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IMOCA 60 Paprec 3
The IMOCA 60 class yacht Paprec-Virbac 3 was designed in partnership with VPLP and Guillaume Verdier and launched on 18 May 2010 after being built by Cookson Boats in New Zealand. The yacht was named after the companies that sponsored its construction, Virbac Virbac is a French company dedicated to animal health located in Carros, near Nice. It was founded in 1968 by veterinarian Pierre-Richard Dick. The company is the 6th the largest veterinarian pharmaceutical group with a turnover of 1,397 milli ... and Paprec. It was lost during the 2016 Vendée Globe where the skipper was rescued. In November 2018, the remains of written off yacht were found on the east coast of Madagascar. Racing results References 2000s sailing yachts Sailing yachts designed by VPLP Sailboat type designs by Guillaume Verdier Vendée Globe yachts IMOCA 60 yachts Sailboat types built in New Zealand {{IMOCA 60 sailing yachts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
2012–2013 Vendée Globe
The 2012–2013 Vendée Globe was a non-stop solo round-the-world yacht race for IMOCA 60 class yachts and the seventh edition of the race. Summary The 2012 Vendée Globe started on 10 November 2012. The race saw the 24-hour singlehanded distance record repeatedly reset by several competitors. Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) set a new race record for shortest time to the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope, and François Gabart (Macif) set new race records for shortest time to the longitude of Cape Leeuwin in Australia and to Cape Horn. On 27 January 2013, Gabart set a new Vendée Globe record with just over 78 days to complete the circumnavigation. The interval of 3h 17’ between the arrivals of the first and second contenders is also the shortest in the race's history. Race Director for this edition was Denis Horeau who heads the event management team having done the role for the 1989, 2004 and 2008 editions. Incidents Other incidents Jean Piere Dick finished the Vendee ... [...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] |
Sailboat Type Designs By Guillaume Verdier
A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture. Types Although sailboat terminology has varied across history, many terms have specific meanings in the context of modern yachting. A great number of sailboat-types may be distinguished by size, hull configuration, keel type, purpose, number and configuration of masts, and sail plan. Popular monohull designs include: Cutter The cutter is similar to a sloop with a single mast and mainsail, but generally carries the mast further aft to allow for two foresails, a jib and staysail, to be attached to the head stay and inner forestay, respectively. Once a common racing configuration, today it gives versatility to cruising boats, especially in allowing a small staysail to be flown from the inner stay in high winds. Catboat A catboat has a single mast mounted far forward and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing Yachts Designed By VPLP
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation. From prehistory until the second half of the 19th century, sailing craft were the primary means of maritime trade and transportation; exploration across the seas and oceans was reliant on sail for anything other than the shortest distances. Naval power in this period used sail to varying degrees depending on the current technology, culminating in the gun-armed sailing warships of the Age of Sail. Sail was slowly replaced by steam as the method of propulsion for ships over the latter part of the 19th century – seeing a gradual improvement in the technology of steam through a number of developmental steps. Steam allowed scheduled services that ran at higher average speeds than sailing ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Sailing Yachts
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ), "to hiss". The original name of the letter "Sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Dick
Jean-Pierre Dick (born 8 October 1965 in Nice) is a French professional yachtsman. Biography Jean-Pierre Dick is the third of four children of Pierre-Richard Dick, the founder of Virbac Laboratories. He is trained as a veterinary doctor but his passion is for the sea and he has been offshore racing since 1989. Sailing career His professional sailing career has been focused on offshore sailing. He has had most success in double-handed sailing, including wins in Transat Jacques Vabre in 2003, 2005, 2011 and 2017 and the Barcelona World Race in 2008 and 2011. He has competed in the solo round the world Vendée Globe four times, finishing in three of those races, with a best position of 4th. It was in the 2012 Vendee Globe that, having long been in the top three, the boat lost its keel between the Cape Verde Islands and the Azores, dashing all hope of a podium finish, but he managed a feat of seamanship to finish the race by covering 2,643 miles without a keel. In 2014 he embar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Thomson (sailor)
Alex Thomson (born 18 April 1974, Bangor, Wales) is a British yachtsman. Alex Thomson was helped early in his sailing career by Sir Keith Mills, the British businessman who ran London's successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and set up with British America's Cup campaign TEAMORIGIN. With Mills' backing, Thomson broke into the professional solo sailing circuit at a young age. Thomson's Clipper Race win in 1999 made him the youngest skipper ever to win a round-the-world yacht race. he still holds this record. He is an around the world solo sailor, and held the 24-hour world speed sailing record for solo mono-hulls (537 nautical miles at an average speed of 22.4 knots). Sponsored by Hugo Boss he took part in the Vendée Globe 2004/05 but was forced to retire after damage to the carbon fitting that attached the boom to the deck. He also started in 2008, but had to retire from the race after a cracked hull. He was third in 2012 and second in the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMOCA 60 Paprec 2
The 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 an ... class yacht Paprec-Virbac 2 was designed by Farr Yacht Design, assembled by Southern Ocean Marine based in New Zealand and then shipped to France where it was launched in 2007. The boat is a sister ship to Gitana 80, also built by the same builder from the same moulds. Names and ownership Paprec-Virbac 2 (2007-2009) * Skipper: Jean-Pierre Dick W Hotels (2009) * Skipper: Alex Pella Estrella Damm (2) (2010-2011) * Skipper: Alex Pella and Pepe Ribes We Are Water (2014-2015) * Skipper: Bruno Garcia and Willy Garcial Le Bateau des Métiers by Aerocampus (2015) * Skipper: Arnaud Boissières La Mie Câline (2015-2017) * Skipper: Arnaud Boissières La Mie Câline – Artipôle (2017) * Skipper: Manuel Cousin a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepe Ribes
Pepe is a pet form of the Spanish and Portuguese name José (Joseph). It is also a surname. * People Mononyms *Pepe (footballer, born 1935), Brazilian footballer José Macia *Pepe (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian-born Portuguese footballer Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira * Pepe (footballer, born October 1983), Brazilian footballer Marcos Paulo Aguiar de Jesus *Pepê (footballer, born 1997), Brazilian footballer Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa * Pepê (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer João Pedro Vilardi Pinto Politicians *Porfirio Lobo Sosa (born 1947), known as Pepe, candidate for the Presidency of Honduras *José Mujica (1935–2025), known as El Pepe, president of Uruguay * José Gregorio Liendo (1945–1973), known as "comandante Pepe," "compañero Pepe," or "loco Pepe," Chilean political activist * José W. Diokno (1922–1987), known as "Ka Pepe," Filipino nationalist and senator *José Rizal (1861–1896), Filipino nationalist who used the name with his family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona World Race
The Barcelona World Race is a non-stop, round-the-world yacht race for crews of two, sailed on Open 60 IMOCA monohull boats. Following the Clipper route, it starts and finishes in Barcelona, and is organised by the Barcelona Ocean Sailing Foundation (FNOB). The inaugural race, contested in 2007–08 by nine boats, was won by Jean-Pierre Dick and Damian Foxall on the boat ''Paprec-Virbac 2'' in a time of 92 days. The second edition of the race started on 31 December 2010 and was won by Jean-Pierre Dick and Loïck Peyron on ''Virbac-Paprec 3'' in a time of 93 days 22 hours 20 minutes 36 seconds. The third edition of the race started with eight boats on 31 December 2014 and was won by Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam on ''Cheminées Poujoulat'' in a time of 84 days 5 hours 50 minutes 25 seconds. Guillermo Altadill and José Muñoz finished second on ''Neutrogena''. The fourth edition of the race was intended to start from Barcelona on 12 January 2019, but on 29 March 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
