From Alexia Barrer's old boat (TSE-4myplanet), older than Kylian Mbappé (launched in 1998) and budget riquiqui (450,000 euros) to the latest prototypes with foils fresh from the yard, there is everything on the pontoons of Les Sables d'Olonne.
In total, 33 monohulls of the Imoca class (International Monohull Open Class Association, created in 1991) will cast off on Sunday (start at 1:02 p.m., to find out all about the race click here), and set off to storm the Vendée Globe, solo round the world nonstop and unassisted.
Among them, 8 new boats worth several million euros born from the pencil of five architects: Sam Manuard (L'Occitane en Provence - Armel Tripon), the duo Vincent Lauriot-Prévost-Marc Van Peteghem (Hugo Boss - Alex Thomson, Charal - Jérémie Beyou, DMG Mori - Kojiro Shiraishi), Guillaume Verdier (Apivia - Charlie Dalin, LinkedOut - Thomas Rettant) and Juan Kouyoumdjian (Corum L'Epargne - Nicolas Troussel, Arkea-Paprec - Sébastien Simon).
Among all these hull shapes and colors, which one do you prefer?
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