IMOCA 60 Groupe Bel
Development
DesignerVPLP Design, Guillaume Verdier Edit this on Wikidata
Builder(s)Indiana Yachting (ITA) Edit this on Wikidata

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)

  • Skipper: Kito de Pavant

Imagine (2014)

  • Skipper: Armel Tripon

For Humble Heroes (2014)

  • Skipper: Armel Tripon

Le Souffle du Nord (2016-2017)

  • Skipper: Thomas Ruyant

Kilcullen Team Irlande (2017)

  • Skipper: Enda O’Coineen

V and B - Mayenne (2018-2021)

  • Skipper: Maxime Sorel

Imagine (2022-2023)

  • Skipper: Conrad Colman

Mail Boxes Etc. (since 2023)[3]

  • Skipper: Conrad Colman
  • Sail No.: NZL 64

Racing Results

PosYearRaceClassBoat NameSkipperNotesRef
Round the World Races
10 / 3320202020–2021 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60V and B Mayenne, FRA 53 Maxime Sorel (FRA)82d 14h 30m [4]
DNF20162016–2017 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Le Souffle du Nord
- Le Projet Imagine, FRA 121
 Thomas Ruyant (FRA)[5][6]
DNF20122012–2013 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Groupe Bel Kito De Pavant (FRA)Collision[7]
DNF2011Barcelona World RaceIMOCA 60Groupe Bel Kito De Pavant (FRA)
 Sébastien Audigane (FRA)
Keel Damage[8][9]
DNF20092008–2009 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Groupe Bel Kito De Pavant (FRA)
Transatlantic Races
2 / 152007Transat B to BIMOCA 60Groupe Bel Kito De Pavant (FRA)14j12h23'Bahia-Bretagne
6 / 172007Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Groupe Bel Sebastien Col (FRA)
 Kito De Pavant (FRA)
17d 17h44
Other Races

References

  1. "IMOCA Class Website Boat Profile". IMOCA Class Association. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  2. https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/A27.htm. Retrieved 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "MAIL BOXES ETC". www.imoca.org. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  4. "News – Maxime Sorel, V and B Mayenne 10th in the Vendée Globe – Vendée Globe – En". www.vendeeglobe.org.
  5. "News – Coastguards on their way to Thomas Ruyant – Vendée Globe – En". vendeeglobe.org. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  6. Day 43: Daily highlights / Vendée Globe. Vedee Globe TV - YouTube. 2016-12-19. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  7. https://thedailysail.com/offshore/12/63338/0/kito-de-pavant-on-groupe-bel-being-rammed-by-a-fishing-boat. Retrieved 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Groupe Bel enters Barcelona World Race | the Daily Sail". Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  9. https://www.sailing.org/news/7594.php#.Ydzjm1nLdPY. Retrieved 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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