FIVES GROUP – LANTANA ENVIRONNEMENT

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FRA 172

Baptismal nameLes Enfants de la Balle
ArchitectFarr Yacht Design
Construction2006, CDK Technologies, Port La Forêt
Launch date9/30/06
Former namesPRB, Akena Vérendas, Initiatives-Coeur, Bastide - Otio, Maître CoQ, FORTIL, Kostum - Lantana Paysage
Skippers Halvard MABIRE , Louis DUC , Rémi AUBRUN

Skippers

Halvard
MABIRE

Louis
DUC

Rémi
AUBRUN

Presentation

The ex-PRB, a Farr design, is continuing her lengthy career, which has involved mixed fortunes, including a violent fire that gutted her dockside in Le Havre before the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre 2019. Promised to Clément Giraud for the last Vendée Globe, his partner pulled out believing the boat to be irreparable.

Back in 2006, Vincent Riou called upon Farr Yacht Design to produce this IMOCA. She had to retire from the Route du Rhum after dismasting, but the monohull then went on to post a knockout performance in the Calais Round Britain Race, then the Fastnet Race 2007, but she dismasted again in the Barcelona World Race with Sébastien Josse, then retired from The Transat after colliding with a marine mammal. After her skipper Vincent Riou rescued Jean Le Cam, who had capsized off Cape Horn in the Vendée Globe 2008-2009, she too had to retire due to a broken outrigger. However, she still managed to rank 3rd in the event. Arnaud Boissières bought the boat at that point, finishing 7th in the Route du Rhum 2010, then 8th in the following Vendée Globe. Tanguy de Lamotte opted to modify the bow in 2014, finishing 7th in the Route du Rhum and 5th in the Transat Jacques Vabre 2015, before retiring from the Vendée Globe 2016-2017 with a broken masthead. Taken on by Yannick Bestaven, the IMOCA finished 5th in the Transat Jacques Vabre (with Kito de Pavant) in 2017 but had to retire from the last Route du Rhum. Bought by Louis Duc in 2020 with the aim of competing in the Vendée Globe 2024, the Farr design underwent a major refit. Having excelled in Class40, the Norman sailor teamed up with Marie Tabarly, daughter of the legendary Eric, finishing 14th in the Transat Jacques Vabre 2021, before continuing to find his feet on his boat, in solo format this time, resulting in a fine 8th place in the Vendée Arctique Les Sables d’Olonne among other performances, then a participation in the Drheam Cup 2022.

Length18,28 m
Beam5,85 m
Draught4,5 m
Weight
Mast height29 m
Mast typeWing mast
FoilsNo
Sail area max.
Upwind300 m2
Downwind600 m2

Sailing Highlights

2022: Route du Rhum - 27th
2022: Défi Azimut - 15th
2022: Vendée Arctique- 8th
2021: Transat Jacques Vabre - 14th
2019: Bermudes 1000 Race - 8th
2019: Grand Prix Guyader - 5th

2018: Route du Rhum - Retired
2017: Transat Jacques Vabre - 5th
2016-17: Vendée Globe - Retired
2016: New-York - Vendée - 6th
2015: Transat Jacques Vabre - 5th
2014: Route du Rhum - 7th
2012-13: Vendée Globe - 8th
2011: Transat Jacques Vabre - Retired
2010: Route du Rhum - 7th
2009: Transat Jacques Vabre - 7th
2008-09: Vendée Globe - 3rd (joint) 
2008: Fastnet Race - 1st
2008: Barcelona World Race - Retired

News
5.7.23

Taking on the Atlantic !

This Sunday 7 May at 14:00 hours local time, the fourth edition of the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race Brest – Brest kicked off from the Brest Narrows exit. Propelled along by a 5 to 8-knot W’ly wind, the thirteen duos enjoye…

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5.4.23

The Guyader Bermudes 1000 kicks off a hectic and super-competitive 2023 IMOCA season

It’s going to be action-packed, with five races scheduled – including the two-handed Transat Jacques Vabre and the solo Retour à La Base – and it will be a season when the pecking order for the next Vendée Globe will be …

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11.25.22

Louis Duc (Fives - Lantana Environnement), 27th in IMOCA

Louis Duc crossed the finish line of the twelfth edition of the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe on Thursday 24th November at 14 hours 34 minutes and 07 seconds local time (19 hours 34 minutes 07 seconds metropolit…

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