IMOCA 60 Groupe Bel explained
The IMOCA 60 class racing yacht Groupe Bel was launched in 2007 to a designed by VPLP and Guillaume Verdier and constructed by Indiana Yachting in Italy.[1] [2]
Names and Ownership
Groupe Bel (2007-2013)
Imagine (2014)
For Humble Heroes (2014)
Le Souffle du Nord (2016-2017)
Kilcullen Team Irlande (2017)
V and B - Mayenne (2018-2021)
Imagine (2022-2023)
Mail Boxes Etc. (since 2023)[3]
- Skipper: Conrad Colman
- Sail No.: NZL 64
Racing Results
| Pos | Year | Race | Class | Boat Name | Skipper | Notes | Ref |
|---|
| Round the World Races |
|---|
| 10 / 33 | 2020 | | | V and B Mayenne, FRA 53 | | 82d 14h 30m | [4] |
| DNF | 2016 | | | Le Souffle du Nord
- Le Projet Imagine, FRA 121 | | | [5] [6] |
| DNF | 2012 | | | Groupe Bel | | Collision | [7] |
| DNF | 2011 | | | Groupe Bel |
| Keel Damage | [8] [9] |
| DNF | 2009 | | | Groupe Bel | | | |
| Transatlantic Races |
|---|
| 2 / 15 | 2007 | Transat B to B | | Groupe Bel | | 14j12h23'Bahia-Bretagne | |
| 6 / 17 | 2007 | | | Groupe Bel |
| 17d 17h44 | |
| Other Races |
|---|
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Notes and References
- Web site: IMOCA Class Website Boat Profile . 2021-01-11 . IMOCA Class Association.
- Web site: https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/A27.htm. 2022-01-11.
- Web site: MAIL BOXES ETC. . 2023-10-29 . www.imoca.org . en.
- News: News – Maxime Sorel, V and B Mayenne 10th in the Vendée Globe – Vendée Globe – En. www.vendeeglobe.org.
- Web site: News – Coastguards on their way to Thomas Ruyant – Vendée Globe – En. vendeeglobe.org. 2016-12-20. 2021-01-24.
- Day 43: Daily highlights / Vendée Globe. Vedee Globe TV - YouTube. 2016-12-19. 2021-02-18.
- Web site: https://thedailysail.com/offshore/12/63338/0/kito-de-pavant-on-groupe-bel-being-rammed-by-a-fishing-boat. 2022-01-11.
- Web site: Groupe Bel enters Barcelona World Race | the Daily Sail . 2022-01-11.
- Web site: https://www.sailing.org/news/7594.php#.Ydzjm1nLdPY. 2022-01-11.
