Sailing competition
| Event title | |
|---|---|
| Name | 2024–2025 Vendée Globe |
| Edition | 10th Edition |
| Sponsor | Vendée Region of France |
| Event details | |
| Start location | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
| Finish location | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
| Course | Single person non-stop round the world race |
| Dates | Start: 10 November 2024 First finisher: TBC Last finisher: TBC |
| Yachts | IMOCA 60 |
| Key people | Hubert Lemonnier (Race Director) |
| Competitors | |
| Competitors | Max. 40 Boats |
| ← 2020–20212028–2029 → | |
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 is the tenth edition of the race; it started (on 10 November 2024), and will finish, in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France.
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.
Significant events during qualifying included:
- Sailor Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) lost his boat Newrest – Art & Fenêtres to a fire (following a leak and an explosion) during a qualifying race in 2022. He was able to secure another boat for his participation in the race.
- Banque Populaire choose to end its 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 found a new sponsor (L'Occitane En Provence) with the support of Alex Thompson Racing.
- Following the second dismasting of his boat during the Defi Azimut in October 2023 after a previous dismasting 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.
- Kevin Escoffier (FRA) lost 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. He was replaced by Nicolas Lunven.
- 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 meet the requirement by crossing the starting line for the 2023 Transat Jacques Vabre.
- Éric Bellion (FRA) was not able to take part in the 2023 Retour à la Base due to damage taken during the 2023 Transat Jacques Vabre. An exemption for this case in the rules allowed him to fulfil 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 conditional on fewer than 40 skippers qualifying and a place not being 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.
- Jörg Riechers (GER) announced a group design by Farr Yacht Design, Guillaume Dupont and Etienne Bertrand and built by Alva Yachts. Though no official announcement has been made, the project seems to be abandoned.
- James Harayda (GBR) was not able to collect sufficient miles to qualify.
- Romain Attanasio (FRA) was dismasted on 13 September 2024 during the 48 hour Azimut Challenge; fellow competitor Maxime Sorel (FRA) made his spare mast available as a replacement so that Attanasio could start the Vendeé Globe.
Competitors
| Skipper | Boat | Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Start / Finish |
Name | Designer | Builder | Date Launched | First name and VG | Notes | |
 Antoine Cornic (FRA) |
Never | Human Immobilier | Owen-Clarke | Chris Prior de Coburg (CAN) | 2005-08-23 | Spirit of Canada VG08 | ||
| Sébastien Marsset (FRA)
|
Never | Foussier - Mon courtier énergie | Farr Yacht Design | JMV Industries (FRA) | 2006-07-26 | Delta Dore VG08 | ||
| Louis Duc (FRA)
|
Never | Fives Group - Lantana Environment | Farr Yacht Design | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2006-09-30 | PRB VG08 | ||
| Manuel Cousin (FRA) |
1 / 1 (23th) | Coup de Pouce | Farr Yacht Design | Southern Ocean Marine (NZL) | 2007-02-03 | Paprec-Virbac VG08 | ||
| Violette Dorange (FRA) |
Never | Devenir | Farr Yacht Design | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2007-05-29 | Foncia VG08 | ||
| Guirec Soudée (FRA) |
Never | Freelance.com | Farr Yacht Design | Offshore Challenges (GBR) | 2007-06-25 | BT VG08 | ||
 Jingkun Xu (CHN) |
Never | Singchain Team Haikou | Finot-Conq | Multiplast (FRA) | 2007-07-17 | Brit Air VG08 | Foils Retrofitted | |
| Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) |
2 / 1 (11th) | Nexans – Art & Fenêtres | Owen-Clarke | Hakes Marine (NZL) | 2007-07-31 | Ecover VG08 | ||
 Isabelle Joschke (GER) (FRA) |
1 / 0 | MACSF | VPLP – Verdier | Chantier Naval de Larros (FRA) | 2007-08-06 | Safran VG08 | Foils Retrofitted | |
  Conrad Colman (NZL) (USA) |
1 / 1 (16th) | Mail Boxes Etc. | VPLP – Verdier | Indiana Yachting (ITA) | 2007-09-05 | Groupe Bel VG08 | | | |
 Szabolcs Weöres (HUN) |
