mit neuem Boot bei der Route du Rhum". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  16. ↑ "Der verflixte siebte Platz". float Magazin (in German). Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  17. ↑ "Boris Herrmann finishes in 7th position: "The Vendee Globe could start tomorrow, I feel ready!" says Boris Herrmann".
  18. ↑ "Only winners after 80 days on the sea". float Magazin (in German). Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  19. ↑ "Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe". Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  20. ↑ "Boris Herrmann finishes the Route du Rhum 2022". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  21. ↑ "Rankings". www.defi-azimut.net. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  22. ↑ "Défi Azimut 48 Hours: A fascinating first outing for The Ocean Race IMOCAs". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Race, The Ocean. "The Ocean Race 2022-23". The Ocean Race 2022-23. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Team Malizia third overall in The Ocean Race and second in the in-Port Series". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  25. ↑ "Classements du Défi Azimut". www.defi-azimut.net (in French). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  26. ↑ "An intense 48 hours of racing in the 48 hour Défi Azimut for Team Malizia and Boris Herrmann". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  27. ↑ NDR. "Herrmann und Harris bei Transat auf Platz 7 - Ruyant/Lagravière feiern Sieg". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 19 November 2023.

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