Imoca : les dernières infos Tip & Shaft

The Imoca are 60-foot Open monohull yachts mainly intended to race in the Vendée Globe. Find here the latest news and investigations from Tip & Shaft on the subject.

FRANCESCA CLAPCICH

Francesca Clapcich: “The Vendée Globe is definitely the ultimate goal”

After one year in Ocean Fifty, double Olympian Italian-American Francesca Clapcich announced last week the launch of her 2028 Vendée Globe project. With 11th Hour Racing’s support she will take over Boris Herrmann’s robust Malizia Seaexplorer after The Ocean Race Europe, the Transat Café L’OR will be her first race on the boat. Tip & Shaft talked to her this week.

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Loïs Berrehar

How Banque Populaire decided to get back into Imoca with Loïs Berrehar

Three weeks after the announcement of the departure of Ronan Lucas, replaced at the head of the Team by Erwan Steff and Sébastien Josse, Banque Populaire announced on Tuesday the launch of a new Imoca project, with a new boat to be skippered by Loïs Berrehar. Tip & Shaft looks back at the announcement and the choice of skipper.

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Jérémie Beyou

Jérémie Beyou: “I’m not tired of ocean racing”

Just under two months after taking fourth place in his fifth Vendée Globe, Jérémie Beyou is currently getting his Imoca project back on track, with his sights set on the Transat Café L’Or at the end of the year and the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe 2026. Tip & Shaft spoke to the skipper of Charal.

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Imoca Maitre CoQ

Why Maître CoQ has decided to stop its partnership with Yannick Bestaven

On Friday, Maître CoQ announced the end of its partnership with Yannick Bestaven. The latter, who has been aware of this decision since his stopover in Ushuaia during the Vendée Globe, intends to bounce back with a project combining The Ocean Race and transmission to a younger sailor with a view to the 2028 edition of the round the world race. Tip & Shaft tells you more.



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Antoine Mermod: “The Vendée Globe works well”

As the thirteenth week of the Vendée Globe draws to a close – following the retirement of Arnaud Boissières, 11 sailors remain at sea on Friday – Tip & Shaft spoke to the president of the Imoca class, Antoine Mermod, who shares his views on the tenth edition of the race.

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Clarisse Crémer

Clarisse Crémer: “A feeling of achievement”

12th four years ago, Clarisse Crémer took 11th place in the Vendée Globe 2024-2025 on Monday after 77 days 15 hours and 34 minutes. She then set course for La Rochelle, with the Les Sables channel closed due to storm conditions. Before sailing back up the channel on Saturday, she spoke to Tip & Shaft about her second circumnavigation.

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Charlie Dalin

What you need to know about the Vendée Globe podium

With the arrival, at 1.27 am on Friday, of the third-placed Sébastien Simon, the podium in the Vendée Globe 2024-2025 is complete, with Charlie Dalin having won on Tuesday just under a day ahead of Yoann Richomme. This is an opportunity for Tip & Shaft, present in Les Sables d’Olonne, to draw some initial conclusions from a record race (64 days 19 hours 22 minutes) in the company of a number of experts we met there.

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Charlie Dalin

“Charlie’s main adversary is himself”

For the duration of the Vendée Globe, Tip & Shaft will be decoding the weather and the trajectories of the 40 solo sailors, with Loïs Berrehar and Gaston Morvan, 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Solitaire du Figaro Paprec 2024, taking turns every other Friday. Gaston Morvan is at the helm this Friday.

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