FLORIAN RUBELI
Skipper – Team Resilience

With an unconventional background, the skipper of Team Résilience forged his path far from the traditional routes of offshore racing. A field adventurer before becoming a project sailor, he spent over fifteen years as a musher, working in polar environments where endurance, risk management, and critical decision-making were vital.

His journey then led him to long expeditions and crossings in extreme and isolated environments: polar regions and Lapland, near the magnetic North Pole, the Amazon, the Himalayas, and desert areas. These self-supported experiences forged a deep connection with extended time, effort, uncertainty, and solitude—central dimensions of solo ocean sailing.

Alongside his maritime commitments, he works as a private hire driver on the French Riviera and is developing a multimedia creation business, integrating capture technologies, drones, and artificial intelligence. This versatility fosters an independent approach to the project, both operationally and in the ability to document, narrate, and share the adventure in a contemporary and controlled manner.

His sailing skills have developed gradually, through coastal navigation, intensive training, and thousands of hours of simulation, notably achieving 4th place in the 2016–2017 virtual Vendée Globe, a testament to his commitment, rigor, and strategic analytical abilities.

Today, he is pursuing a realistic and structured sporting career path, with the 2026 Route du Rhum as a key milestone, followed by the 2027 Global Solo Challenge as his central objective: sailing far, for long periods, and solo, consistent with a journey forged by experience in extreme environments and the lessons of endurance.