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11.28.21
A well-deserved place for the ARKEA PAPREC duo
As Sebastien looks ahead to the Vendée Globe 2024, he can only be content with this excellent position fought during the Transat Jacques Vabre 2021.
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A mad talent, an iron will, a man raised in the roughness of North Brittany, Yann is one of those respected Breton sailors.
Briochin chose the path of the open sea rather than that of the school benches at a very young age. At 23, he took part in his first Solitaire du Figaro, his first love of ocean racing, which he ran 17 times and won three times...
Solitary to the core, Yann discovered the adventure of the double in the Transat Jacques Vabre in 2007 and won a Multi 50 race alongside Erwan Le Roux in 2013. He will double his bet on this transatlantic race in 2017 in Imoca with Jean-Pierre Dick.
His experience is also gained in multihulls on the Jules Verne Trophy with Orange but also on the Route du Rhum in 2014 with the MOD 70 Paprec Recyclage... entrusted by Jean-Pierre Dick ! The story continued with the gentleman skipper who entrusted him with his Imoca in the UCAR-StMichel colours and with whom Yann Eliès finished second in the 2018 Route du Rhum.
In 2019, he won the Transat Jacques Vabre with Charlie Dalin and the brand new APIVIA. Two years later, it is on board the Juan K design AREKA PAPREC, skippered by Sébastien Simon, that Yann will take the start of the double-handed Transat.
2021: Transat Jacques Vabre - 4th (ARKEA PAPREC)
2021: Défi Azimut - 5th (ARKEA PAPREC)
2021: Rolex Fastnet Race - 4th (ARKEA PAPREC)
2019: Transat Jacques Vabre - 1st (APIVIA)
2018: Route du Rhum-Dest.Guadeloupe - 2nd
2017: Transat Jacques Vabre - 1st
| Name | ARKÉA PAPREC |
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| Sail number | FRA 4 |
| Architect | Juan Kouyoumdjian |
| Construction | 2019, CDK Technologies, Port La Forêt |
| Former names |
| Length | 18,28 m |
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| Beam | 5,70 m |
| Draught | 4,50 m |
| Weight | 8 tonnes |
| Mast height | 28 m |
| Mast type | Wing mast |
| Foils | Yes |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | 260 m2 |
| Downwind | 600 m2 |
As Sebastien looks ahead to the Vendée Globe 2024, he can only be content with this excellent position fought during the Transat Jacques Vabre 2021.
•••Martin Viezzer, mediaman, boarded the IMOCA ARKÉA PAPREC and brought back some great pictures!
•••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.
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