| Top performance | Winner of The Ocean Race Europe with Team Offshore Germany |
|---|---|
| Joined Imoca on | 2023 |
| Team | Guyot environnement - Team Europe |
As 2016 Junior World Champion and 2020 German Champion in the Finn Dinghy, Phillip Kasüske was considered one of Germany’s hopeful Olympic talents. But after the Corona Shutdown, the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and the elimination of the Finn Dinghy for the Olympic future, the 28-year-old Berliner has realigned his focus.
The powerhouse focused entirely on sailing, was part of the winning team in The Ocean Race Europe. Kasüske is characterized by a special combination of sensitivity and power. On board the IMOCA, the passionate cyclist not only brings the necessary horsepower to the grinder. The youngest member of the sailing team can also take the helm when it counts thanks to his experience in Olympic sailing.
2021: The Ocean Race Europe - Winner
2020: German Champion (Finn Dinghy)
2016: Junior World Champion (Finn Dinghy)
| Name | GUYOT ENVIRONNEMENT - TEAM EUROPE |
|---|---|
| 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 |
The transfer to Itajaí is progressing well for the GUYOT environnement - Team Europe. After the start on 16 March in Cape Town/South Africa, the transfer crew of Sébastien Simon, Phillip Kasüske, Jimmy le Baut, Clovis Ga…
•••Not many people saw this coming, but the oldest and heaviest boat in the fleet – Guyot environnement-Team Europe – has emerged from the worst of the Doldrums with a useful lead.
•••When GUYOT environnement - Team Europe still had almost 300 nautical miles to go to the finish of the first leg of The Ocean Race, the race at the top was already over with the arrival in Mindelo on Cape Verde.
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