Zbigniew Gutkowski

Zbigniew Gutkowski is a Polish professional offshore sailor born on 24 June 1973 in Gdansk.

Biography
From 2012,he is the skipper of the IMOCA Energa. On 21 November 2012, he announced that he was abandoning the Vendée Globe 2012-2013 due to electronic problems in his sailboat, preventing him from having an autopilot

Sailing Career Highlights
2013 2012 2010 2005 2004 2001
 * 3rd Caribbean 600
 * 7th Transat Jacques-Vabre 2013 with Maciej Marczewski
 * RET in the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe (Energa)
 * 2nd in the Velux 5 Oceans
 * 4th in the Nokia Oops Cup (ORMA 60 Bonduelle)
 * Attempted world record (Volvo Ocean 60 Bank BHP, ex-Assa Abloy), stop in Cape Town after hardware failure
 * 4th of The Race (watch leader on Warta-Polpharma)