The Cherbourg sailor who has won in the RORC with a JPK for ten years
Louis-Marie Dussere has raced under IRC since 2014 on the Royal Ocean Racing Club circuit, first with a JPK 10.10 and then since 2017 with the JPK 10.80Raging-Bee²(Jacques Valer / JPK Composites). Based at the Yacht Club de Cherbourg, he races with a reduced crew, mainly IRC 3 and IRC Two-Handed, and he wins — from his first season onward.
2014-2015: the JPK 10.10 decade
First RORC season in 2014 with the JPK 10.10Raging Bee(FRA 38902): wins the RORC Season's Points Championship in IRC Threeandin Two-Handed, followed by a win at the Morgan Cup in IRC Double and IRC 3. The year 2015 confirms this: RORC Two-Handed champion, 2nd overall in the Season's Points, class wins at the RORC Caribbean 600, the Myth of Malham (Cowes-Eddystone-Cowes), the De Guigand Bowl (1st Double, 4th overall), and the RORC Cherbourg Race — won by 16 seconds. At the Rolex Fastnet, 5th in Double-Handed with Eric Leroi.
2017: switch to the JPK 10.80
Launch of the JPK 10.80Raging-Bee²in 2017 (designed by Jacques Valer, built by JPK Composites). Same focus: IRC 3, Two-Handed, and the classic RORC races. In 2021, he wins IRC 3 at the RORC Cowes-Dinard-Saint-Malo with a crew of four — Bruno James, Éric Le Roi, Hugues Dorrière, Arthur Richer.
Today
Regular racing on the RORC circuit (Channel races, Fastnet, Cherbourg) withRaging-Bee², one of the most prepared JPK 10.80s in the fleet. Regular crew members: Bruno James, Éric Le Roi. Skysat preparation.
Achievements
- 2014 — Winner of IRC Three and Two-Handed Class in the RORC Season's Points Championship (Raging Bee, JPK 10.10)
- 2014 — Winner of the Morgan Cup in IRC Double and IRC 3
- 2015 — RORC Two-Handed champion and 2nd overall in the Season's Points Championship
- 2015 — Class wins at the RORC Caribbean 600, the Myth of Malham (Cowes-Eddystone-Cowes), the De Guigand Bowl (1st Double, 4th overall), and the RORC Cherbourg Race (won by 16 seconds)
- 2015 — 5th in Double-Handed at the Rolex Fastnet Race with Eric Leroi
- 2021 — 1st in IRC 3 at the RORC Cowes-Dinard-Saint-Malo (Raging-Bee², crew: Bruno James, Éric Le Roi, Hugues Dorrière, Arthur Richer)
