| Age | 46 (3/15/76) |
|---|---|
| Top performance | 1st rookie in the 2016-17 Vendée Globe |
| Joined Imoca on | 2014 |
| Team | COMME UN SEUL HOMME powered by ALTAVIA |
| Base | Port-La-Forêt |
| Partners | Powered by Altavia |
| Commitment | COMME UN SEUL HOMME |
After a round-the-world trip on Kifouine between 2003 and 2006, a sailing record between Brittany and Mauritius with the Integration Challenge in 2010, then a year spent with Team Jolokia in 2012, Éric Bellion launched himself in 2016 on the Vendée Globe in order to bring a message about the richness of difference.
He finished ninth, first rookie, after 99 days and said at the finish that "doing and experiencing different things with different people, that's where happiness lies."
Four years later, Éric Bellion decided to set up a new IMOCA project with a view to a second participation in the Vendée Globe in 2024, still with the same message and decided to make the world's most solitary competition a collective adventure.
Still under the colors of CommeUnSeulHomme, and supported by the company Altavia, the sailor will take part in all the races of the IMOCA Globe Series from 2022 on board Hubert (Jean Le Cam's IMOCA), then on board a new IMOCA from 2023.
2022: Défi Azimut-Lorient Agglomération - 16th
2022: Vendée Arctique - 14th
2022: Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race - 7th
2018: Route du Rhum (RhumMono) - out of time
2016-17: Vendée Globe - 9th
2015: Transat Jacques Vabre - 7th
| Name | COMMEUNSEULHOMME powered by ALTAVIA |
|---|---|
| Sail number | FRA 01 |
| Architect | Farr Yacht Design |
| Construction | 2006, Port La Forêt |
| Former names | FONCIA, TC2, MOVISTAR, MAPFRE, Maître CoQ, Mare, Cheminées Poujoulat, Hubert, Finistère Mer Vent, Yes We Cam !, CORUM L'Epargne |
| Length | 18,28 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | 5,90 m |
| Draught | 4,50 m |
| Weight | 8 tonnes |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Wing mast |
| Foils | No |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | 300 m2 |
| Downwind | 620 m2 |
From one of the most prolonged and challenging storms encountered by any of the 29 skippers who left Les Sables d’Olonne on Sunday November 6th last year, French solo skipper Eric Bellion emerged triumphant
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