The IMOCA 60 class racing yacht Groupe Bel was launched in 2007 to a design by VPLP and Guillaume Verdier and constructed by Indiana Yachting in Italy.[1][2]

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

Names and Ownership

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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

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Pos Year Race Class Boat Name Skipper Notes Ref
Round the World Races
10 / 33 2020 2020–2021 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 V and B Mayenne, FRA 53   Maxime Sorel (FRA) 82d 14h 30m [4]
DNF 2016 2016–2017 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Le Souffle du Nord
- Le Projet Imagine, FRA 121
  Thomas Ruyant (FRA) [5][6]
DNF 2012 2012–2013 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Groupe Bel   Kito De Pavant (FRA) Collision [7]
DNF 2011 Barcelona World Race IMOCA 60 Groupe Bel   Kito De Pavant (FRA)
  Sébastien Audigane (FRA)
Keel Damage [8][9]
DNF 2009 2008–2009 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Groupe Bel   Kito De Pavant (FRA)
Transatlantic Races
2 / 15 2007 Transat B to B IMOCA 60 Groupe Bel   Kito De Pavant (FRA) 14j12h23'Bahia-Bretagne
6 / 17 2007 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Groupe Bel   Sebastien Col (FRA)
  Kito De Pavant (FRA)
17d 17h44
Other Races

References

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  1. ^ "IMOCA Class Website Boat Profile". IMOCA Class Association. Archived from the original on 2021-01-13. 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)