1st participation in 2024
French
Age:33
Benjamin Ferré can count on the boat used by the winner of the Everest of the Seas in 2012, François Gabart (but without its mast!) to make a sensational entrance into the most famous ocean race of all. His aim is to pass on the experience from one generation to the next, with his first participation in the Vendée Globe.
Architect : VPLP/Verdier
Construction : 2010, CDK Technologies
Launch date : 16 August 2011
Former names : Macif, SMA, Banque Populaire X
Length : 18.28 m
Beam : 5.40 m
Draught : 4.5 m
Weight : 8 metric tons
Mast height : 29 m
Foils : No
Upwind sail area : 250 m2
Downwind sail area : 530 m2
To meet this challenge, sailors need a lot of support.
Meet all the team assisting the skipper on this round-the-world voyage.
Designed to withstand all weathers and break speed records...
Find out more about the Vendée Globe yachts
The Vendée Globe race is not without danger!
Find out more about the measures taken to ensure skippers' safety.
