News
11.28.21
Complicity paid off onboard Prysmian Group
The emotions ran high on the pontoon of Fort-de-France, as the pair demonstrated their natural collaboration and spoke of them never imagining a sixth place when leaving Le Havre.
•••
| Age | 35 (9/28/88) |
|---|---|
| Top performance | 7th of the Solitaire du Figaro 2018 |
| Joined Imoca on | 2021 |
| Team | Stand As One |
| Base | Port-La-Forêt (FRANCE) |
Originally from Concarneau, Martin Le Pape is a competitor at heart. 16-year-old French windsurfing vice-champion and 5th in the 2006 World Championships in Italy, the Breton sailor quickly turned to crewed racing.
In 2014, he discovered the Figaro Bénéteau 2 alongside Roland Jourdain in the Transat AG2R La Mondiale and quickly acquired a taste for the open sea. He launched his solo career the following year and was selected as Macif skipper two years later, in 2017.
After two fine seasons, marked in particular by his superb 7th place in the Solitaire URGO Le Figaro, Martin Le Pape has been renewed for another year in 2019 as part of the Skipper Macif programme.
In 2021, a new adventure awaits the sailor, who will be setting sail on the IMOCA Prysmian Group in the Transat Jacques Vabre.
After several races in the Class40 and Figaro classes, he will be setting sail on Holcim-PRB for a Leg between Aarhus and The Hague.
2022: Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe - 9th (Class40)
2021: Transat Jacques Vabre - 5th
2021: Rolex Fastnet Race - 8th
2021: La Solitaire du Figaro - 9th
2021: Solo Maitre CoQ - 6th
2021: Sardinha Cup - 3rd (with Yann Eliès)
| Name | STAND AS ONE |
|---|---|
| Sail number | FRA 5 |
| Architect | David Raison |
| Construction | 2022, Persico Marine |
| Former names |
| Length | 18,28 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | NC |
| Draught | 4,5 m |
| Weight | |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Wing mast |
| Foils | No |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | NC |
| Downwind | NC |
The emotions ran high on the pontoon of Fort-de-France, as the pair demonstrated their natural collaboration and spoke of them never imagining a sixth place when leaving Le Havre.
•••With the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre fast approaching, Giancarlo Pedote and Martin Le Pape have arrived on the port of Le Havre yesterday to spend the next days before setting sail for Fort-de-F…
•••Yes, it is indeed on the British side of the Channel that the traditional canons of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes will release the competitors on the Rolex Fastnet Race course.
•••