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9.20.25
Biotherm takes the win, Paprec Arkéa claims second place
Spectacular Coastal Race in Boka Bay marks the end of The Ocean Race Europe
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| Age | 35 (10/31/90) |
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| Top performance | 3rd place on the Mini Transat 2019 |
| Joined Imoca on | 2022 |
| Team | Benjamin envoie le pépin |
| Base | Port-La-Forêt (FRANCE) |
| Commitment | TARA Océan |
Benjamin Ferré is a Breton sailor and entrepreneur, in love with life... and crazy challenges. After a transatlantic sail with a sextant, a solo round-the-world hitchhiking trip and a crossing of Morocco in a 4L, he launched IMAGO in 2017; the first adventure incubator in France, dedicated to hatching sports, ecological and solidarity exploration projects.
In 2017, he took his first step into the completely unfamiliar world of offshore racing. Two years later, he landed on the podium of the 2019 Mini Transat aboard Pile Poil, the former Mini of Clarisse Crémer, and finished as the top rookie.
That’s when he realized someone had put everything he loved in life into one box—and called it: OFFSHORE RACING!
After a conversation with Jean Le Cam, the idea of sailing solo around the world, non-stop and without assistance, began to take root. He gave everything he had to take part in the 2024 edition. In 2022, he took the helm of Banque Populaire, just back from its round-the-world voyage with Clarisse Crémer, and entered his first solo IMOCA race: the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race, where he finished in 11th place. He was then joined by Groupe Monnoyeur and the non-profit Duo for a Job for the rest of the 2022 season.
In 2023, Benjamin Ferré teamed up with Pierre Le Roy for the double-handed season, which they dominated brilliantly among the daggerboard IMOCA boats, with their sights firmly set on the 2024 Vendée Globe.
On February 3, 2025, Benjamin Ferré crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe in Les Sables-d'Olonne in 16th place—but most notably as the first daggerboard IMOCA, just minutes ahead of his closest rival, Tanguy Le Turquais.
The Biotherm team has announced that Benjamin Ferré will join the crew alongside Paul Meilhat this summer for The Ocean Race Europe 2025.
2019: Mini Transat 2019 - 3rd
2019: Mini Fastnet 2019 - 5th with Kévin Bloch
2019: Mini Pornichet Select 6.50 2019 - 5th
2019: Mini GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA 2019 - 4th with Titouan Sessa
2019: Championnat de France 2019 - 7th
2015: Crossing the Atlantic with a sextant
| Name | CAFÉ JOYEUX |
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| Sail number | FRA 30 |
| Architect | VPLP - Verdier |
| Construction | 2010, CDK Technologies |
| Former names | MACIF, SMA, BANQUE POPULAIRE X, MONNOYEUR - DUO FOR A JOB |
| Length | 18,28 m |
| Beam | 5,40 m |
| Draught | 4,50 m |
| Weight | 7,7 tonnes |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Wing mast |
| Foils | No |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | 250 m² |
| Downwind | 530m² |
Spectacular Coastal Race in Boka Bay marks the end of The Ocean Race Europe
•••Paul Meilhat and his crew on Biotherm are the runaway winners of the second edition of The Ocean Race Europe after adding their fourth leg win in five starts early this morning.
•••Paul Meilhat’s French-flagged IMOCA Biotherm has won the fifth and final stage of The Ocean Race Europe – the 1,600-nautical mile leg from Genova, Italy to Boka Bay in Montenegro – and in doing so has confirmed a spectac…
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