Five IMOCA class sailboats – the high-tech monohulls equipped with foils – started in ideal conditions, in front of the Ocean Live Park in Alicante, shortly after 4:00 pm French time. Among them, four are from our cabinet. The boats of 11th Hour Racing Team, Biotherm, Team Malizia and Team Holcim – PRB are brand […]
Andoo Comanche has taken Line Honours in the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The 100-ft maxi, skippered by John Winning Jr, crossed the line in 1 day, 11 hours, 56 minutes and 48 seconds. This is a fourth Line Honours win for the boat, a Verdier/VPLP design, under a third different owner. She first […]
Emirates Team New Zealand and Land speed pilot Glenn Ashby have sailed ‘Horonuku’, their wind powered land speed world record craft, faster than any previous records. ‘Horonuku’ named by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei meaning ‘gliding swiftly across the land’ did exactly that and was clocked at 222.4km/h in 22 knots of windspeed on Lake Gairdner in […]
Paul Meilhat and Biotherm have announced their desire to line up together at the start of the 2024 Vendée Globe. The skipper from the Ile de France region, who during his first attempt at the solo round the world race was forced to retire in Polynesia at a moment when he was in third place […]
Kevin Escoffier and the PRB team launched the first IMOCA of the latest generation in May 2022. This Verdier design, originally designed for The Ocean Race, crewed round the world race, was already under construction at the Persico Marine shipyard when it was chosen by the skipper. A choice made to save time. Transformed for […]
Charlie Dalin (APIVIA) won the third edition of the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race which in fact is his first solo victory in IMOCA (excluding being first across the line in the Vendée Globe) and his fourth overall IMOCA race win since 2019 in all different formats combined. Twenty one of the 24 solo sailors entered […]