2nd participation in 2024
Italian
Age:48
Giancarlo Pedote's project strikes a balance between performance, restraint, simplicity and user-friendliness. The Italian skipper is using an old-generation foiler, optimised to the full, to keep costs down. His idea? To set out with the mindset of a novice, as if it were his first ever Vendée Globe, while hoping to perform even better this time round.
Architect : VPLP - Verdier
Construction : 2015, Multiplast, Vannes
Launch date : 11 September 2015
Former names : St-Michel - Virbac, Ucar-St-Michel
Length : 18.28 m
Beam : 5.80 m
Draught : 4.50 m
Displacement (weight) : 8 metric tons
Mast height : 29 m
Foils : Yes
Upwind sail area : 300 m2
Downwind sail area : 600 m2
To meet this challenge, sailors need a lot of support.
Meet all the team assisting the skipper on this round-the-world voyage.
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