The skippers :
Guirec SOUDÉE

Guirec SOUDÉE

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Vendée Globe track record:

1st participation in 2024

French

 

Age:32

A true adventurer, Guirec Soudée is about to set out on his first Vendée Globe, but not his first voyage around the world. The Breton skipper has already sailed most of the world's oceans in the company of a hen called Monique, who saved his bacon by laying over 100 eggs when he was in a tricky situation in Greenland!

Discover his boat

IMOCA monohull
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Architect : Bruce Farr Yacht Design

Construction : 2007, Offshore Challenges Sailing Team, Cowes, Royaume-Uni

Launch date : 25 June 2007

Former names : ESTRELLA DAMM, BT, Veolia Environnement, Hugo BOSS, Neutrogena, Adopteunskipper.net, Safran, Spirit of Yukoh IV, Water Family, OMIA - Water Family

Length : 18.28 m

Beam : 5.85 m

Weight: 8.4 metric tons

Draught : 4.5 m

Mast height : 29 m

Foils : No

Upwind sail area : 296 m2

Downwind sail area : 700 m2

More info on the Vendée Globe website