When Philippe Guigné imagined a virtual sailing game in 2006, he could hardly have imagined the enthusiasm it would arouse in thousands of budding skippers.
Philippe Guigné is a sailora real one. He knows how to trim a sail, how to reef a mainsail, or how to ease off quickly if a strong gust causes his boat to heel. But far from the barbaric terms of navigation, Philippe Guigné also knows how to share his passion. “When two sailors talk to each other, you can’t understand a word they’re saying. I wanted Madame Michu to be able to sail”.insists the entrepreneur. This Sunday, November 10, at the same time as the 40 Vendée Globe skippers, over 400,000 virtual participants chose their course on Virtual Regatta. It’s largely thanks to Virtual Regatta that these newcomers are able to cast off on a virtual round-the-world voyage.
From soccer to sailing
As a teenager, Philippe Guigné was already an entrepreneur. “At 16, I was sawing optimist masts to make billiard cue cases. Then I went to all the tournaments in the region to sell them.says the fifty-year-old. In the early 2000s, as the Internet entered the home…
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