2024–2025 Vendée Globe Explained

2024–2025 Vendée Globe
Pixels:	300
Edition:	10th Edition
Sponsor:	Vendée Region of France
Start:	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Finish:	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Course:	Single person non-stop round the world race
Dates:	Start: 10 November 2024 First finisher: TBC Last finisher: TBC
Key People:	Hubert Lemonnier (Race Director)
Competitors:	Max. 40 Boats
Yachts:	IMOCA 60
Prev:	2020–2021
Next:	2028–2029

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 will be the tenth edition of the race, and will start and finish in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. The race is scheduled to begin on 10 November 2024.^[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) losing his boat Newrest – Art & Fenêtres ultimately to a fire while doing a qualifying race in 2022.^[3] He was able to secure another boat for the participation in the race.^[4]
• Banque Populaire choosing to end it 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 finding 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 doing so already 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) losing 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 fill the requirement by crossing the starting line for the 2023 Transat Jaqcues 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 Jaqcues Vabre. An exemption for this case in the rules allowed him to full fill 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 if less than 40 skippers are able to qualify and a place is not 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 was not able to collect sufficient miles to qualify.

Selected skippers

Skipper^[14]		Boat					Ref.
Name	Start / Finish	Name	Designer	Builder	Date Launched	Notes
	Never		Owen-Clarke	Chris Prior de Coburg (CAN)	2005-08-23
	Never	Foussier - Mon courtier énergie	Farr Yacht Design	JMV Industries (FRA)	2006-07-26
	Never	Fives Group - Lantana Environment	Farr Yacht Design	CDK Technologies (FRA)	2006-09-30
	1 / 1 (23th)	Coup de Pouce	Farr Yacht Design	Southern Ocean Marine (NZL)	2007-02-03
	Never	Devenir	Farr Yacht Design	CDK Technologies (FRA)	2007-05-29		^[15]
	Never	Freelance.com	Farr Yacht Design	Offshore Challenges (GBR)	2007-06-25
	Never	Singchain Team Haikou	Finot-Conq	Multiplast (FRA)	2007-07-17	Foils Retrofitted
	1 / 2 (11th)	Nexans – Art & Fenêtres	Owen-Clarke	Hakes Marine (NZL)	2007-07-31
	1 / 0	MACSF	VPLP – Verdier	Chantier Naval de Larros (FRA)	2007-08-06	Foils Retrofitted
	1 / 1 (16th)	Mail Boxes Etc.	VPLP – Verdier	Indiana Yachting (ITA)	2007-09-05		^[16]
	Never		Owen-Clarke	Hakes Marine (NZL)	2007-12-17
	Never		Finot-Conq	Multiplast (FRA)	2008-05-29		^[17] ^[18]
	Never	Oliver Heer Ocean Racing	Farr Yacht Desig	Southern Ocean Marine (NZL)	2008-08-19
	4 / 4 (8th)			CDK Technologies (FRA)	2010-09-18	Foils Retrofitted	^[19]
	Never			CDK Technologies (FRA)	2011-08-16
	Never			Pauger Composite (HUN)	2014-04-07
	1 / 1 (7th)			CDK Technologies (FRA)	2015-03-15
	1 / 1 (19th)			CDK Technologies (FRA)	2015-06-09		^[20]
	2 / 2 (14th)			Chantier Multiplast (FRA)	2015-08-06		^[21]
	1 / 1 (9th)			Green Marine (GBR)	2015-09-01		^[22]
	1 / 1 (8th)			Multiplast (FRA)	2015-09-11
	Never		VPLP	CDK Technologies (FRA)	2018-08-20
	2 / 2 (12th)		VPLP – Pete Hobson	Carrington Boats (GBR)	2019-04-08		^[23] ^[24] ^[25]
	1 / 1 (12th)			CDK Technologies (FRA)	2019-05-08		^[26] ^[27]
	Never	For the Planet	Guillaume Verdier	Persico Marine (ITA)	2019-07-07
	2 / 1 (16th)	DMG Mori Global One	VPLP	Multiplast (FRA)	2019-09-02		^[28]
	3 / 2 (3rd)		Sam Manuard	Pauger Composites (HUN) Black Pepper Yachts (FRA)	2020-01-31	First SCOW Design	^[29]
	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		^[30]
	1 / 1 (10th)	V&B-Monbana-Mayenne	Guillaume Verdier	Mer Concept (FRA)	2022-06-27	Sistership to Apivia 1	^[31]
	4 / 2 (3rd)	Charal (2)	Samuel Manuard	CDK Technologies (FRA)	2022-07-11
	1 / 1 (5th)	Malizia-Seaexplorer	VPLP / Boris Herrmann^[32]	Multiplast (FRA)	2022-07-19		^[33]
	3 / 1 (5th)	Initiatives-Cœur 4	Sam Manuard	Pauger Composites (HUN)	2022-07-30	Sistership to L'Occitane	^[34]
	2 / 1 (1st)	Maitre Coq V	Guillaume Verdier	CDK Technologies (FRA)	2022-08-29
	1 / 0	Biotherm		Persico Marine (ITA)	2022-08-31	Sistership to LinkedOut	^[35]
	2 / 1 (6th)	For People	Antoine Koch / Finot-Conq	CDK Technologies (FRA)	2023-03-16	Sistership to Paprec Arkéa	^[36]
	Never	Paprec Arkéa (6)	Antoine Koch / Finot-Conq	Multiplast (FRA)	2023-02-22	Sistership to For People	^[37]
	1 / 1(9th)	Stand As One - Altavia	David Raison	Persico Marine (ITA)	2023-06-17	No Hydrofoils;Sistership to Armor-lux
	1 / 1 (2nd)	MACIF Santé Prévoyance (2)		CDK Technologies (FRA)	2023-06-24		^[38]
	4 / 3 (2nd)	Tout commence en Finistère - Armor-lux	David Raison	Persico Marine (ITA)	2023-09-30	No Hydrofoils; 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. https://www.tipandshaft.com/en/the-ocean-race-en/what-is-known-about-the-kevin-escoffier-case/
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. https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/22487/germany-s-riechers-on-a-good-course-for-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. 18 March 2023.
28. Web site: IMOCA Class Website Boat Profile . 2021-01-11 . IMOCA Class Association.
29. 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 .
30. Web site: Meet Team Holcim-PRB . 2023-09-27 . go-circular.com . en.
31. Web site: A new boat for Sorel aiming for "the top 5" in 2024 - Info feed - Vendée Globe. 31 May 2021.
32. Web site: Rieker . Jochen . Boris Herrmann: Das ist die neue „Malizia – Seaexplorer" . 2023-12-29 . YACHT - Alles rund ums Segeln . de.
33. Web site: Boris Herrmann to enter the Ocean Race and Vendée Globe. 13 May 2021.
34. Web site: News - A new boat for Sam Davies - Vendée Globe - en.
35. Web site: 2022-10-17 . Paul Meilhat : 'In IMOCA, training is done on the races' . 2023-11-02 . BoatsNews.com . en.
36. Web site: New architect and new IMOCA for Thomas Ruyant in 2024.
37. Web site: A new skipper for Arkéa Paprec for the Vendée Globe 2024.
38. Web site: Vendée Globe: Charlie Dalin on a new boat in 2024 to "go for victory".