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IMOCA 60 Oceans Lab
Oceanslab is an IMOCA 60 monohull sailing yacht A sailing yacht (US ship prefixes SY or S/Y), is a leisure craft that uses sails as its primary means of propulsion. A yacht may be a sail or power vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, so the term applie ... designed by Sam Manuard and constructed by Pauger Composites in Hungary and Black Pepper Yachts in France. It was launched on 22 October 2023. It is designed for the Vendée Globe 2024, a solo tour of the world. Its skipper is the British Phil Sharp. Design IMOCA 60 Oceans Lab is the sistership to L’Occitane and Initiatives-Cœur 4. Unlike other IMOCAs, Oceanslab is powered by fuel cells rather than a combustion engine. References IMOCA 60 yachts Vendée Globe yachts 2020s sailing yachts {{Yachtracing-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Manuard
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IMOCA 60
The IMOCA ("Open 60") is a 60ft (18.3 m) development class monohull sailing yacht governed by the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA). The class pinnacle event are single or two person ocean races, such as the Route du Rhum and the Vendée Globe and this has been intimately linked to design development within the class. The class is recognised by World Sailing. Class description The class is of "open" design: the boat is measurement controlled, and designers have freedom within the rules. Several parts including the mast, boom and the canting keel ram and fin are one design for safety reasons. After several severe incidents in the early years of the class a self righting capability was introduced. Each boat must be able to self-right itself at any time. Every boat must prove this capability in a 90 degree or 180 degree test. Dimensions Design restrictions include the hull length to be between 59 and and maximum draft of . The length including the bowsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing Yacht
A sailing yacht (US ship prefixes SY or S/Y), is a leisure craft that uses sails as its primary means of propulsion. A yacht may be a sail or power vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, so the term applies here to sailing vessels that have a cabin with amenities that accommodate overnight use. To be termed a "yacht", as opposed to a "boat", such a vessel is likely to be at least in length and have been judged to have good aesthetic qualities. Sailboat, Sailboats that do not accommodate overnight use or are smaller than are not universally called yachts. Sailing yachts in excess of are generally considered to be Superyacht, superyachts. Sailing yachts are actively used in sport and are among categories recognized by the governing body of sailing sports, World Sailing. Etymology The term ''yacht'' originates from the Dutch language, Dutch word ''jacht'' (pl. ''jachten'', which means "hunt"), and originally referred to light, fast saili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–2025 Vendée Globe
The 2024–2025 Vendée Globe is a non-stop Around the world sailing record, round the world Yacht racing, yacht race for IMOCA 60 class yachts crewed by only one person. It is the tenth edition of the race; it started (on 10 November 2024), and will finish, in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. Results Qualification 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 13 first, new-boat skipper combinations starting two of five solo races (one in 2022 or 2023 and one in 2024) qualification races and finishing one of them will be selected automatically. Significant events during qualifying included: * Sailor Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) lost his boat IMOCA 60 No Way Back, Newrest – Art & Fenêtres to a fire (following a leak and an explosion) during a qualifying race in 2022. He was able to secure another boat for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Sharp (sailor)
Phil Sharp (born 11 May 1981) is a British yachtsman. He was born in Jersey (Channel Islands), educated at Victoria College Jersey and qualified from Imperial College London with an MSc in Mechanical Engineering. Sharp holds World Speed Sailing Records. and Guinness World Records for the Cowes-to-Dinard monohull under 60 ft singlehanded (set in 2016), and crewed around Britain and Ireland under 40 ft (set in 2018). Biography Racing a 2013 Manuard Mach 2 design under the name Imerys Clean Energy, Sharp won the Class40 ocean racing Championship in 2017 and 2018 with title sponsor Imerys. In 2006, Sharp won the Route du Rhum single-handed race from St Malo, Brittany, to Guadeloupe aboard a Class40 and is entered for the 2018 edition. In 2016, Sharp lost his lead in the single-handed in the Transat Bakerly (Plymouth, UK – New York, US) after his mainsail shredded in a storm. Sharp made a temporary repair and finished the race in 3rd place. Sharp is a mechanical en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMOCA 60 L’Occitane
The IMOCA 60 class yacht L'Occitane en Provence, FRA 2, was designed by Sam Manuard and launched on the 31st January 2020 after being assembled by Black Pepper Yachts based in Nantes, France. Pauger Composites in Hungary did the hull moulding. The boat was the last to be completed for the 2020 Vendée Globe but the hull moulds were then used for Initiative Coeur 4 and IMOCA 60 OceansLab, OceansLab. Design This is the first IMOCA 60 of the designer and the builders and incorporates a lot of thinking of the designer on Mini 6.5 and Class 40 yachts. It is the first SCOW-design hull and had a different approach to the foil configuration than other designs, the main difference being the ability to retract the foils. IMOCA 60 L’Occitane is the sistership to IMOCA 60 Oceans Lab, Oceans Lab and Initiatives-Cœur 4. Names and ownership Jack In The Box (name during development) L'Occitane en Provence (2019-2021) * Skipper: Armel Tripon * Sail No.: FRA 2 Bureau Vallée 3 (since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMOCA 60 Yachts
IMOCA or iMOCA may refer to: * Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art Indianapolis Contemporary, formerly known as the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art or iMOCA, was a museum of contemporary art in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. In 2020, the gallery's board voted to begin closing down operations, a result of ... * International Monohull Open Class Association * IMOCA 50, a former 50ft racing yacht class * IMOCA 60, an active 60ft racing yacht class used for Vendee Globe {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vendée Globe Yachts
Vendée () is a Departments of France, department in the Pays de la Loire Regions of France, region in Western France, on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.Populations légales 2019: 85 Vendée INSEE Its Prefectures in France, prefecture is La Roche-sur-Yon. History The area today called the Vendée was originally known as the ''Bas-Poitou'' and is part of the former province of Poitou. In the southeast corner, the village of Nieul-sur-l'Autise is believed to be the birthplace of Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204). Eleanor's son, Richard I of England, Richard the Lionheart often had his base in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, Talmont. The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) turned much of the Vendée into a battleground. Since the Vendée held ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
