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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | VPLP design, Guillaume Verdier  |
| Builder(s) | Indiana Yachting (ITA) |
The IMOCA 60 class racing yacht Groupe Bel was launched in 2007 to a designed by VPLP and Guillaume Verdier and constructed by Indiana Yachting in Italy. [1] [2]
Groupe Bel (2007-2013)
Imagine (2014)
For Humble Heroes (2014)
Le Souffle du Nord (2016-2017)
Kilcullen Team Irlande (2017)
V and B - Mayenne (2018-2021)
Imagine (2022-2023)
Mail Boxes Etc. (since 2023) [3]
| Pos | Year | Race | Class | Boat Name | Skipper | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round the World Races | |||||||
| 10 / 33 | 2020 | 2020–2021 Vendée Globe | IMOCA 60 | V and B Mayenne, FRA 53 |  Maxime Sorel (FRA) | 82d 14h 30m | [4] |
| DNF | 2016 | 2016–2017 Vendée Globe | IMOCA 60 | Le Souffle du Nord - Le Projet Imagine, FRA 121 | Thomas Ruyant (FRA) | [5] [6] | |
| DNF | 2012 | 2012–2013 Vendée Globe | IMOCA 60 | Groupe Bel | Kito De Pavant (FRA) | Collision | [7] |
| DNF | 2011 | Barcelona World Race | IMOCA 60 | Groupe Bel | Kito De Pavant (FRA) Sébastien Audigane (FRA) | Keel Damage | [8] [9] |
| DNF | 2009 | 2008–2009 Vendée Globe | IMOCA 60 | Groupe Bel | Kito De Pavant (FRA) | ||
| Transatlantic Races | |||||||
| 2 / 15 | 2007 | Transat B to B | IMOCA 60 | Groupe Bel | Kito De Pavant (FRA) | 14j12h23'Bahia-Bretagne | |
| 6 / 17 | 2007 | Transat Jacques Vabre | IMOCA 60 | Groupe Bel | Sebastien Col (FRA) Kito De Pavant (FRA) | 17d 17h44 | |
| Other Races | |||||||
François Gabart is a French professional offshore yacht racer who won the 2012-13 Vendée Globe in 78 days 2 hours 16 minutes, setting a new race record. In 2017 he set the speed record for sailing around the globe in 42 days 16 hours 40 minutes and 35 seconds finishing on 17 December. He was sailing singlehanded in the 30 metre Trimaran Macif.
Conrad Colman is a yachtsman from New Zealand with dual nationality of New Zealand and America and is now based in France. In 2016 he became the first New Zealander to compete in the famous single-handed around-the-world race, the Vendée Globe. On 10 February 2017 Colman was in 10th place, 740 miles from the finish line when his IMOCA 60, the Foresight Natural Energy, was dismasted. Two weeks later he became the 3rd sailor in history to complete the Vendée Globe under jury rig, taking 16th place in the race with a time of just under 110 days 2 hours. Colman ran out of food after the dismasting, and completed the race on survival rations pillaged from his life raft.
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Maxime Sorel is a French professional offshore sailor born on 11 August 1986 in Saint-Malo and now lives in Concarneau France. He finished 10th in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe.
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The IMOCA 60 Class yacht Spirit Of Hungary, HUN 77 was designed by Nandor Fa and Attila Dery-Hu for him to compete in the Barcelona World Race and Vendee Globe and launched in the 7 April 2014 after being built Pauger Composite based in Kápolnásnyék in Hungary.
The IMOCA 60 Class yacht Corum L'Epargne, FRA 9 was designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian and launched on 5 May 2020 after being built CDK Technologies based in Lorient, France.
The Route du Rhum is a single person transatlantic race the 2022 race was the 12th edition and had six classes with 138 boats taking part. The events status as a qualification for event for the Vendee Globe lead to the largest most competitive fleet of IMOCA 60 class yachts gathered todate. In his first attempt at the race Charles Caudrelier took line honours in a new race record time on the Maxi Multihull Edmond de Rothschild in six days, 19 hours and 47 minutes.
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