| Age | 32 (4/5/90) |
|---|---|
| Top performance | 9th of the Vendée Globe 2020 |
| Joined Imoca on | 2019 |
| Team | GUYOT ENVIRONNEMENT - WATER FAMILY |
| Base | Les Sables d'Olonne - Port Bourgenay |
| Partners | GUYOT environnement, Coyote France, MG Tech, Securlite, Eoliennes en mer Île d'Yeu et de Noirmoutier, FNAC 85 |
| Commitment | La Water Family - Du Flocon à la Vague |
Considered one of the revelations of the last edition of the Vendée Globe, Benjamin Dutreux has demonstrated his talent and expertise aboard an old generation IMOCA.
In 2016, he became an ambassador for the Water Family - From Snowflake to Wave and took the association on board for these sports projects. His mission? To transmit environmental educational values through positive, concrete and inspiring actions through his sports project. More than 8,000 children have been sensitized since then!
Guyot environnement, which specializes in the collection, sorting and recovery of resources and, in the future, the production of energy, has become the project's main partner. The Breton family business saw in Benjamin, his team and the Water Family all the elements needed to combine sporting performance and positive education!
This sailing project, with its strong human and environmental values, is embodied by three teams with the same objective: to win for the water, to win on the water!
2022: Vendée Arctique - 11th
2022: Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race - 6th
2021: Transat Jacques Vabre - 11th (Groupe APICIL)
2021: Défi Azimut - Lorient Agglomération - 10th (Groupe APICIL)
2021: Rolex Fastnet Race - 7th (Groupe APICIL)
2021: The Ocean Race Europe - 1er (Offshore Team Germany)
| Name | GUYOT ENVIRONNEMENT - WATER FAMILY |
|---|---|
| Sail number | FRA 09 |
| Architect | VPLP Verdier |
| Construction | 2015, Green Marine, Southampton |
| Former names | Hugo Boss, 11TH HOUR RACING – ALAKA'I |
| Length | 18,28 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | 5,50 m |
| Draught | 4,50 m |
| Weight | 7,5 tonnes |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Mât-Aile |
| Foils | Yes |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | 340 m2 |
| Downwind | 570 m2 |
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