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After ten years of top-level sport catamaran racing, Loïs Berrehar chose to move into offshore racing by joining Team Sodebo alongside Thomas Coville, with whom he clocked up the miles.
However, the young sailor became increasingly drawn to solo racing and decided to make a radical switch from multihull to monohull by joining the Figaro Bénéteau class. Now part of Team Bretagne - CMB, Loïs Berrehar has shown his full potential, notably finishing as top rookie in the Solo Maître CoQ just a few weeks after his solo debut, taking 15th place in the highly demanding Solitaire Urgo – Le Figaro, and finishing as top rookie in the 2018 Championnat de France Élite de Course au Large. These promising results earned him the helm of the Figaro 3 Performance in 2019.
After starting the season alongside Tom Laperche in the Figaro 3, Loïs teamed up with Fabrice Amedeo for the 2021 season, finishing 10th in the Transat Jacques Vabre. In 2023, he returned to the IMOCA class with Romain Attanasio for the Défi Azimut-Lorient Agglomération and the Transat Jacques Vabre. After a successful Figaro season, he went on to serve as Charlie Dalin’s replacement skipper for the 2024-2025 Vendée Globe.
In 2025, he announced the construction of a new IMOCA with Banque Populaire, with the aim of competing in the 2028 solo round-the-world race.
While waiting for his new IMOCA, Loïs will take part in crewed races with Team Malizia for The Ocean Race Europe and with MACIF Santé Prévoyance for the Transat Café L’Or.
| Course | Rank | Boat | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Transat Café L'OR | 3rd | MACIF SANTÉ PRÉVOYANCE | 12j 03h 25min 47s |
| 2025 | Défi Azimut-Lorient Agglomération | Winner | MACIF SANTÉ PRÉVOYANCE | 1d 19h 25min 28s |
| 2025 | The Ocean Race Europe | 4th | 11TH HOUR RACING | 27 POINTS |
| 2025 | Course des Caps - Boulogne sur Mer - Banque Populaire du Nord | Winner | MACIF SANTÉ PRÉVOYANCE | 6j 01h 10min 45s |
| 2023 | Transat Café L'OR | 17th | FORTINET - BEST WESTERN | 14j 07h 30min 15s |
| 2023 | Défi Azimut-Lorient Agglomération | 9th | FORTINET - BEST WESTERN | 2j 04h 01min 56s |
| 2021 | Transat Café L'OR | 10th | NEXANS - ART & FENÊTRES (OLD) | 21j 3h 44min 22s |
2024: French Elite Offshore Racing Championship - 2nd
In March 2025, the Voile Banque Populaire team announced the construction of a new IMOCA, which will be launched in early 2027, with the aim of competing in the 2028-2029 Vendée Globe.
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•••The French sailors Jérémie Beyou and Morgan Lagravière on board Charal today sailed to victory in the 17th edition of the Transat Café L’OR, to complete a convincing win in the IMOCA Class.
•••This Friday, 7 November, at 12.55 pm local time (5.55 pm in Paris), Sam Goodchild and Loïs Berrehar crossed the finish line of the IMOCA class in third place in Fort-de-France Bay, during the 17th edition of the TRANSAT…
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