2024–2025 Vendée Globe
The 2024–2025 Vendée Globe is a non-stop round the world yacht race for IMOCA 60 class yachts crewed by only one person. It will be the tenth edition of the race, and will start and finish in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. The race is scheduled to begin on 10 November 2024.[1]
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| Event title | |
|---|---|
| Name | 2024–2025 Vendée Globe |
| Edition | 10th Edition |
| Sponsor | Vendée Region of France |
| Event details | |
| Start location | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
| Finish location | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
| Course | Single person non-stop round the world race |
| Dates | Start: 10 November 2024 First finisher: TBC Last finisher: TBC |
| Yachts | IMOCA 60 |
| Key people | Race Director Hubert Lemonnier |
| Competitors | |
| Competitors | Max. 40 Boats |
2028–2029 → | |
Indicated competitors
The race organisers have published the initial notice of race allowing a record entry of 40 boats to compete. The rules now prohibit older IMOCA 60 from competing with 2008 generation boats being the oldest allowed to compete. The twelve first new boat skipper combinations starting one of five qualification races will be selected automatically.[2]
Significant events during qualifying included:
- Italian sailor Fabrice Amedeo losing his boat ultimately to a fire Newrest – Art & Fenêtres while doing a qualifying race in 2022.[3] He was able to secure another boat for the participation in the race.[4]
- Banque Populaire choosing to end it sponsorship with Clarisse Crémer citing her young child as one of the reason the public backlash led to the sponsor withdrawing and Crémer quickly finding a new sponsor with the support of Alex Thompson Racing.[5][6]
- Following the second dismasting of his boat during the Defi Azimut in October 2023 after doing so already in the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe, Nicolas Troussel lost the support of his sponsor Corum and with that the boat Corum l'Epargne. Nonetheless he reached official candidate status.[7]
- Kevin Escoffier losing support of his team and therefore the use of Holcim-PRB due to allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women.[8]
The following is a list of skippers who were able to secure a boat and were able to reach official candidate status.[9]
| Skipper | Boat | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Start / Finish |
Name | Designer | Builder | Date Launched | Notes | |
| 2008 Generation Boats | |||||||
 Antoine Cornic (FRA) | Never | Human Immobilier | Owen-Clarke | Chris Prior de Coburg (CAN) | 2005-08-23 | ||
| Sébastien Marsset (FRA) |
Never | Foussier - Mon courtier énergie | Farr Yacht Design | JMV Industries (FRA) | 2006-07-26 | ||
| Louis Duc (FRA) |
Never | Groupe Fives - Lantana Environment | Farr Yacht Design | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2006-09-30 | ||
| Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) | 1 / 2 (11th) | Nexans – Art & Fenêtres | Owen-Clarke | Hakes Marine (NZL) | 2007-07-31 | ||
| Manuel Cousin (FRA) | 1 / 1 (23th) | Coup de Pouce | Farr Yacht Design | Southern Ocean Marine (NZL) | 2007-02-03 | ||
| Violette Dorange (FRA) | Never | Devenir[10] | Farr Yacht Design | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2007-05-29 | ||
 James Harayda (GBR) | Never | Gentoo Sailing Team | Finot-Conq | Carrington Boats (GBR) | 2007-06-19 | Foils Retrofitted | [11] |
| Guirec Soudée (FRA) | Never | Freelance.com | Farr Yacht Design | Offshore Challenges (GBR) | 2007-06-25 | ||
 Jingkun Xu (CHN) | Never | Singchain Team Haikou | Finot-Conq | Multiplast (FRA) | 2007-07-17 | Foils Retrofitted | |
 Isabelle Joschke (GER) (FRA) | 1 / 0 | MACSF | VPLP – Verdier | Chantier Naval de Larros (FRA) | 2007-08-06 | Foils Retrofitted | |
  Conrad Colman (NZL) (USA) | 1 / 1 (16th) | Imagine | VPLP – Verdier | Indiana Yachting (ITA) | 2007-09-95 | ||
 Szabolcs Weroës (HUN) | Never | New Europe | Owen-Clarke | Hakes Marine (NZL) | 2007-12-17 | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Oliver Heer (SUI) |
Never | Oliver Heer Ocean Racing | Farr Yacht Desig | Southern Ocean Marine (NZL) | 2008-08-19 | ||
| Tanguy Le Turquais (FRA) | Never | Lazare | Finot-Conq | Multiplast (FRA) | 2007-09-05 | [12][13] | |
