2018: 2nd of the Route du Rhum (catégorie Rhum)
2017: 18th of the Vendée Globe
2016: 1st of the Calero Solo Transat
1998: Volvo Ocean Race
1997-98: 1st of the Sydney - Hobart
1996: 1st of the Tour de France à la voile sur Edouard Leclerc - Région SCASO
| Name | MERCI |
|---|---|
| Sail number | FRA 69 |
| Architect | Lavanos |
| Construction | 2005, Artech do Brasil |
| Former names | Maisonneuve, Foresight Natural Energy |
| Length | 18,28 m |
| Beam | 5,60 m |
| Draught | 4,50 m |
| Weight | 8,4 tonnes |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Classique |
| Foils | No |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | 250 m2 |
| Downwind | 650 m2 |
| 2020 | Vendée Globe |
|---|
The IMOCA class has never experienced such enthusiasm and as 2019 gets underway, it looks like being a very exciting year. At least six new generation IMOCAs will be launched in 2019 and more than thirty boats will be ra…
•••Sébastien Destremau (TechnoFirst–faceOcean) crossed the Vendée Globe finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne in eighteenth place, on 11th March 2017 after 124 days, 12 hours, 38 minutes and 18 seconds.
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