Gerry Roufs
{{Short description|Canadian sailor}}
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Gerry Roufs (1953 – January 1997){{Cite web|title=Gerry Roufs (1953-1997) – Find A Grave Memorial|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143807845/gerry-roufs|access-date=2021-09-11|website=www.findagrave.com|language=en}} was a Canadian competitive sailor.
Sailing career
Roufs was born in Montreal, Canada. In 1978, along with crewman Charles Robitaille, he placed second at the 470 class World Championships held in Marstrand, Sweden.{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/sai/ow-470.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625160129/http://sports123.com/sai/ow-470.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 June 2009|title=Sports 123: Sailing: World Championships: 470)|date=25 June 2009|website=Sports123.com}}
Death
He disappeared at sea in his boat, Groupe LG 2 in January 1997,{{Cite web|title=News – Gerry Roufs lost at sea twenty years ago – Vendée Globe – En|url=https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/17917/gerry-roufs-lost-at-sea-twenty-years-ago|access-date=2021-09-11|website=www.vendeeglobe.org|language=en}} in the South Pacific Ocean, while taking part in the 1996–1997 edition of the Vendée Globe, the round-the-world, single-handed, non-stop yacht race. Roufs was in second place in the race when his Argos position-indicating beacon ceased to transmit. His boat, Groupe LG 2, was found on the coast of Chile in July 1997. His last known position was {{coord|55|S|124|W|name=Roufs' last known position}}, 369 nm south of Point Nemo, the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
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