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What is the link between Guirec Soudée, Benjamin Ferré and Sébastien Marsset? All three have joined the IMOCA class in 2022 with a view to competing in the Vendée Globe in 2024!
•••Baptismal name | OC7 |
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Architect | Bruce Farr Yacht Design |
Construction | 2007, Offshore Challenges Sailing Team, Cowes, Royaume-Uni |
Launch date | 6/25/07 |
Former names | ESTRELLA DAMM, BT, Veolia Environnement, Hugo BOSS, Neutrogena, Adopteunskipper.net, Safran, Spirit of Yukoh IV, Water Family, OMIA - Water Family |
Skipper | Guirec SOUDÉE |
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This is another Farr design built for the Barcelona World Race and then the Vendée Globe. The duo aboard Estrella Damm, Altadill and McKee, are sadly forced to retire off Cape Town due to damaged rudders.
Length | 18,28 m |
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Beam | 5,85 m |
Draught | 4,50 m |
Weight | 8,4 tonnes |
Mast height | 29 m |
Mast type | Classic mast |
Foils | No |
Sail area max. | |
Upwind | 296 m2 |
Downwind | 700 m2 |
2022: Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race - 16th
2020-21: Vendée Globe - 9th (81d 19h 45m 20s)
2020: Défi Azimut - 13th
2016-17: Vendée Globe - Retired
2016: New York - Vendée - Les Sables d'Olonne - 7th
2015: Transat St Barth - Port La Forêt - 4th
What is the link between Guirec Soudée, Benjamin Ferré and Sébastien Marsset? All three have joined the IMOCA class in 2022 with a view to competing in the Vendée Globe in 2024!
•••Considered one of the revelations of the last Vendée Globe race on board his old generation IMOCA named “Papy”, also recent winner of The Ocean Race Europe with Offshore Team Germany, the young Vendée native skipper Benj…
•••This Friday, January 29, at 09:05:05 and 20 seconds UTC, Benjamin Dutreux crossed the finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne after 81 days, 19 hours, 45 minutes and 20 seconds of racing around the world solo nonstop and wit…
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