{"id":2570,"date":"2015-09-25T11:50:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T10:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guillaumeverdier.com\/?p=2570"},"modified":"2015-09-25T11:50:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T10:50:53","slug":"andrea-muras-new-boat-has-been-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guillaumeverdier.com\/en\/andrea-muras-new-boat-has-been-sold\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea Mura\u2019s new boat has been sold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There\u2019s going to be new skipper in the 2016 Vend\u00e9e Globe and his boat will probably be prepared by the twice winner of the event.\u00a0 With just over a year to go to the start of the Vend\u00e9e Globe, Andrea Mura\u2019s brand new VPLP-Verdier designed boat was put up for sail and has already found a buyer. The new owner remains anonymous for the moment, but we do know that he has the support of Michel Desjoyeaux and his Mer Agit\u00e9e ocean racing team.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Sarde SRL, the company set up to support Andrea in his campaign for the next Vend\u00e9e Globe made the announcement that the boat was up for sale yesterday in a press release.\u00a0<em>\u201cIt was a difficult decision having to put this gem up for sale. She was built in Bergamo at the Persico Marine yard and fitted with the latest technology for the new generation of boats designed by the VPLP and Guillaume Verdier teams.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Presented to the press last June, she is of course the only one of the six brand new boats for the 2016 Vend\u00e9e Globe to be in this situation with a year to go to the start.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Mura explained to us a while back how his main partner, the Region of Sardinia, had withdrawn because of the economic crisis (the boat was called Vento di Sardegna) forcing him to look for new partners. However, this did not lead to any positive results, so he was forced to sell his 60-foot IMOCA, which was designed to compete in the next Vend\u00e9e Globe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The skipper keeping quiet, but Mer Agit\u00e9e has spoken<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guillaumeverdier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/portrait-d-andrea-mura-r-280-280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2572 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guillaumeverdier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/portrait-d-andrea-mura-r-280-280.jpg\" alt=\"portrait-d-andrea-mura-r-280-280\" width=\"280\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a> In its press release on Tuesday, the Le Sarde SRL\u00a0added, \u201c<em>We are confident that the boat will race at the highest level and we wish her future owners all the best<\/em>.\u201d Andrea is of course extremely disappointed, but intends to bounce back.\u00a0<em>\u201cI feel rather bitter because of this sudden ending, but it is in my character to look for other challenges. I am already thinking about new projects, and new records to aim for.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A new generation boat which is ready to sail with just a year to go to the Vend\u00e9e Globe was bound to attract a lot of interest. On Internet and social networks, rumours began to spread that the boat had been sold. Some of these stories indicated that a businessman wishing to race in the next Vend\u00e9e Globe had acquired her and that he had called upon a leading French ocean racing team to run the project. And now those rumours appear to be largely true.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guillaumeverdier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/michel-desjoyeaux-en-tete-de-la-transat-en-double-r-280-280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2573 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guillaumeverdier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/michel-desjoyeaux-en-tete-de-la-transat-en-double-r-280-280.jpg\" alt=\"michel-desjoyeaux-en-tete-de-la-transat-en-double-r-280-280\" width=\"280\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a>We contacted Michel Desjoyeaux and he has confirmed this information. \u201c<em>We were the intermediary in these negociations and I can now confirm that it is true. On the other hand, I can\u2019t tell you who it is, as I have signed a confidentiality agreement. You\u2019ll find out in due time.<\/em>\u201d As for the question \u2018<em>Is Mer Agit\u00e9e going to prepare the boat and skipper for the next Vend\u00e9e Globe?\u2019<\/em>, Michel Desjoyeaux replied, \u201c<em>It\u2019s highly likely. The only thing I can say for now is that the boat won\u2019t remain moored up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Conclusion: the VPLP-Verdier designed boat built by Persico Marine will be lining up at the start of the 2016 Vend\u00e9e Globe. Without Andrea Mura, but with a mystery skipper on board, who wishes to remain silent for now. We can rest assured that the boat and sailor will both be ready, as when you work with Michel Desjoyeaux, you don\u2019t really have any other choice! Already the rumours are doing the rounds on the web, as people try to imagine who exactly the skipper will be and who the buyer is. And the speculation will surely keep building.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Bruno M\u00e9nard \/ Mer &amp; Media Agency<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s going to be new skipper in the 2016 Vend\u00e9e Globe and his boat will probably be prepared by the twice winner of the event.\u00a0 With just over a year to go to the start of the Vend\u00e9e Globe, Andrea Mura\u2019s brand new VPLP-Verdier designed boat was put up for sail and has already found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-en_news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Andrea Mura\u2019s new boat has been sold - Guillaume Verdier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guillaumeverdier.com\/en\/andrea-muras-new-boat-has-been-sold\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Andrea Mura\u2019s new boat has been sold - 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