| 2012 Generation Boats | |||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Scott Shawyer (CAN) |
Never | Be Water Positive | Owen Clarke Design | Southern Ocean Marine (NZL) | 2011-09-02 | ||
| Benjamin Ferré (FRA) | Never | Monnoyeur Duo For A Job | VPLP – Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2011-08-16 | ||
| Arnaud Boissières (FRA) | 4 / 4 (8th) | La Mie Câline | VPLP – Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2010-09-18 | Foils Retrofitted | [14] |
| 2016 Generation Boats | |||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Denis Van Weynbergh (BEL) | Never | D’Ieteren Group | Nandor Fa | Pauger Composite (HUN) | 2014-04-07 | ||
| Damien Seguin (FRA) | 1 / 1 (7th) | Group Apecil 2 | VPLP – Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2015-03-15 | [15] | |
| Pip Hare (GBR) | 1 / 1 (19th) | Medallia 2 | VPLP – Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2015-06-09 | [16] | |
| Romain Attanasio (FRA) | 2 / 2 (14th) | Fortinet-Best Western | VPLP – Verdier | Chantier Multiplast (FRA) | 2015-08-06 | [17] | |
| Benjamin Dutreux (FRA) | 1 / 1 (9th) | Guyot Environnement - Water Family | VPLP – Verdier | Green Marine (GBR) | 2015-09-01 | [15] | |
 Giancarlo Pedote (ITA) | 1 / 1 (8th) | Prysmian Group | VPLP – Verdier | Multiplast (FRA) | 2015-09-11 | ||
| 2020 Generation Boats | |||||||
| Justine Mettraux (SUI) |
Never | TeamWork.net | VPLP | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2018-08-20 | ||
| Alan Roura (SUI) | 2 / 2 (12th) | Hublot | VPLP – Pete Hobson | Carrington Boats (GBR) | 2019-04-08 | [18][19][20] | |
| N/A | FOR SALE | Juan Kouyoumdjian | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2019-07-19 | Former Arkéa Paprec | ||
| Clarisse Crémer (FRA) | 1 / 1 (12th) | L'OCCITANE en Provence (2) | Guillaume Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2019-05-08 | [21][22] | |
| Sam Goodchild (GBR) |
Never | For the Planet | Guillaume Verdier | Persico Marine (ITA) | 2019-07-07 | ||
 Kojiro Shiraishi (JPN) | 2 / 1 (16th) | DMG Mori Global One | VPLP | Multiplast (FRA) | 2019-09-02 | [23] | |
| Louis Burton (FRA) | 3 / 2 (3rd) | Bureau Vallée 3 | Sam Manuard | Black Pepper Yachts (FRA) | 2020-01-31 | First SCOW Design | [24] |
| N/A | FOR SALE | Juan Kouyoumdjian | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2020-05-05 | Former Corum L'Epargne | ||
| 2024 Generation Boats | |||||||
| Sébastien Simon (FRA) | 1 / 0 | Groupe Dubreuil | Guillaume Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2021-08-24 | Former 11th Hour - Mālama | |
| Nicolas Lunven (FRA) | Never | Holcim - PRB | Guillaume Verdier | Carrington Boats (GBR) | 2022-05-07 | [25] | |
| Maxime Sorel (FRA) | 1 / 1 (10th) | V&B, Monbana, Mayenne | Guillaume Verdier | Mer Concept (FRA) | 2022-06-27 | Sistership to Apivia 1 | [26] |
| Jérémie Beyou (FRA) | 4 / 2 (3rd) | Charal 2 | Sam Manuard | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2022-07-11 | ||
| Boris Herrmann (GER) | 1 / 1 (5th) | Malizia - Seaexplorer | VPLP | Multiplast (FRA) | 2022-07-19 | [27] | |
| Samantha Davies (GBR) | 3 / 1 (5th) | Initiatives-Cœur 4 | Sam Manuard | Black Pepper Yachts (FRA) | 2022-07-30 | Sistership to L’Occitane | [28] |
| Charlie Dalin (FRA) | 1 / 1 (2nd) | MACIF Santé Prévoyance | Guillaume Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2023-06-24 | [29] | |
| Paul Meilhat (FRA) | 1 / 0 | Biotherm | Guillaume Verdier | Persico Marine (ITA) | 2022-08-31 | ||
| Thomas Ruyant (FRA) | 2 / 1 (6th) | For People | Antoine Koch / Finot-Conq | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2023-03-16 | [30] | |
| Yannick Bestaven (FRA) | 2 / 1 (1st) | Maitre Coq V | Guillaume Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2022-08-29 | ||
| Yoann Richomme (FRA) | Never | Paprec Arkéa (6) | Antoine Koch / Finot-Conq | Multiplast (FRA) | 2023-02-22 | [31] | |
| Phil Sharp (GBR) | Never | Oceanslab | Sam Manuard | Pauger Composites (HUN) | 2023-10-22 | Sistership to L’Occitane | [32] |
| Éric Bellion (FRA) | 1 / 1
(9th) |
Stand As One - Altavia | David Raison | Persico Marine (ITA) | 2023-06-17 | No Hydrofoils | |
| Jean Le Cam (FRA) | 4 / 3
(2th) |
Tout commence en Finistère - Armor-lux | David Raison | Persico Marine (ITA) | 2023-09-30 | No Hydrofoils | |
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