Charlie Dalin

{{short description|French sailor}}

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Charlie Dalin (born 10 May 1984) is a French offshore sailor. He placed first in the 10th edition of the quadrennial Vendée Globe race around the world that took place in 2024–2025 completing the race within a time of 64 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes and 49 seconds, smashing the previous record by 9 days, 8 hours, 12 minutes and 57 seconds. The edition before that he also finished second in the Vendée Globe race that took place in 2020–2021, with a time of 80 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes and 47 seconds.{{Cite web |url=https://www.imoca.org/en/skippers-1/charlie-dalin |title=Charlie DALIN}} He covered {{convert|28268|nmi}} at a race average of {{convert|14.67|kn}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/21986/charlie-dalin-apivia-first-to-finish-the-ninth-vendee-globe |title=Charlie Dalin (APIVIA) First To Finish The Ninth Vendée Globe |work=www.vendeeglobe.org |date=2021-01-27 |accessdate=2021-02-01}} He has a Naval Architecture degree from the University of Southampton.{{cite web |url=https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2021/01/charlie-dalin-vendee-globe.page |title=Charlie Dalin Vendee Globe Success |work=Southampton University southampton.ac.uk |date=2021-01-27 |accessdate=2021-02-01}}

He is also IMOCA world champion in 2021 and 2022. In 2023 he launched his new sailing yacht MACIF, an IMOCA 60 monohull.{{Cite web |last=Luce |first=Amandine |date=2023-06-26 |title=Elodie Bonafous getting seriously into the Imoca class |url=https://www.tipandshaft.com/en/vendee-globe-en/elodie-bonafous-getting-seriously-into-the-imoca-class/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Tip & Shaft |language=en-US}}