Skippers Jérémie Beyou and Guirec Soudée and their imocas at the pontoon
Jérémie BEYOU
For more than 20 years, Jérémie Beyou has built one of the finest records in ocean racing. A seasoned and passionate sailor, the Breton skipper shines with his tenacity and perseverance to always raise the bar of his demands a little higher.
Among the favorites in 2020, he was forced to return to Les Sables d’Olonne to repair then leave 9 days, 2 hours and 50 minutes after the official start. He finished 13th.
Today, he is at the helm of Charal 2, a new IMOCA which took him to the 3rd step of the podium in the 2022 Route du Rhum. More motivated than ever for 2024, he is impatient to take his revenge on the latest edition.
Imoca : « Charal »
- Architect: Sam Manuard
- Construction site: CDK Technologies, Lorient
- Launch date: July 11, 2022
- Length: 18.28 m
- Width: 5m
- Draft: 4.5 m
- Weight: 8t
- Height: 29 m
- Upwind sail area: 260 m2
- Downwind sail area: 420 m2
Guirec WELDED
At 31, Guirec Soudée has already sailed solo around the world via the North and South Poles and spent 130 days overwintering in the ice of Greenland with his hen Monique.
In 2021, he rowed across the Atlantic from East to West in 74 days, then left in the other direction, for the North Atlantic. It turns around off the coast of Canada but continues on its way, without means of communication and without weather. 107 days later he reached Ushant.
In 2022, Guirec will move to IMOCA at the helm of Freelance.com.
Today he only has one idea in mind: starting the 2024 Vendée Globe.
Imoca: “Freelance.com”
- Former names of the boat: ESTRELLA DAMM, BT, Veolia Environnement, Hugo BOSS, Neutrogena, Adopteunskipper.net, Safran, Spirit of Yukoh IV, Water Family, OMIA – Water Family
- Architecte : Bruce Farr Yacht Design
- Chantier : 2007, Offshore Challenges Sailing Team, Cowes, Royaume-Uni
- Launch date: June 25, 2007
- Length: 18.28 m
- Width: 5.85 m
- Draft: 4.50 m
- Weight: 8.4 tonnes
- Mast height: 29m
- Upwind sail area: 296 m²
- Downwind sail area: 700 m²
Every day, 2 skippers with the photo of their Imoca at the Vendée Globe pontoon.
Philippe Brossard-Lotz
The Sablais Reporter
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