Never | New Europe | Owen-Clarke | Hakes Marine (NZL) | Aviva VG08 | |||
| Tanguy Le Turquais (FRA) |
Never | Lazare | Finot-Conq | Multiplast (FRA) | 2008-05-29 | DCNS VG08 | ||
 Oliver Heer (SUI)
|
Never | Oliver Heer Ocean Racing | Farr Yacht Desig | Southern Ocean Marine (NZL) | 2008-08-19 | Gitana Eighty VG08 | ||
| Arnaud Boissières (FRA) |
4 / 4 (8th) | La Mie Câline | VPLP – Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2010-09-18 | Banque Populaire VG12 | Foils Retrofitted | |
| Benjamin Ferré (FRA) |
Never | Monnoyeur Duo For A Job | VPLP – Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2011-08-16 | Macif VG12 | ||
 Denis Van Weynbergh (BEL) |
Never | D'Ieteren Group | Nandor Fa | Pauger Composite (HUN) | 2014-04-07 | Spirit of Hungary VG16 | ||
| Damien Seguin (FRA) |
1 / 1 (7th) | Group Apecil 2 | VPLP – Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2015-03-15 | Safran VG16 | ||
 Pip Hare (GBR) |
1 / 1 (19th) | Medallia 2 | VPLP – Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2015-06-09 | Banque Populaire VG16 | ||
| Romain Attanasio (FRA) |
2 / 2 (14th) | Fortinet-Best Western | VPLP – Verdier | Chantier Multiplast (FRA) | 2015-08-06 | Edmond de Rotschild VG16 | ||
| Benjamin Dutreux (FRA) |
1 / 1 (9th) | Guyot Environnement - Water Family |
VPLP – Verdier | Green Marine (GBR) | 2015-09-01 | Hugo Boss VG16 | ||
 Giancarlo Pedote (ITA) |
1 / 1 (8th) | Prysmian Group | VPLP – Verdier | Multiplast (FRA) | 2015-09-11 | St Michel Virbac VG16 | ||
| Justine Mettraux (SUI)
|
Never | TeamWork.net | VPLP | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2018-08-20 | Charal VG20 | ||
| Alan Roura (SUI) |
2 / 2 (12th) | Hublot | VPLP – Pete Hobson |
Carrington Boats (GBR) | 2019-04-08 | Hugo Boss VG20 | ||
| Clarisse Crémer (FRA) |
1 / 1 (12th) | L'OCCITANE en Provence (2) | Guillaume Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2019-05-08 | Apivia VG20 | ||
| Sam Goodchild (GBR)
|
Never | Vulnerable (For the Planet) | Guillaume Verdier | Persico Marine (ITA) | 2019-07-09 | Linkedout VG20 | Baptismal name Nat'che | f |
 Kojiro Shiraishi (JPN) |
2 / 1 (16th) | DMG Mori Global One | VPLP | Multiplast (FRA) | 2019-09-02 | DMG Mori VG20 | ||
| Louis Burton (FRA) |
3 / 2 (3rd) | Bureau Vallée 3 | Sam Manuard | Pauger Composites (HUN) Black Pepper Yachts (FRA) |
2020-01-31 | L'Occitane en Provence VG20 | First SCOW Design | |
| Sébastien Simon (FRA) |
1 / 0 | Groupe Dubreuil | Guillaume Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2021-08-24 | Former 11th Hour - Mālama | ||
| Nicolas Lunven (FRA) |
Never | Holcim - PRB | Guillaume Verdier | Carrington Boats (GBR) | 2022-05-07 | |||
| Maxime Sorel (FRA) |
1 / 1 (10th) | V&B-Monbana-Mayenne | Guillaume Verdier | Mer Concept (FRA) | 2022-06-27 | Sistership to Apivia 1 | ||
| Jérémie Beyou (FRA) |
4 / 2 (3rd) | Charal (2) | Samuel Manuard | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2022-07-11 | |||
| Boris Herrmann (GER) |
1 / 1 (5th) | Malizia-Seaexplorer | VPLP / Boris Herrmann | Multiplast (FRA) | 2022-07-19 | |||
| Samantha Davies (GBR) |
3 / 1 (5th) | Initiatives-Cœur 4 | Sam Manuard | Pauger Composites (HUN) | 2022-07-30 | Sistership to L'Occitane | ||
| Yannick Bestaven (FRA) |
2 / 1 (1st) | Maitre Coq V | Guillaume Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2022-08-29 | Sistership to Groupe Dubreuil | ||
| Paul Meilhat (FRA) |
1 / 0 | Biotherm | Guillaume Verdier | Persico Marine (ITA) | 2022-08-31 | Sistership to LinkedOut | ||
| Thomas Ruyant (FRA) |
2 / 1 (6th) | Vulnerable (For People) | Antoine Koch / Finot-Conq | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2023-03-16 | Sistership to Paprec Arkéa | ||
| Yoann Richomme (FRA) |
Never | Paprec Arkéa (6) | Antoine Koch / Finot-Conq | Multiplast (FRA) | 2023-02-22 | Sistership to For People | ||
| Éric Bellion (FRA) |
1 / 1
(9th) |
Stand As One - Altavia | David Raison | Persico Marine (ITA) | 2023-06-17 | No foils;
Sistership to Armor-lux |
||
| Charlie Dalin (FRA) |
1 / 1 (2nd) | MACIF Santé Prévoyance (2) | Guillaume Verdier | CDK Technologies (FRA) | 2023-06-24 | |||
| Jean Le Cam (FRA) |
5 / 4 (2nd) | Tout commence en Finistère - Armor-lux | David Raison | Persico Marine (ITA) | 2023-09-30 | No foils; Sistership to Stand As One | ||
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