Conrad Humphreys

Quick Facts

Full Name	Conrad Humphreys
Date Of Birth	Feb 13, 1973(1973-02-13)
Age	51
Birthplace	Exmouth
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Conrad Humphreys Biography

Conrad Humphreys is one of the most popular and richest British yachtsman who was born on February 13, 1973 in Exmouth, England, United Kingdom. Humphreys was later to sell off the company’s Open 60, Hellomoto to yachtswoman Dee Caffari and moved into the Extreme 40 Class again with Motorola participating in the inaugural season of the Volvo Extreme Sailing Series during the Volvo Ocean Race. Humphreys chose Leigh McMillan as Helmsman for the race, and this saw them finish third overall, and then win the final race in Rotterdam.

Humphreys was a student at Exeter College, initially training to become a journalist however it was the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1993-94 enticed him to step away from studies to compete around the world when he was 19. He returned to Plymouth University. University of Plymouth where he graduated in 1997 with the degree of BSc with a major in Ocean Science and Meteorology. Humphreys was also given an honorary master of Science degree from Plymouth University in 2005.

In 2001, Humphreys teamed up with Mike Golding as navigator for the EDS Atlantic Challenge, competing two transatlantic crossings and finishing 3rd in the inaugural edition of the race. He later joined Will Oxley for the 2001 edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race and went onto race in the Sydney Hobart as navigator for Commodore, CYCA, Matt Allan’s Ichiban 70 in the next five editions of the race, coming close to winning the race overall in 2003.

Combining both his passions (sport and the outdoors) Humphreys founded Sport Environment, a sports marketing consultancy in 2001 and has worked with a number of leading brands, organisations and charities in both sailing and outdoor events. His creative drive and passion has led him to doing some pioneering work using sport as a catalyst for change. As a former Board Member of Sport England, he is particularly interested in using sport as a creative tool for engaging people with the issues that society faces.

After racing in 1993-1994 Whitbread, Humphreys skippered the student yachting team while studying at Plymouth University to success winning the BUSA Student Yachting Nationals, and placing 2nd in the World Championships.

Conrad Humphreys Net Worth

Conrad Humphreys is one of the richest British Yachtsman from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Conrad Humphreys 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Humphreys was born in Exeter, Devon on 13 February 1973. He was the youngest among four brothers. As a child within Exmouth, Humphreys loved sport and played in competitive soccer in the Exmouth Rugby Club and for the County of Devon whilst at school However, it was his love for the sea that was his ultimate goal. As a member of the Exmouth Sailing Club, he participated in two Cadet world championships which included winning his place in the Junior Worlds in Holland 1989 and finishing 6th in the 1990 Cadet Worlds in Poland. At this time that he was asked to be part of the youth team that was preparing for Fastnet in 1991. Winning the Fastnet overall ushered him into the ocean racing. (Humphreys was to take home the Fastnet overall race twice in 1997 alongside Ross Field on board the Ericsson 80 “Banque Internationale Luxembourg”)

Conrad David Humphreys (born 13 February 1973) is a professional adventurer, yachtsman and motivating speaker. Humphreys has been a participant in three round the globe races, two of which were fully crewed (Whitbread Round the World Race 1993-94 as well as the BT Global Challenge 2000-01) and one solo (Vendee Globe 2004-5) He has also participated in the Transat (2004), the Route du Rhum (2002, 2014), Transat (2004) as well as in the Route du Rhum (2002, 2014) as well as The Transat Jacques Vabre (2003) and the Archipelago Raid (2008-2011) the Extreme Sailing Series (2005-7) and La Solitaire du Figaro (2011).

At the end of his studies, he applied for a place to Skipper one of the BT Global Challenge 72’s in the 2000-01 edition of the race. Humphreys and his LG FLATRON team went on to dominate the race setting a record pace and winning four out of seven legs. At just 26 years of age, Humphreys became the youngest winning skipper in the history of the race.

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Multihull sailing was taking off and as the Extreme Sailing Series grew, Humphreys teamed with DMS as main partner for the Archipelago Raid 2007. The tough Scandinavian event is an incredible endurance race in small 18 ft Formula 18 catamarans. Humphreys and teammate Ryan, would sail 4 editions of the Archipelago Raid, finishing 4th in the 2008 edition of the race.

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Conrad Ranked on the list of most popular British yachtsman. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Conrad Humphreys celebrates birthday on February 13 of every year.

After a break from solo sailing, Humphreys returned to race in the 2014 edition of the Route du Rhum with the Class 40, sponsored by Cat Phones and Bullitt Group. After a difficult start to the race, he suffered a dismasting 400 miles west of Lisbon and had to retire from the race.