This new project is part of a long-term commitment to ocean racing for the Paprec Group, after eight years of co-partnership with Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, highlighted by two Vendée Globe participations.

The IMOCA - a VPLP design - is flying the flag for Les P'tits Doudous, a caregivers' association that improves the experience, reassures and reduces the anxiety of children (and their parents) before, ...

Construction of this generation 2028 IMOCA - a Guillaume Verdier design - will be launched in April 2026. For the 2025 season, the Swiss sailor will continue to sail on her current boat, including the ...

Doing the Vendée Globe is one of my big dreams and I'm very happy to be joining the Voile MACSF team to achieve this goal. I really feel ready for this adventure. Thanks to this 2025 season as ...

Convinced by Fabrice Amedeo's personality and his environmental approach - a round-the-world race without fossil fuels and with on-board oceanographic sensors - FDJ United has made a long-term ...

Today, his Vendée Globe 2028 project is taking on a new dimension. The former extreme skier recently bought the IMOCA Groupe Dubreuil, a 2020 generation Sam Manuard design, which won The Ocean Race ...

There were a lot of people on the quays. Even though the weather wasn't really on our side, the atmosphere was great and it was a pleasure to meet up with all the skippers. Going up the channel is ...

Memory likes to play tricks on our certainties. What remains of an adventure lasting nearly three months around the world's oceans? Sailors spend a lifetime dreaming of the Vendée Globe, then another ...

Managing sleep, or rather the lack of it. This is one of the key skills that Vendée Globe sailors must master, and one that generates the most attention and the most questions. On this World Sleep Day ...

At the Azores, Fabrice Amedeo (Nexans-Wewise, 32nd) is preparing for a final depression which will give way to upwind conditions before finishing at the weekend. Finally, the Belgian Denis Van ...

Back in 2008 the Vendée Globe was illuminated by charismatic Sam Davies who not only went on to finish fourth but along the way told her story with the same smile, grit and joie de vie that have ...

Denis Van Weynbergh, who should return to the Northern Hemisphere tomorrow evening or Wednesday, “"I collect water with a watertight container system to make up my forty litres. Every day, there is a ...