The IMOCA and the skippers are collaborating with several international associations and organizations in order to carry out concrete projects as part of the Class' Sustainable Development program.
Our Vendée Globe heroes perfectly understand the wind, waves, sea currents and climates of the earth. They remind us that our planet is small, blue, and that the ocean is a common good for humanity. But what they sometim…
•••ROAD TO THE VENDÉE GLOBE #6 - Many of the skippers in the IMOCA class are men and women who when competing in the various events in the circuit and in particular in the forthcoming Vendée Globe (which starts on 8th Novem…
•••Hosted live from Newport, RI, the latest online iteration of The Ocean Race Summits promoted solutions to restore health to the ocean.
•••Two hundred days before the 2020 Vendée Globe is due to start, and on this 50th Earth Day, the skippers of the IMOCA Class underline their support for the scientists of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC…
•••In 2020, Boris Herrmann will become the first German to compete in the Vendée Globe. We met up with a skipper who has raced on all sorts of boats and is committed to campaigning to protect the environment.
•••31st January 2020, Paris – A partnership agreement between UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA) was signed today at UNESCO headquarters i…
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