2nd participation in 2024
American-New Zealander
Age:40
In 2016, for his Vendée Globe debut, Conrad Colman became the first skipper to complete the race aboard an IMOCA boat powered 100% by renewable energy. Committed to sustainable mobility by sea, the American-New Zealand yachtsman hopes to complete a second Everest of the Seas without fossil fuels.
Architect : VPLP - Verdier
Construction : 2007, Indiana Yachting, Italie
Launch date : 5 September 2007
Former names : Groupe BEL, IMAGINE, For Humble Heroes, Le Souffle du Nord, Kilcullen Team Irlande, V and B - Mayenne
Length : 18.28 m
Beam : 5.50 m
Draught : 4.5 m
Weight : 8 metric tons
Mast height : 29 m
Foils : No
Upwind sail area : 365 m2
Downwind sail area : 700 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...
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The Vendée Globe race is not without danger!
Find out more about the measures taken to ensure skippers' safety.
