''Groupama 4'' (also ''Giacomo'' and ''Wizard'') is a

Volvo Open 70 The Volvo Open 70 (sometimes referred to as a Volvo Ocean 70) is the former class of racing yachts designed for the Volvo Ocean Race. It was first used in the 2005–06 race (replacing the Volvo Ocean 60 yachts which were first used in 1993). ...

yacht designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian. She won the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by

Franck Cammas Franck Cammas (born 22 December 1972 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French yachtsman. He has lived in Brittany since his victory in the Challenge Espoir Crédit Agricole in 1994. After completing a two-year maths course for the ‘Grandes écoles’, ...

Career

Groupama 4

''Groupama 4'' was launched on 14 May 2011.

Giacomo

Renamed to ''Giacomo'', it won the 2016 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. It has since been sold to David and Peter Askew and renamed ''Wizard''. In 2019, the American Volvo 70 Wizard won RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy, scoring the best corrected time under IRC. Wizard put in a near faultless performance to complete the 600 mile non-stop race in 43 hours 38 minutes and 44 seconds.

Wizard

Wizard is also the overall IRC winner of the 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race.

References

{{Volvo Ocean Race winning yachts 2010s sailing yachts Sailing yachts built in France Sailboat type designs by Juan Kouyoumdjian Sailing yachts of France Volvo Ocean Race yachts Volvo Open 70 yachts Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race yachts