2024–2025 Vendée Globe
Event title
Name2024–2025 Vendée Globe
Edition10th Edition
SponsorVendée Region of France
Event details
Start locationLes Sables-d'Olonne
Finish locationLes Sables-d'Olonne
CourseSingle person non-stop round the world race
DatesStart: 10 November 2024
First finisher: TBC
Last finisher: TBC
YachtsIMOCA 60
Key people
Hubert Lemonnier (Race Director)
Competitors
CompetitorsMax. 40 Boats
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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:

  • 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 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.[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.[10]
  • 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.[10] As Jean le Cam was able to start this race, Sharp lost the chance of qualifying through the new boat rule.
  • 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.[10]
  • 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]

Candidates and eligible boats

The following is a list of skippers who were able to secure a boat and were able to reach official candidate status.[14]

Skipper Boat Ref.
NameStart /
Finish		 NameDesignerBuilder Date LaunchedNotes
 François Guiffant (FRA) Never Partage Marc Lombard JMV Industries (FRA) 2004-04-26 exemption for older boat [10]
2008 Generation Boats
 Antoine Cornic (FRA)Never Human ImmobilierOwen-ClarkeChris Prior de Coburg (CAN) 2005-08-23
 Sébastien Marsset (FRA) Never Foussier - Mon courtier énergie Farr Yacht Design JMV Industries (FRA) 2006-07-26
 Louis Duc (FRA) Never Fives Group - Lantana Environment Farr Yacht Design CDK Technologies (FRA) 2006-09-30
 Manuel Cousin (FRA)1 / 1 (23th) Coup de PouceFarr Yacht DesignSouthern Ocean Marine (NZL) 2007-02-03
 Violette Dorange (FRA)Never DevenirFarr Yacht DesignCDK Technologies (FRA) 2007-05-29 [15]
 James Harayda (GBR)Never Gentoo Sailing TeamFinot-ConqCarrington Boats (GBR) 2007-06-19Foils Retrofitted[16]
 Guirec Soudée (FRA)Never Freelance.comFarr Yacht DesignOffshore Challenges (GBR) 2007-06-25
 Jingkun Xu (CHN)Never Singchain Team HaikouFinot-ConqMultiplast (FRA) 2007-07-17 Foils Retrofitted
 Fabrice Amedeo (FRA)1 / 2 (11th) Nexans – Art & FenêtresOwen-ClarkeHakes Marine (NZL) 2007-07-31
  Isabelle Joschke (GER) (FRA)1 / 0 MACSFVPLP – VerdierChantier Naval de Larros (FRA) 2007-08-06Foils Retrofitted
  Conrad Colman (NZL) (USA)1 / 1 (16th) Mail Boxes Etc.VPLP – VerdierIndiana Yachting (ITA) 2007-09-05 [17]
 Szabolcs Weroës (HUN)Never New EuropeOwen-ClarkeHakes Marine (NZL) 2007-12-17
 Tanguy Le Turquais (FRA)Never LazareFinot-ConqMultiplast (FRA) 2008-05-29 [18][19]
 Oliver Heer (SUI) Never Oliver Heer Ocean Racing Farr Yacht Desig Southern Ocean Marine (NZL) 2008-08-19
2012 Generation Boats
 Arnaud Boissières (FRA)4 / 4 (8th) La Mie CâlineVPLP – VerdierCDK Technologies (FRA) 2010-09-18Foils Retrofitted[20]
 Benjamin Ferré (FRA)Never Monnoyeur Duo For A JobVPLP – VerdierCDK Technologies (FRA) 2011-08-16
Be Water PositiveOwen/ClarkeSouthern Ocean Marine 2011-09-02
2016 Generation Boats
