Benoît Parnaudeau

Benoit Parnaudeau (born 14 July 1972) is a Canadian-born French sailor.

Biography
He was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, but grow up living in La Rochelle, and has a bachelor's degree in mathematics.

He has been heavily involved in the offshore scene before getting his break as a skipper as he prepared boats of Isabelle Autissier, Christophe Auguin, Didier Munduteguy and more.

He completed in the 2004-2005 Vendee Globe.

In 2005 he built a Class 40 for the Route du Rhum called Bio-Forer planning Gardens. He finished 14th in class.