The IMOCA 60 Class yacht SILL PLEIN FRUIT, FRA 29 was designed by Marc Lombard and launched in the 1999 after being built MAG based in France.[1] The boat was lost in 2006 Velux 5 Ocean Race, when he was rescued by fellow competitor Mike Golding deep in the Southern Ocean.[2] The written off hull was found nine years later washed up, 10,000 miles from where it was abandoned.[3]

IMOCA 60 Sill
Development
DesignerMarc Lombard, Marc Lombard Yacht Design Group Edit this on Wikidata
Builder(s)Mag France Edit this on Wikidata

Racing results

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Pos Year Race Class Boat Name Skipper Notes Ref
Round the World Races
DNF 2007 Velux 5 Oceans Race IMOCA 60 GBR 99 - Hugo Boss (1)   Alex Thomson (GBR)
DNF 2004 2004–2005 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 GBR 88 - Hugo Boss (1)   Alex Thomson (GBR)
3 / 24 2012 2000–2001 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 SILL - MATINES - LA POTAGERE   Roland Jourdain (FRA) 96d 01h
Transatlantic Races
Other Races

References

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  1. ^ "IMOCA 60 Archive Page on Sill". Histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  2. ^ "Great Seamanship: dramatic account by Mike Golding of rescuing Alex Thomson in the Southern Ocean". Yachtingworld.com. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  3. ^ "Wreck found after drifting for 9 years and 10,000 miles in the Southern Ocean is Alex Thomson's Hugo Boss". Yachtingworld.com. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2022-01-08.