Zbigniew Gutkowski

French offshore sailor and navigator

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Zbigniew Gutkowski
Personal information

Nationality	Polish
Born	(1973-06-24) 24 June 1973 (age 51) Gdansk

Sailing career
Class	IMOCA 60
Club	Gdansk Shipyard Yacht Club

Zbigniew Gutkowski is a Polish professional offshore sailor born on 24 June 1973 in Gdansk.^[1]^[2]

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

3rd Caribbean 600^[3]
7th Transat Jacques-Vabre 2013 with Maciej Marczewski

2012

RET in the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe (Energa)

2010

2nd in the Velux 5 Oceans

2005

4th in the Nokia Oops Cup (ORMA 60 Bonduelle)

2004

Attempted world record (Volvo Ocean 60 Bank BHP, ex-Assa Abloy), stop in Cape Town after hardware failure

2001

4th of The Race (watch leader on Warta-Polpharma)

References

^ "Zbigniew GUTKOWSKI". www.imoca.org.
^ "Operon Racing - Gutek's bio". www.operonracing.com.
^ "News - Gutek 3rd of the Caribbean 600 - Vendée Globe - En". www.vendeeglobe.org.