IMOCA 60 Paprec 3

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IMOCA 60 Paprec 3
Vendee Globe 2012-2013 Jean-Pierre Dick Virbac-Paprec.jpg
Development
Designer VPLP Design, Guillaume Verdier   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Year18 May 2010  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Builder(s)Cookson Boats (NZL) Ltd  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Racing
Class association IMOCA 60
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The IMOCA 60 Class yacht Paprec-Virbac 3 was designed in partnership with VPLP and Guillaume Verdier and launched on 18 May 2010 [1] after being built by Cookson Boats in New Zealand. [2] It is named after the companies that sponsored its construction, Virbac and Paprec. The boat was lost during the 2016 Vendee Globe where the skipper was rescued and in November 2018 the remains of written of yacht were found on the east coast of Madagascar.

Racing results

PosYearRaceClassBoat NameSkipperNotesRef
Round the World Races
DNF2017 2016–2017 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Bastide-Otio, FRA 30Flag of France.svg  Kito De Pavant  (FRA)Sank [3]
DNF2015 Barcelona World Race IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss 5Flag of Spain.svg  Pepe Ribes  (ESP)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Alex Thomson  (GBR)		Dismasted [4]
4 / 202013 2012–2013 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 VIRBAC-PAPREC 3Flag of France.svg  Jean-Pierre Dick  (FRA)86d 03h 03m
Finishes with no keel!		 [5]
1 / 142010 Barcelona World Race IMOCA 60 VIRBAC-PAPREC 3Flag of France.svg  Loick Peyron  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  Jean-Pierre Dick  (FRA)		93d 22h 20m [6] [7] [8]
Transatlantic Races
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References

  1. ↑ Team, Afloat ie. "Virbac-Paprec 3 is Launched for Vendee Globe". afloat.ie.
  2. ↑ "IMOCA 60 Historic Archive Page for Paprec 3" . Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Rescue plan for Kito" . Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "hugo-boss-dismasted-barcelona-world-race". 14 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "jean-pierre-dick-finishes-fourth-with-no-keel" . Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  6. ↑ https://www.sailing.org/news/7248.php#.YdowsGDP1PY . Retrieved 9 January 2022.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "Virbac-Paprec 3 wins the Barcelona World Race with Southern Spars" . Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Virbac Paprec 3 - Barcelona World Race 2010-2011" – via www.youtube.com.


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