1st participation in 2024
French
Age:44
Antoine Cornic started ocean racing in 2001 at only 21, but then stepped back to open his first restaurant on the Ile de Ré. Several years later, after starting a family, the skipper from La Rochelle decided to return to his first love, with the Vendée Globe in his sights!
Architect : Owen Clarke
Construction : Chris Prior
Launch date : 23 August 2005
Former names : Spirit of Canada, ALGIMOUSS Spirit of Canada, O Canada, ebac
Length : 18.28 m
Beam : 5.50 m
Draught : 4.5 m
Weight : 8.8 metric tons
Mast height : 29 m
Foils : No
Upwind sail area: : 270 m2
Downwind sail area : 540 m2