DMG MORI GLOBAL ONE
Nicolas Lunven is one of those sailors with a reserved nature but an impressive track record. A two-time winner of the formidable Solitaire du Figaro and a veteran of three campaigns in The Ocean Race alongside some of the world's greatest sailors, he has established himself as a key talent in the IMOCA Class. He finished 6th in the 2024-2025 Vendée Globe at the helm of Holcim-PRB.
A two-time winner of the Solitaire du Figaro with three Ocean Race campaigns under his belt, Nicolas Lunven finished 6th in the 2024-2025 Vendée Globe at the helm of Holcim-PRB.
Top rookie in the 2007 Solitaire du Figaro, he raced the 2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race aboard Turn the Tide on Plastic, then The Ocean Race Europe 2021 with Mirpuri Foundation and the Transat Jacques Vabre alongside Samantha Davies.
In 2022, he stood in for Clarisse Crémer on Banque Populaire and finished 4th in the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race. In 2023, he joined Team Malizia as navigator: the crew finished 3rd in The Ocean Race and set a new 24-hour distance record for a monohull (641.13 miles).
He then took the helm of Holcim-PRB for his first Vendée Globe. Three days after the start, he broke the solo 24-hour distance record, before finishing 6th.
In 2026, he is sailing in the Figaro BENETEAU with PRB, before joining Japanese team DMG Mori Sailing as a performer, working around their new IMOCA.
| Course | Rank | Boat | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Ocean Race Atlantic | 3rd | DMG MORI GLOBAL ONE | 8j 0h 1min 40s |
| 2025 | The Ocean Race Europe | 3rd | HOLCIM - PRB | 38.5 POINTS |
| 2025 | Course des Caps - Boulogne sur Mer - Banque Populaire du Nord | 3rd | HOLCIM - PRB | 6j 04h 26min 49s |
| 2024-2025 | Vendée Globe | 6th | HOLCIM - PRB | 75j 07h 49min 41s |
| 2024 | Défi Azimut-Lorient Agglomération | 4th | HOLCIM - PRB | 1j 20h 22min 06s |
| 2024 | New York Vendée - Les Sables d'Olonne | 11th | HOLCIM - PRB | 13j 18h 20min 44s |
| 2024 | The Transat CIC | 14th | HOLCIM - PRB | 10j 08h 55min 57s |
2021: The Ocean Race Europe - 1st (VO65 Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team)
The future IMOCA of the DMG MORI Sailing Team is an ambitious project designed to take on two major challenges of the IMOCA Globe Series: The Ocean Race 2027 and the Vendée Globe 2028.
Read moreFollowing The Ocean Race Atlantic, attention shifts to Alicante, the Puerto de Salida (start port) for the around the world race
•••Life for the crews onboard the six IMOCA boats competing in The Ocean Race Atlantic has gone from hard to harder over the past day.
•••There have been mixed fortunes for the six-strong fleet of IMOCA yachts competing in The Ocean Race Atlantic as the crews complete their second full day in the North Atlantic on the way from New York to Lorient, France.
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