2024–2025 Vendée Globe Explained

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 is the tenth edition of the race; it started (on 10 November 2024), and will finish, in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France.^[1]

Qualification

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) lost his boat Newrest – Art & Fenêtres to a fire (following a leak and an explosion) during a qualifying race in 2022.^[3] He was able to secure another boat for his participation in the race.^[4]
• Banque Populaire choose to end its 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 found 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 a previous dismasting 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) lost support of his team and therefore the use of Holcim-PRB due to allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women during 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 meet the requirement by crossing the starting line for the 2023 Transat Jacques 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 Jacques Vabre. An exemption for this case in the rules allowed him to fulfil the requirement of taking part in a solo race in 2022 or 2023.
• 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. As Jean le Cam was able to start this race, Sharp lost the chance of qualifying through the new-boat rule. He did not qualify.
• 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 conditional on fewer than 40 skippers qualifying and a place not being able to be filled. He did not qualify.
• 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]
• James Harayda (GBR) was not able to collect sufficient miles to qualify.
• Romain Attanasio (FRA) was dismasted on 13 September 2024 during the 48 hour Azimut Challenge; fellow competitor Maxime Sorel (FRA) made his spare mast available as a replacement so that Attanasio could start the Vendeé Globe.

Competitors

Skipper[14]		Boat						Ref.
Name	Start / Finish	Name	Designer	Builder	Date Launched	First name and VG	Notes
	Never		Owen-Clarke	Chris Prior de Coburg (CAN)	2005-08-23	Spirit of Canada VG08
	Never	Foussier - Mon courtier énergie	Farr Yacht Design	JMV Industries (FRA)	2006-07-26	Delta Dore VG08
	Never	Fives Group - Lantana Environment	Farr Yacht Design	CDK Technologies (FRA)	2006-09-30	PRB VG08
	1 / 1 (23th)	Coup de Pouce	Farr Yacht Design	Southern Ocean Marine (NZL)	2007-02-03	Paprec-Virbac VG08
	Never	Devenir	Farr Yacht Design	CDK Technologies (FRA)	2007-05-29	Foncia VG08		[15]
	Never	Freelance.com	Farr Yacht Design	Offshore Challenges (GBR)	2007-06-25	BT VG08
	Never	Singchain Team Haikou	Finot-Conq	Multiplast (FRA)	2007-07-17	Brit Air VG08	Foils Retrofitted
	2 / 1 (11th)	Nexans – Art & Fenêtres	Owen-Clarke	Hakes Marine (NZL)	2007-07-31	Ecover VG08
	1 / 0	MACSF	VPLP – Verdier	Chantier Naval de Larros (FRA)	2007-08-06	Safran VG08	Foils Retrofitted
