IMOCA 60 Paprec

The IMOCA 60 Class yacht Virbac also referred to as Virbac-Paprec, after the names of the companies Virbac and Paprec, was designed by Farr Yacht Design and launched in 2003 after being built by Cookson Boats in there New Zealand yard.[1] The boat was lost during the 2008-2009 Vendee Globe when the boat stopped at Kerguelen Islands but washed ashore by a gust of wind. It was eventually recovered and put on the "Marion Dufresne" and brought back to Reunion Island before being written of and destroyed.[1][2]

IMOCA 60 Paprec
Development
DesignerFarr Yacht Design Edit this on Wikidata
YearApril 2003 Edit this on Wikidata
Builder(s)Cookson Boats (NZL) Ltd Edit this on Wikidata
Racing
Class associationIMOCA 60

Racing results

PosYearRaceClassBoat NameSkipperNotesRef
Round the World Races
DNF20082008–2009 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Cheminées Poujalat (3), SUI 7 Bernard Stamm (SUI)
6 / 2020052004–2005 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Paprec-Virbac Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA)98d 04h
Transatlantic Races
Other Races

References

  1. "Document sans titre".
  2. Monthly, Yachting (December 16, 2008). "Stamm refloats his Open 60". Yachting Monthly.
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