Loïc Caradec

French engineer and sailor

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Loïc Caradec (1948–1986) was a French engineer and sailor, born in Paris. He died in the 1986 Route du Rhum race when his catamaran Royale capsized.

Caradec sailed in the 1973–74 Whitbread Round the World Race on Grand Louis and in the 1977–78 Whitbread Round the World Race on Gauloises II.^[1]

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