Dreaming of the ocean - together we will return there soon – IMOCA
Before starting another week of confinement, get a good breath of fresh air.
The IMOCA skippers are staying ashore but their spirits are at sea.
They invite you on board to share their dreams...Enjoy!
Teams infos
“The Great Escape”: 36,000 virtual players crossing the Atlantic on IMOCA boats
The Great Escape, a 3900-mile virtual race between La Rochelle et Curaçao (Caribbean) started at 1302hrs CET on Monday 23rd March.
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(Re)discover the film of the Whitbread 1977-78
The second edition of the Whitbread Round the World Race cemented the race's place as a fixture and pillar event in the sport of sailing. Dutchman Conny van Rietschoten would claim the race on corrected time in Flyer, a …
•••Confined sailors
Everyone has been affected by the health crisis caused by the Coronavirus epidemic and has to adapt to cope with this exceptional situation. The sailors have been forced to stay ashore and patiently wait until the situat…
•••Vendée Globe: the boats’ performance is ‘lunar’
Antoine Mermod, President of the IMOCA class, replied on 12th March to Pascal Sidoine of the French sports daily newspaper L'Equipe to give an update on the class, the performance of the boats, the programme and, of cour…
•••New York-Vendée-Les Sables d’Olonne: exceptional line-up for the warm-up of the Vendée Globe
On the official closing date for registering, the list of entrants for the final solo transatlantic race before the round the world race is certainly very attractive. 27 sailors make up the list of competitors for the se…
•••Championship ranking
| 01 |  | Paul MEILHAT | 206 pts | |
| 02 | | Yann ELIES | 192 pts | |
| 03 |  | Boris HERRMANN
MALIZIA II - YC DE MONACO | 180 pts | |
| 04 | | Fabrice AMEDEO
NEWREST - ART & FENÊTRES | 169 pts | |
| 05 | | Vincent RIOU | 157 pts | |
| 06 | | Damien SEGUIN
GROUPE APICIL | 143 pts | |
| 07 |  | Samantha DAVIES
INITIATIVES-CŒUR | 140 pts | |
| 08 | | Jérémie BEYOU
CHARAL | 132 pts | |
| 09 | | Kévin ESCOFFIER
PRB | 131 pts | |
| 09 | | Nicolas LUNVEN | 131 pts | |
| 11 | | Christopher PRATT | 128 pts | |
| 12 | | Yannick BESTAVEN
MAITRE COQ IV | 127 pts | |
| 12 | | Stéphane LE DIRAISON
TIME FOR OCEANS | 127 pts | |
| 14 | | Sébastien SIMON
ARKÉA PAPREC | 123 pts | |
| 15 | | Arnaud BOISSIERES
LA MIE CÂLINE ARTISANS ARTIPÔLE | 121 pts | |
| 16 | | Charlie DALIN
APIVIA | 116 pts | |
| 17 | | Armel LE CLEAC'H | 114 pts | |
| 17 | | Clarisse CREMER
BANQUE POPULAIRE X | 114 pts | |
| 19 | | Eric PERON | 111 pts | |
| 19 |  | Alan ROURA
LA FABRIQUE | 111 pts | |
| 21 | | Thomas RUYANT
ADVENS FOR CYBERSECURITY | 108 pts | |
| 22 | | Louis BURTON
BUREAU VALLÉE 2 | 105 pts | |
| 23 |  | Charlie ENRIGHT
11TH HOUR RACING | 100 pts | |
| 23 | | Pascal BIDEGORRY | 100 pts | |
| 25 | | Davy BEAUDART | 97 pts | |
| 26 | | Antoine KOCH | 96 pts | |
| 27 |  | Giancarlo PEDOTE
PRYSMIAN GROUP | 92 pts | |
| 27 | | Romain ATTANASIO
PURE | 92 pts | |
| 29 | | Roland JOURDAIN | 91 pts | |
| 30 | | Manuel COUSIN
GROUPE SETIN | 90 pts | |
| 31 | | Will HARRIS | 86 pts | |
| 32 | | Maxime SOREL
V AND B - MAYENNE | 83 pts | |
| 33 | | Alex THOMSON
HUGO BOSS | 80 pts | |
| 34 | | Nicolas TROUSSEL
CORUM L'EPARGNE | 68 pts | |
| 34 | | Jean LE CAM
CORUM L'ÉPARGNE / TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE 2019 | 68 pts | |
| 36 | | Yoann RICHOMME | 65 pts | |
| 37 | | Anthony MARCHAND | 64 pts | |
| 38 | | Sébastien MARSSET | 60 pts | |
| 38 |  | Ari HUUSELA
ARIEL 2 | 60 pts | |
| 40 | | Guillaume LE BREC | 56 pts | |
| 40 | | Erik NIGON
VERS UN MONDE SANS SIDA | 56 pts | |
| 42 | | Alexia BARRIER
4MYPLANET | 54 pts | |
| 43 | | François GUIFFANT | 49 pts | |
| 44 | | Xavier MACAIRE | 48 pts | |
| 45 | | Sébastien AUDIGANE | 47 pts | |
| 46 | | Thomas CARDRIN | 44 pts | |
| 46 | | Miranda MERRON
CAMPAGNE DE FRANCE | 44 pts | |
| 46 | | Benjamin DUTREUX
WATER FAMILY - OCEANIA HOTELS | 44 pts | |
| 49 | | Gildas MORVAN | 42 pts | |
| 50 | | Pip HARE
PIP HARE OCEAN RACING | 38 pts | |
| 51 | | Halvard MABIRE | 34 pts | |
| 52 |  | Joan MULLOY | 32 pts | |
| 53 | | Isabelle JOSCHKE
MACSF | 28 pts | |
| 54 | | Lionel REGNIER | 24 pts | |
| 55 | | Clément GIRAUD
L'ENVOL | 20 pts | |
| 56 | | Gwénolé GAHINET | 18 pts | |
| 57 | | Michael FERGUSON | 16 pts | |
| 57 | | Alain GAUTIER | 16 pts | |
| 59 | | Tolga Ekrem PAMIR | 12 pts | |
| 60 | | Stan MASLARD | 10 pts | |
| 61 |  | Paul LARSEN | 8 pts | |
| 62 |  | Hiroshi KITADA | 7 pts | |
| 63 |  | Pierre CASIRAGHI | 6 pts | |
| 64 |  | Denis VAN WEYNBERGH
EYESEA.BE | 5 pts | |
| 65 | | Arthur HUBERT | 4 pts | |
| 65 | | Richard TOLKIEN | 4 pts | |
| 65 |  | Rune AASBERG | 4 pts | |
| 65 | | Morgan LAGRAVIERE | 4 pts | |
| 65 | | Neal MCDONALD | 4 pts | |
| 70 | | Lionel REGNIER | 3 pts | |
| 71 | | Pierre QUIROGA | 2 pts | |
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