IMOCA 60 Paprec 3

IMOCA 60 Paprec 3

Development
Designer	VPLP Design, Guillaume Verdier
Year	18 May 2010
Builder	Cookson Boats (NZL) Ltd
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] The yacht was named after the companies that sponsored its construction, Virbac and Paprec. It was lost during the 2016 Vendée Globe where the skipper was rescued. In November 2018, the remains of written off yacht were found on the east coast of Madagascar.

Racing results

Pos	Year	Race	Class	Boat name	Skipper	Notes	Ref
Round the world races
DNF	2017	2016–2017 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Bastide-Otio, FRA 30	Kito De Pavant  (FRA)	Sank	[3]
DNF	2015	Barcelona World Race	IMOCA 60	Hugo Boss 5	Pepe Ribes  (ESP)   Alex Thomson  (GBR)	Dismasted	[4]
4 / 20	2013	2012–2013 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	VIRBAC-PAPREC 3	Jean-Pierre Dick  (FRA)	86d 03h 03m Finishes with no keel!	[5]
1 / 14	2010	Barcelona World Race	IMOCA 60	VIRBAC-PAPREC 3	Loick Peyron  (FRA)   Jean-Pierre Dick  (FRA)	93d 22h 20m	[6] [7] [8]
Transatlantic Races
Other Races

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. "Final Day". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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.