Conrad Colman

{{short description|New Zealand sailor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}

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| name = Conrad Colman

| image = Conrad Colman (3).jpg

| alt = A photo of Colman, dressed causally, laughing. He stands beside a furled foresail.

| caption = Conrad Colman in November 2016, about to start the Vendée Globe

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|12|02}}{{citeweb|url=https://www.imoca.org/en/skippers-1/conrad-colman|title=Conrad Colman IMOCA Skipper Profile}}

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| nationality = New Zealand
American

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| occupation = Yachtsman

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| known_for = Single-handed yacht racing

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Conrad Colman is a yachtsman from New Zealand with dual nationality of New Zealand and America and is now based in France.{{cite web |url=https://www.conradcolman.com/ |title=Home |website=conradcolman.com}} In 2016, he became the first New Zealander to compete in the famous solo around-the-world race, the Vendée Globe.{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/02/sport/vendee-globe-sailing-foresight-natural-energy-conrad-colman/index.html|title=Vendee Globe: Conrad Colman's epic voyage|date=2 December 2016 |publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2017/02/24/conrad-colman-finishes/|title=Conrad Colman finishes Vendée Globe >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News|date=24 February 2017|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/76563521/kiwi-sailor-conrad-colman-signs-up-for-2016-edition-of-vende-globe|title=Kiwi sailor Conrad Colman signs up for 2016 edition of Vendée Globe|date=3 February 2016|publisher=}} On 10 February 2017 Colman was in 10th place, 740 miles from the finish line (having completed 97% of the race's 27,440 nautical mile circumnavigation) when his IMOCA 60, the Foresight Natural Energy, was dismasted.{{Cite web | title = New Zealand's Conrad Colman finishes under jury rig for 16th | publisher = Vendée Globe 2016–2017 | website = vendeeglobe.org | date = 24 February 2017 | accessdate = 25 February 2017 | url = http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/18985/new-zealand-s-conrad-colman-finishes-under-jury-rig-for-16th }} Two weeks later he became the 3rd sailor in history to complete the Vendée Globe under jury rig, taking 16th place in the race with a time of just under 110 days 2 hours. Colman ran out of food after the dismasting, and completed the race on survival rations pillaged from his life raft.

Foresight Natural Energy is the same yacht that Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty used in the 2008–09 Vendée Globe and it is powered entirely by renewable energy.{{cite web|url=http://foresightmetering.co.uk/renewable-energy-generation-onboard-foresight-natural-energy-conrad-colmans-vendee-globe-yacht/|title=Renewable energy generation onboard Foresight Natural Energy, Conrad Colman's Vendee Globe yacht – Foresight Metering|date=22 November 2016|publisher=}} When he crossed the finish line, Colman became the first skipper to complete the Vendée Globe using no fossil fuels.