VENDÉE GLOBE
For his sixth Vendée Globe campaign, Jean Le Cam returns with a new daggerboard boat, designed by David Raison and built at Persico Marine in Italy.
To reduce costs, he has teamed up with Eric Bellion to build two identical round-ended IMOCA boats with daggerboards.
It was Eric Bellion, who wanted to lead a new Vendée Globe campaign, who suggested to Jean that they should pool their projects, with a view to building a boat that would be less expensive and easier to handle on a single-handed round-the-world voyage.
By the spring of 2021, the two men had agreed on the project, with the initial ambition of building three or four boats, so they set about finding an architect and set their sights on an IMOCA neophyte, David Raison, the man who first introduced scow shapes in Mini.
| Technical specifications
| Details |
|---|---|
| Baptismal Name | TOUT COMMENCE EN FINISTÈRE - ARMOR LUX |
| Architect | David Raison |
| Construction | 2023, Persico Marine |
| Launch Date | 09/25/23 |
| Skipper | Jean Le Cam |
| Length | 18,28 m |
| Beam | NC |
| Draught | 4,5 m |
| Weight | NC |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Wing mast |
| Foils | No |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | NC |
| Downwind | NC |
After taking part for the first time in 2016, Eric Bellion has decided to return to the Vendée Globe in 2024 with a new IMOCA, a "scow" with straight daggerboards designed by David Raison, a first for the architect.
Stand As One's hull characteristics are similar to those of the latest IMOCA boats, but her distinctive feature is that she has daggerboards instead of foils.
The concept, inspired by Jean le Cam, develops the idea of concentrating essentially on what is really necessary to be competitive in the Vendée Globe; in other words, a race that the two sailors consider to be just as demanding upwind in light winds as in sustained reaching and downwind conditions.
| Technical specifications
| Details |
|---|---|
| Baptismal Name | ALL-IN |
| Architect | David Raison |
| Construction | 2022, Persico Marine |
| Launch Date | 06/19/23 |
| Skipper | Éric Bellion |
| Length | 18,28 m |
| Beam | NC |
| Draught | 4,5 m |
| Weight | NC |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Wing mast |
| Foils | No |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | NC |
| Downwind | NC |
The last of IMOCA’s ‘2022 vintage’, Biotherm was launched on 31 August in Lorient, after an express build taking just thirty weeks or so at Persico in Italy.
Designed by Guillaume Verdier and built using For The Planet (ex-LinkedOut) moulds, Biotherm's implementation has not only saved time while limiting the budget, but has also been 'economical' in terms of carbon footprint and LCA (life cycle assessment), which is now compulsory in the IMOCA class when building a new boat.
Starting from her basic version - the plans dating from the previous campaign for the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe - the monohull has been updated to suit Paul Meilhat's - her skipper - taste and minimalist spirit.
| Technical specifications
| Details |
|---|---|
| Baptismal Name | BIOTHERM |
| Architect | Guillaume Verdier |
| Construction | 2022, Persico Marine |
| Launch Date | 08/31/22 |
| Skipper | Paul Meilhat |
| Length | 18,28 m |
| Beam | 5,4 m |
| Draught | 4,5 m |
| Weight | 8 tonnes |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Wing mast |
| Foils | Yes |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | 260 m² |
| Downwind | 600 m² |
Launched in September 2019 amidst an array of new IMOCA monohulls intended to take the start of the Vendée Globe 2020-2021, Advens for Cybersecurity rechristened LinkedOut, is a design by Guillaume Verdier’s team for Thomas Ruyant and the build was launched at the Persico yard before the sailor from northern France found any partners.
| Technical specifications
| Details |
|---|---|
| Baptismal Name | NAT'CHE |
| Architect | Guillaume Verdier |
| Construction | 2019, Persico Marine |
| Launch Date | 09/07/19 |
| Former names | LINKEDOUT |
| Skipper | Sam Goodchild |
| Length | 18,28 m |
| Beam | 5,85 m |
| Draught | 4,5 m |
| Weight | 8 tonnes |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Wing mast |
| Foils | Yes |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | 320 m² |
| Downwind | 430 m² |
Thomas Ruyant’s IMOCA 60 Advens is the fruit of the design work that went into the Volvo Super 60 concept along with his own team’s ideas incorporated to adapt the design for solo sailing.
The composite box was built by Persico and the boat was fitted-out by Thomas’ team Lorient.
A solid fourth on the water in the 2019 Transat Jacques Vabre with Antoine Koch as co-skipper, coupled with several runs flirting with the overall 24-hour distance record during the race shows this boat to be truly competitive.
A singlehanded delivery home gave Thomas the time to imagine life aboard during the Vendée Globe and the winter refit will incorporate many of these improvements.
Returned from Brazil singlehanded, the skipper then entrusted his boat to his shore team prior to a minor refit managed by Laurent Bourguès: like a lot of sailors, new adaptations for a singlehanded round the world were made, including an inverted watch seat and improved visibility regarding the cockpit cuddy... A mark two version of the foils is underway with testing due in late summer.
Expect to see Advens on the start line for both solo Transatlantic races in the Spring of 2020, a new set of improved foils installed in early Summer and a competitive project lining up for the Everest of the Seas the solo, non-stop, round the world race the 2020 Vendée Globe in November.
At the conclusion of this circumnavigation in early 2021 the boat will be available for charter for The Ocean Race with or without technical, commercial and logistical support.
| Technical specifications
| Details |
|---|---|
| Baptismal Name | NAT'CHE |
| Architect | Guillaume Verdier |
| Construction | 2019, Persico Marine |
| Launch Date | 09/07/19 |
| Skipper | Thomas RUYANT |
| Length | 18,28 m |
| Beam | 5,85 m |
| Draught | 4,50 m |
| Weight | 8 tonnes |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Wing mast |
| Foils | Yes |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | 320 m² |
| Downwind | 430 m² |
Persico supplied foil for several Imoca60s in Vendée Globe 2020:
Hublot, Prismyan Group, LinkedOut, Arkea Paprec and Hugo Boss.
Newrest - Art & Fenêtres, a brand new VPLP-Verdier foiler.
Newrest - Art & Fenêtres is the former No Way Back, Vento di Sardegna, a VPLP-Verdier designed boat from the latest generation, built originally for the Italian skipper, Andrea Mura, before his sponsors were forced to throw in the towel due to the economic crisis in Italy.
Consequently, she is a brand new boat with foils. Built at the Persico Marine yard in Italy and launched August 2015, this 60-foot boat was designed and built to be capable of winning the Vendée Globe.
No Way Back with the skipper Pieter Heerema crossed the finish line after 116 days 9 hrs, 24 mins and 12 secs at 21:26:12 UTC on 02/03/2017
| Technical specifications
| Details |
|---|---|
| Boat's previous names |
Newrest - Arts & Fenêtres (depuis 2017) LinkedOut (depuis 2017) No Way Back (2016-2017) Vento di Sardegna (2015) |
| Designer | VPLP-Verdier |
| Chantier | Persico Marine |
| Launch Date | 01 August 2015 |
| Length | 18,28 m |
| Beam | 5,80 m |
| Draught | 4,50 m |
| Displacement (weight) | 7,5 tonnes |
| Number of foils | 2 |
| Mast height | 29 m / mât-aile monotype IMOCA |
| Keel blade | monotype IMOCA |
| Upwind sail area | 320 m² |
| Downwind sail area | 570 m² |