| Age | 32 (1/18/91) |
|---|---|
| Top performance | Vainqueur de deux The Ocean Race : Dongfeng Race Team (2017-18) et 11th Hour Racing Team (2022-23) |
| Joined Imoca on | 2019 |
| Team | Initiatives-Cœur |
| Base | Lorient (France) |
Jack has competed in the Solitaire du Figaro three times, finishing 1st Bizuth in 2013. In 2014, he joined Dongfeng Race Team as a shore crew member in the Volvo Ocean Race, before being offered a place on board by Charles Caudrelier for Leg 3 to Sanya.
In 2017, the 29 year old sailor acquired an IMOCA boat with the ambition of participating in the Vendée Globe for the first time. Waiting for sponsors, he joined the Dongfend Race Team for a second Volvo Ocean Race where the team scored a magnificent victory.
Unfortunately, his hopes for sponsorship fell through and the project never materialised. He was forced to sell the boat and give up the race. After handing over the boat to its new owner in January 2020, Jack Boutell decided to put the Vendée Globe on hold for a while and set sail with the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team.
In 2022, the sailor joined the 11th Hour Racing Team with a view to a third participation in The Ocean Race. Aboard the American IMOCA, skippered by Charlie Enright, the crew won the crewed round-the-world race with stopovers.
He returns to the race in 2023 with Samantha Davies on Initiatives Cœur as co-skipper.
2023: Transat Jacques Vabre - 5th (Initiatives-Cœur)
2023: Défi Azimut-Lorient Agglomération - 5th (Initiatives-Cœur)
2022-23: The Ocean Race - Winner with 11th Hour Racing Team
2021: Winner of The Ocean Race Europe in VO65 with the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team
2019-21: Spindrift Racing crew member
2017-18: Winner of the Volvo Ocean Race with Dongfeng Race Team
| Name | INITIATIVES-CŒUR 4 |
|---|---|
| Sail number | FRA 109 |
| Architect | Sam Manuard |
| Construction | 2022, Black Pepper Yachts |
| Former names |
| Length | 18,28 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | NC |
| Draught | 4,5 m |
| Weight | NC |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Wing mast |
| Foils | Yes |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | NC |
| Downwind | NC |
In recent years close finishes in the IMOCA Class after trans-oceanic races have become the norm, but the level of competition in the higher reaches of this record-breaking fleet never ceases to impress.
•••After two days at sea, the leading crews in the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre are taking advantage of lighter airs off the Portuguese coast to check on their boats and make repairs after a bruising encounter w…
•••Nicolas Troussel gives us his analysis of this tough start to the race and the important choices to be made this evening for the IMOCA fleet, while at sea it's been one gruelling hour after another, as it has been ashore…
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