IMOCA 60 Canada

IMOCA 60 Canada

Development
Designer	Owen Clarke Design
Racing
Class association	IMOCA 60

The IMOCA 60 class yacht Spirit of Canada was designed by Owen Clark Design, built by first owner Derek Hatfield in Cobourg, Canada, and launched in September 2006. ^[1]

Purchased by Antoine Cornic in 2020, the boat moved to La Rochelle with the intention of competing in the 2024–2025 Vendée Globe.

Names and ownership

Spirit of Canada (2005-2007)

• Skipper: Derek Hatfield

Algimouss-Spirit of Canada (2008)

• Skipper: Derek Hatfield

O Canada (2011-2017)

• Skipper: Eric Holden and Morgen Watson

O Canada (2019-2020)

• Skipper: Jack Bouttell ^[2]

Ebac (2020-2022)

• Skipper: Antoine Cornic

Human Immobilier (since 2022) ^[3]

• Skipper: Antoine Cornic
• Sail no.: FRA 1461

Racing results

Pos	Year	Race	Class	Boat name	Skipper	Notes	Ref
Round the world races
28 / 40	2025	2024–2025 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Human Immobilier	Antoine Cornic  (FRA)	96d 01h 00m 59s	[4]
DNF	2009	2008–2009 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Algimouss - Spirit of Canada	Derek Hatfield  (CAN)		[5]
Transatlantic Races
26 / 30	2023	Retour à la base	IMOCA 60	Human Immobilier	Antoine Cornic  (FRA)	12d 13h 19m 23s	[6]
30 / 34	2023	Transat Jacques-Vabre	IMOCA 60	Human Immobilier	Antoine Cornic  (FRA)   Jean-Charles Luro  (FRA)	17d 7h 35m 15s	[7]
30 / 30	2023	Défi Azimut	IMOCA 60	Human Immobilier	Antoine Cornic  (FRA)   Jean-Charles Luro  (FRA)	2d 14h 31m 00s	[8]
DNF	2023	Guyader Bermudes 1000	IMOCA 60	Human Immobilier	Antoine Cornic  (FRA)		[9]
22 / 38	2022	Route du Rhum	IMOCA 60	Human Immobilier	Antoine Cornic  (FRA)	14d 7h 34m 25s	[10]
16 / 25	2022	Vendée Arctique	IMOCA 60	Ebac	Antoine Cornic  (FRA)	5d 17h 46m 08s	[11]
20 / 24	2022	Guyader Bermudes 1000	IMOCA 60	Ebac	Antoine Cornic  (FRA)	7d 6h 15m 00s	[12]
20 / 22	2021	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Ebac	Antoine Cornic  (FRA)   Jean-Charles Luro  (FRA)	24d 22h 58m 32s	[13]
DNF	2015	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	O Canada, CAN 60	Morgen Watson  (CAN)   Eric Holden  (CAN)		[14]
12 / 15	2007	Transat B to B	IMOCA 60	Algimouss - Spirit of Canada	Derek Hatfield  (CAN)	22d 02h 20m	[15]
Other Races
	2011	The Transpac	IMOCA 60	O Canada	Richard Clarke  (CAN) + Crew		[16]

References

1. "Document sans titre". histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
2. "Historic Half Website".
3. "HUMAN IMMOBILIER". www.imoca.org. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
4. "Antoine Cornic, 28th in the Vendée Globe –". www.vendeeglobe.org. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
5. "Cobourg Harbour" . Retrieved 2022-01-19.
6. "Antoine Cornic (Human Immobilier), 26th to finish his crossing!" . Retrieved 2024-04-28.
7. "Official Ranking of the 2023 Transat Jacques-Vabre" . Retrieved 2024-04-28.
8. "Official Ranking of the 2023 Défi Azimut" . Retrieved 2023-09-25.
9. "FLASH INFO : Abandon de Human Immobilier" . Retrieved 2023-05-11.
10. "Official Ranking of the Route du Rhum race" . Retrieved 2022-11-23.
11. "Official Ranking of the Vendée Arctique race" . Retrieved 2022-11-19.
12. "Official Ranking of the Guyader Bermudes 1000 race" . Retrieved 2022-11-19.
13. "Official Ranking of the TJV" . Retrieved 2022-01-19.
14. "Team Website" . Retrieved 2022-01-19.
15. "Transat Competitor Page" . Retrieved 2022-01-19.
16. "The Transpac". IMDb . Retrieved 2022-01-19.