1st participation in 2024
Belgian
Age:57
After covering all the races between 2008 and 2020 as a journalist, the Belgian skipper has become a true Vendée native by adoption. With his local project, based on strong human values, and with a reliable boat thanks to the passionate, committed volunteers behind him, he hopes to become the first Belgian to finish the Vendée Globe, while doing better than Nándor Fa with the same boat.
Architect : Nándor Fa & Attila Déry - Hungary
Construction : 2013, Pauger Carbon Ltd, Hongrie
Launch date : 7 April 2014
Former names : Spirit Of Hungary, Laboratoire de Biarritz
Length : 18.28 m
Beam : 5.65 m
Draught : 4.5 m
Mast height : 29 m
Foils : No
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.
