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 | Hubert Lemonnier (Race Director) |
| Competitors | |
| Competitors | Max. 40 Boats |
Qualification edit
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.[2]
Significant events during qualifying included:
- Sailor Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) losing his boat Newrest – Art & Fenêtres ultimately to a fire 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 (FRA) citing her young child as one of the reason, the public backlash led to the sponsor withdrawing and Crémer quickly finding a new sponsor (L'Occitane En Provence) 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 (FRA) lost the support of his sponsor Corum and with that the boat Corum l'Epargne. Nonetheless he reached official candidate status.[7]
- Kevin Escoffier (FRA) losing support of his team and therefore the use of Holcim-PRB due to allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women during the The Ocean Race 2022–23.[8] He was replaced by Nicolas Lunven.[9]
- Charlie Dalin (FRA) was not able to take part in a solo qualification race in 2023 due to health issues, missing a key qualification requirement. An exemption in the rules allowed him to fill the requirement by crossing the starting line for the 2023 Transat Jaqcues Vabre.[10]
- Éric Bellion (FRA) was not able to take part in the 2023 Retour à la Base due to damage taken during the 2023 Transat Jaqcues Vabre. An exemption for this case in the rules allowed him to full fill the requirement of taking part in a solo race in 2022 or 2023.[10]
- Phil Sharp (GBR) was not able to meet the requirement of taking part in a solo race in 2022 or 2023 due to damage taken to is new boat Oceanslab during the transfer to the start of the 2023 Retour à la Base.[10] As Jean le Cam was able to start this race, Sharp lost the chance of qualifying through the new boat rule.
- François Guiffant (FRA) was allowed to take part in the qualification with an older boat from 2004 (Partage). He got an exemption to take part in the 2024 Vendée Globe if less than 40 skippers are able to qualify and a place is not able to be filled.[10]
- The following campaigns were announced but did not reach candidate status:
- Armel Tripon (FRA) announced a VPLP designed boat from the moulds of Malizia-Seaexplorer to be built by Airbus. The project was late and is unlikely to make the 2024 edition of the race but is progressing.[11]
- Jörg Riechers (GER) announced a group design by Farr Yacht Design, Guillaume Dupont and Etienne Bertrand and built by Alva Yachts.[12] Though no official announcement has been made, the project seems to be abandoned.[13]
Candidates and eligible boats edit
The following is a list of skippers who were able to secure a boat and were able to reach official candidate status.[14]
| Skipper | Boat | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Start / Finish |
Name | Designer | Builder | Date Launched | Notes | |
 François Guiffant (FRA)
|
Never | Partage | Marc Lombard | JMV Industries (FRA) | 2004-04-26 | exemption for older boat | [10] |
| 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 | Fives Group - Lantana Environment | Farr Yacht Design | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2006-09-30 | ||
| Manuel Cousin (FRA) |
1 / 1 (23th) | Coup de Pouce | Farr Yacht Design | Southern Ocean Marine (NZL) | 2007-02-03 | ||
| Violette Dorange (FRA) |
Never | Devenir | Farr Yacht Design | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2007-05-29 | [15] | |
 James Harayda (GBR) |
Never | Gentoo Sailing Team | Finot-Conq | Carrington Boats (GBR) | 2007-06-19 | Foils Retrofitted | [16] |
| 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 | |
| Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) |
1 / 2 (11th) | Nexans – Art & Fenêtres | Owen-Clarke | Hakes Marine (NZL) | 2007-07-31 | ||
 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) | Mail Boxes Etc. | VPLP – Verdier | Indiana Yachting (ITA) | 2007-09-05 | [17] | |
 Szabolcs Weroës (HUN) |
Never | New Europe | Owen-Clarke | Hakes Marine (NZL) | 2007-12-17 | ||
| Tanguy Le Turquais (FRA) |
Never | Lazare | Finot-Conq | Multiplast (FRA) | 2008-05-29 | [18][19] | |
 Oliver Heer (SUI)
|
Never | Oliver Heer Ocean Racing | Farr Yacht Desig | Southern Ocean Marine (NZL) | 2008-08-19 | ||
| 2012 Generation Boats | |||||||
| Arnaud Boissières (FRA) |
4 / 4 (8th) | La Mie Câline | VPLP – Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2010-09-18 | Foils Retrofitted | [20] |
| Benjamin Ferré (FRA) |
Never | Monnoyeur Duo For A Job | VPLP – Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2011-08-16 | ||
| Be Water Positive | Owen/Clarke | Southern Ocean Marine | 2011-09-02 | ||||
| 2016 Generation Boats | |||||||
 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 | [21] | |
| Pip Hare (GBR) |
1 / 1 (19th) | Medallia 2 | VPLP – Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2015-06-09 | [22] | |
| Romain Attanasio (FRA) |
2 / 2 (14th) | Fortinet-Best Western | VPLP – Verdier | Chantier Multiplast (FRA) | 2015-08-06 | [23] | |
| Benjamin Dutreux (FRA) |
1 / 1 (9th) | Guyot Environnement - Water Family |
VPLP – Verdier | Green Marine (GBR) | 2015-09-01 | [21] | |
 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 | [24][25][26] | |
| 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 | [27][28] | |
| 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 | [29] | |
| Louis Burton (FRA) |
3 / 2 (3rd) | Bureau Vallée 3 | Sam Manuard | Pauger Composites (HUN) Black Pepper Yachts (FRA) |
2020-01-31 | First SCOW Design | [30] |
| 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 | [31] | |
| Maxime Sorel (FRA) |
1 / 1 (10th) | V&B-Monbana-Mayenne | Guillaume Verdier | Mer Concept (FRA) | 2022-06-27 | Sistership to Apivia 1 | [32] |
| Jérémie Beyou (FRA) |
4 / 2 (3rd) | Charal (2) | Samuel Manuard | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2022-07-11 | ||
| Boris Herrmann (GER) |
1 / 1 (5th) | Malizia-Seaexplorer | VPLP / Boris Herrmann[33] | Multiplast (FRA) | 2022-07-19 | [34] | |
| Samantha Davies (GBR) |
3 / 1 (5th) | Initiatives-Cœur 4 | Sam Manuard | Pauger Composites (HUN) | 2022-07-30 | Sistership to L’Occitane | [35] |
| Yannick Bestaven (FRA) |
2 / 1 (1st) | Maitre Coq V | Guillaume Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2022-08-29 | ||
| Paul Meilhat (FRA) |
1 / 0 | Biotherm | Guillaume Verdier | Persico Marine (ITA) | 2022-08-31 | Sistership to LinkedOut | [36] |
| Thomas Ruyant (FRA) |
2 / 1 (6th) | For People | Antoine Koch / Finot-Conq | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2023-03-16 | Sistership to Paprec Arkéa | [37] |
| Yoann Richomme (FRA) |
Never | Paprec Arkéa (6) | Antoine Koch / Finot-Conq | Multiplast (FRA) | 2023-02-22 | Sistership to For People | [38] |
| Éric Bellion (FRA) |
1 / 1
(9th) |
Stand As One - Altavia | David Raison | Persico Marine (ITA) | 2023-06-17 | No Hydrofoils;
Sistership to Armor-lux |
|
| Charlie Dalin (FRA) |
1 / 1 (2nd) | MACIF Santé Prévoyance (2) | Guillaume Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2023-06-24 | [39] | |
| Jean Le Cam (FRA) |
4 / 3 (2nd) | Tout commence en Finistère - Armor-lux | David Raison | Persico Marine (ITA) | 2023-09-30 | No Hydrofoils; Sistership to Stand As One | |
| Phil Sharp (GBR) |
Never | Oceanslab | Sam Manuard | Pauger Composites (HUN) | 2023-10-22 | Sistership to L’Occitane | [40] |
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