	1 / 1 (16th)	Mail Boxes Etc.	VPLP – Verdier	Indiana Yachting (ITA)	2007-09-05	Groupe Bel VG08		[16]
	Never		Owen-Clarke	Hakes Marine (NZL)	2007-12-17		Aviva VG08
	Never		Finot-Conq	Multiplast (FRA)	2008-05-29	DCNS VG08		[17] [18]
	Never	Oliver Heer Ocean Racing	Farr Yacht Desig	Southern Ocean Marine (NZL)	2008-08-19	Gitana Eighty VG08
	4 / 4 (8th)			CDK Technologies (FRA)	2010-09-18	Banque Populaire VG12	Foils Retrofitted	[19]
	Never			CDK Technologies (FRA)	2011-08-16	Macif VG12
	Never			Pauger Composite (HUN)	2014-04-07	Spirit of Hungary VG16
	1 / 1 (7th)			CDK Technologies (FRA)	2015-03-15	Safran VG16
	1 / 1 (19th)			CDK Technologies (FRA)	2015-06-09	Banque Populaire VG16		[20]
	2 / 2 (14th)			Chantier Multiplast (FRA)	2015-08-06	Edmond de Rotschild VG16		[21]
	1 / 1 (9th)			Green Marine (GBR)	2015-09-01	Hugo Boss VG16		[22]
	1 / 1 (8th)			Multiplast (FRA)	2015-09-11	St Michel Virbac VG16
	Never		VPLP	CDK Technologies (FRA)	2018-08-20	Charal VG20
	2 / 2 (12th)		VPLP – Pete Hobson	Carrington Boats (GBR)	2019-04-08	Hugo Boss VG20		[23] [24] [25]
	1 / 1 (12th)			CDK Technologies (FRA)	2019-05-08	Apivia VG20		[26] [27]
	Never	Vulnerable (For the Planet)	Guillaume Verdier	Persico Marine (ITA)	2019-07-09	Linkedout VG20	Baptismal name Nat'che	[28] f
	2 / 1 (16th)	DMG Mori Global One	VPLP	Multiplast (FRA)	2019-09-02	DMG Mori VG20		[29]
	3 / 2 (3rd)		Sam Manuard	Pauger Composites (HUN) Black Pepper Yachts (FRA)	2020-01-31	L'Occitane en Provence VG20	First SCOW Design	[30]
	1 / 0	Groupe Dubreuil	Guillaume Verdier	CDK Technologies (FRA)	2021-08-24		Former 11th Hour - Mālama
	Never	Holcim - PRB		Carrington Boats (GBR)	2022-05-07			[31]
	1 / 1 (10th)	V&B-Monbana-Mayenne	Guillaume Verdier	Mer Concept (FRA)	2022-06-27		Sistership to Apivia 1	[32]
	4 / 2 (3rd)	Charal (2)	Samuel Manuard	CDK Technologies (FRA)	2022-07-11
	1 / 1 (5th)	Malizia-Seaexplorer	VPLP / Boris Herrmann[33]	Multiplast (FRA)	2022-07-19			[34]
	3 / 1 (5th)	Initiatives-Cœur 4	Sam Manuard	Pauger Composites (HUN)	2022-07-30		Sistership to L'Occitane	[35]
	2 / 1 (1st)	Maitre Coq V	Guillaume Verdier	CDK Technologies (FRA)	2022-08-29		Sistership to Groupe Dubreuil
	1 / 0	Biotherm		Persico Marine (ITA)	2022-08-31		Sistership to LinkedOut	[36]
	2 / 1 (6th)	Vulnerable (For People)	Antoine Koch / Finot-Conq	CDK Technologies (FRA)	2023-03-16		Sistership to Paprec Arkéa	[37] [38]
	Never	Paprec Arkéa (6)	Antoine Koch / Finot-Conq	Multiplast (FRA)	2023-02-22		Sistership to For People	[39]
	1 / 1(9th)	Stand As One - Altavia	David Raison	Persico Marine (ITA)	2023-06-17		No foils;Sistership to Armor-lux
	1 / 1 (2nd)	MACIF Santé Prévoyance (2)		CDK Technologies (FRA)	2023-06-24			[40]
	5 / 4 (2nd)	Tout commence en Finistère - Armor-lux	David Raison	Persico Marine (ITA)	2023-09-30		No foils; Sistership to Stand As One