 Denis Van Weynbergh (BEL)Never D’Ieteren GroupNandor FaPauger Composite (HUN) 2014-04-07
 Damien Seguin (FRA)1 / 1 (7th) Group Apecil 2VPLP – VerdierCDK Technologies (FRA) 2015-03-15 [21]
 Pip Hare (GBR)1 / 1 (19th) Medallia 2VPLP – VerdierCDK Technologies (FRA) 2015-06-09 [22]
 Romain Attanasio (FRA)2 / 2 (14th) Fortinet-Best WesternVPLP – VerdierChantier Multiplast (FRA) 2015-08-06 [23]
 Benjamin Dutreux (FRA)1 / 1 (9th) Guyot Environnement
- Water Family		VPLP – VerdierGreen Marine (GBR) 2015-09-01 [21]
 Giancarlo Pedote (ITA)1 / 1 (8th) Prysmian GroupVPLP – VerdierMultiplast (FRA) 2015-09-11
2020 Generation Boats
 Justine Mettraux (SUI) Never TeamWork.netVPLPCDK Technologies (FRA) 2018-08-20
 Alan Roura (SUI)2 / 2 (12th) HublotVPLP
– Pete Hobson		Carrington Boats (GBR) 2019-04-08 [24][25][26]
N/A FOR SALEJuan KouyoumdjianCDK Technologies (FRA) 2019-07-19 Former Arkéa Paprec
 Clarisse Crémer (FRA)1 / 1 (12th) L'OCCITANE en Provence (2)Guillaume VerdierCDK Technologies (FRA) 2019-05-08 [27][28]
 Sam Goodchild (GBR) Never For the Planet Guillaume Verdier Persico Marine (ITA) 2019-07-07
 Kojiro Shiraishi (JPN)2 / 1 (16th) DMG Mori Global OneVPLPMultiplast (FRA) 2019-09-02 [29]
 Louis Burton (FRA)3 / 2 (3rd) Bureau Vallée 3Sam ManuardPauger Composites (HUN)
Black Pepper Yachts (FRA)		 2020-01-31First SCOW Design [30]
N/A FOR SALEJuan KouyoumdjianCDK Technologies (FRA) 2020-05-05 Former Corum L'Epargne
2024 Generation Boats
 Sébastien Simon (FRA)1 / 0 Groupe Dubreuil Guillaume VerdierCDK Technologies (FRA) 2021-08-24 Former 11th Hour - Mālama
 Nicolas Lunven (FRA)Never Holcim - PRB Guillaume VerdierCarrington Boats (GBR) 2022-05-07 [31]
 Maxime Sorel (FRA)1 / 1 (10th) V&B-Monbana-MayenneGuillaume VerdierMer Concept (FRA) 2022-06-27Sistership to Apivia 1 [32]
 Jérémie Beyou (FRA)4 / 2 (3rd) Charal (2) Samuel ManuardCDK Technologies (FRA) 2022-07-11
 Boris Herrmann (GER)1 / 1 (5th) Malizia-SeaexplorerVPLP / Boris Herrmann[33]Multiplast (FRA) 2022-07-19 [34]
 Samantha Davies (GBR)3 / 1 (5th) Initiatives-Cœur 4Sam ManuardPauger Composites (HUN) 2022-07-30Sistership to L’Occitane [35]
 Yannick Bestaven (FRA)2 / 1 (1st) Maitre Coq VGuillaume VerdierCDK Technologies (FRA) 2022-08-29
 Paul Meilhat (FRA)1 / 0 BiothermGuillaume VerdierPersico Marine (ITA) 2022-08-31 Sistership to LinkedOut [36]
 Thomas Ruyant (FRA)2 / 1 (6th) For PeopleAntoine Koch / Finot-ConqCDK Technologies (FRA) 2023-03-16Sistership to Paprec Arkéa [37]
 Yoann Richomme (FRA)Never Paprec Arkéa (6)Antoine Koch / Finot-ConqMultiplast (FRA) 2023-02-22Sistership to For People [38]
 Éric Bellion (FRA)1 / 1

(9th)

 Stand As One - AltaviaDavid RaisonPersico Marine (ITA) 2023-06-17 No Hydrofoils;

Sistership to Armor-lux
 Charlie Dalin (FRA)1 / 1 (2nd) MACIF Santé Prévoyance (2)Guillaume VerdierCDK Technologies (FRA) 2023-06-24 [39]
 Jean Le Cam (FRA)4 / 3 (2nd) Tout commence en Finistère - Armor-luxDavid RaisonPersico Marine (ITA) 2023-09-30No Hydrofoils; Sistership to Stand As One
 Phil Sharp (GBR)Never OceanslabSam ManuardPauger Composites (HUN) 2023-10-22Sistership to L’Occitane [40]

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