IMOCA Archives

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November 27th, 2019

Armel Tripon said his IMOCA would be different and he wasn’t kidding. Designed by Class40 guru Sam Manuard, the boat

November 7th, 2019

Offshore sailor Sam Davies explains the leap in performance with the new generation foils. Davies and her co-skipper Paul Meilhat

October 24th, 2019

In the early days of Scuttlebutt, the famous offshore French races were as foreign as the country. Blame it on

September 19th, 2019

(September 19, 2019) – The new IMOCA 60 HUGO BOSS, set to be raced by British sailor Alex Thomson, launched

August 26th, 2019

After a two-week Atlantic crossing on a yacht, Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg is set to arrive in New York

August 13th, 2019

Swedish 16-year old Greta Thunberg has become quite the disrupter since she started a school strike in front of the

August 4th, 2019

Designed by Alex Thomson Racing and naval architects VPLP, and built by world-renowned boat builder Jason Carrington, the new HUGO

July 22nd, 2019

The IMOCA 60, famous for being the elite class for the Vendée Globe solo, non-stop round the world race, and

July 5th, 2019

Here’s everything you need to know about the two classes that will compete in The Ocean Race 2021-22. Video published

March 28th, 2019

In 2020, Boris Herrmann will become the first German to compete in the Vendée Globe, the solo non-stop round the