External links

• Official Website
• Official You Tube Channel
• Official Facebook Page

Notes and References

1. Web site: News - The Notice of Race for the 2024 Vendée Globe is published - Vendée Globe - En. www.vendeeglobe.org. 18 March 2023.
2. Web site: selection-table - Vendée Globe - En . 2023-10-12 . www.vendeeglobe.org . en.
3. Web site: 2022-11-14 . Fabrice Amedeo: "Death did not want me today" >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News . 2023-10-12 . Scuttlebutt Sailing News . en-US.
4. Web site: 2023-01-11 . Fabrice Amedeo, a new IMOCA and a new, more sober project . 2023-10-12 . BoatsNews.com . en.
5. Web site: Gasser . Max . Vendée Globe: Die Hintergründe zum Rauswurf von Clarisse Crémer . 2023-10-12 . YACHT - Alles rund ums Segeln . de.
6. Web site: Clarisse Crémer names her IMOCA . 2023-10-12 . www.sail-world.com.
7. Web site: Ouest-France . Jacques GUYADER / . 2023-09-28 . Imoca. Malgré son démâtage, Nicolas Troussel espère toujours être au départ du Vendée Globe 2024 . 2023-10-12 . voilesetvoiliers.ouest-france.fr . fr.
8. Web site: What is known about the Kevin Escoffier case . 9 June 2023 .
9. Web site: Team Holcim-PRB welcomes two new skippers to lead GO CIRCULAR sailing team . 2023-12-28 . go-circular.com . en.
10. Web site: Martin . Chloé . 2023-12-18 . Vendée Globe : le point sur les qualifications et la course aux milles . 2023-12-28 . Tip & Shaft . fr-FR.
11. https://www.boatsnews.com/story/39746/armel-tripon-building-a-boat-that-combines-ecology-economy-and-performance
12. Web site: Germany's Riechers on a Good Course for 2024 | Vendée Globe 2024 .
13. Web site: Kemmling . Carsten . 2023-08-30 . Jörg Riechers segelt um die Welt: Neues Projekt für den Offshore-Profi . 2023-10-29 . SegelReporter . de-DE.
14. Web site: Selection table Vendée Globe 2024 . 2024-07-27 . www.vendeeglobe.org.
15. Web site: Violette DORANGE . 2023-10-22 . www.imoca.org . en.
16. Web site: Instagram . 2023-10-28 . www.instagram.com.
17. Web site: Takeover of Damien Seguin's Apicil. Briag Merlet. 2021-12-09. 2021-12-27.
18. Web site: A childhood on the water . Olivier Tourchon. 2021-10-14. 2021-12-27.
19. Web site: Sam Davies: A final race to say goodbye to his current Initiatives-Coeur.
20. Web site: IMOCA Class Website Boat Profile . 2021-01-11 . IMOCA Class Association . 2021-01-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210113154427/https://www.imoca.org/en/boats/bureau-vall-e-2 . dead .
21. Web site: IMOCA Class Website Boat Profile . 2021-01-11 . IMOCA Class Association . 2021-01-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210113093849/https://www.imoca.org/en/boats/seaexplorer-yacht-club-de-monaco . dead .
22. Web site: News - Benjamin Dutreux Raises His Game For 2024 With The Purchase of 11th HOUR IMOCA Vendée Globe VG2024 - Vendée Globe - En. www.vendeeglobe.org. 18 March 2023.
23. Web site: IMOCA Class Website Boat Profile . 2021-01-11 . IMOCA Class Association . 12 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211212090348/https://www.imoca.org/en/boats/hugo-boss . dead .
24. Web site: News - Alan Roura Will Race the Former Hugo Boss in 2024 - Vendée Globe.
25. https://www.hublot.com/en-gb/news/alan-roura-new-hublot-ambassador Alan Roura, new Hublot ambassador
26. Web site: IMOCA Class Website Boat Profile. 2021-01-11. IMOCA Class Association.
27. Web site: Vendée Globe 2024 : Banque Populaire acquiert l'IMOCA « Apivia ». Banque Populaire, la Banque de la Voile. 29 November 2021 . 18 March 2023.
28. Web site: VULNERABLE - GOODCHILD. 2024-11-18. www.imoca.org.
29. Web site: IMOCA Class Website Boat Profile . 2021-01-11 . IMOCA Class Association.
30. Web site: IMOCA Class Website Boat Profile . 2021-01-11 . IMOCA Class Association . 2021-01-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210115220051/https://www.imoca.org/en/boats/l-occitane-en-provence . dead .
31. Web site: Meet Team Holcim-PRB . 2023-09-27 . go-circular.com . en.
32. Web site: A new boat for Sorel aiming for "the top 5" in 2024 - Info feed - Vendée Globe. 31 May 2021.
33. Web site: Rieker . Jochen . Boris Herrmann: Das ist die neue "Malizia – Seaexplorer" . 2023-12-29 . YACHT - Alles rund ums Segeln . de.
34. Web site: Boris Herrmann to enter the Ocean Race and Vendée Globe. 13 May 2021.
35. Web site: News - A new boat for Sam Davies - Vendée Globe - en.
36. Web site: 2022-10-17 . Paul Meilhat : 'In IMOCA, training is done on the races' . 2023-11-02 . BoatsNews.com . en.
37. Web site: New architect and new IMOCA for Thomas Ruyant in 2024.
38. Web site: Vulnerable – Ruyant. 2024-11-18. www.imoca.org.
39. Web site: A new skipper for Arkéa Paprec for the Vendée Globe 2024.
40. Web site: Vendée Globe: Charlie Dalin on a new boat in 2024 to "go for victory".