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RACES

the IMOCA Globe Series is designed to help prepare skippers for the ultimate test, the Vendée Globe.

 2024 Races

In 2024 we completed in the Transat CIC & New York Vendée races to secure selection for the Vendée Globe. 

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28 april 2024

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29 MAY 2024

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10 november 2024

Starting on the 10th November, the Vendée Globe race is the pinnacle of the 4 year IMOCA Globe series, and the end of our 2021-2024 Campaign cycle.

TRANSAT CIC

28 APR 2024

SOLO

The first selection race of 2024, this non-stop, solo race is also one of the most iconic in the IMOCA series.

 

Founded in 1960 before satellite navigation systems existed, this challenging race was , and still is, a true test of seamanship and courage. 

This edition sees competitors race from Lorient to New York. Crossing the Northern Atlantic, against the prevailing currents, competitors can expect demanding upwind conditions and a series of weather systems - ideal preparation ahead of the Vendée Globe. 

 

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LORIENT, FRANCE

NEW YORK, US

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NEW YORK Vendée 

29 MAY 2024

SOLO

This non-stop, single-handed yacht race is the return transatlantic crossing.

 

Exclusively for IMOCA yachts, this is the last selection race for skippers hoping to be on the start line of the Vendée Globe in November 2024.

 

Departing from the iconic city of New York on 29th May on a demanding course, the boats are expected to arrive into Les Sables d’Olonne, in the Département of Vendée, France roughly 10 days later.​

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NEW YORK, US

Les Sables d’Olonne, FRANCE

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THE Vendée GLOBE

10 NOV 2024

SOLO

The Vendée Globe is a single-handed (solo) non-stop round the world yacht race. It is considered an extreme quest of individual endurance and the ultimate test in ocean racing.

The race starts and finishes in Les Sables d'Olonne. The course is a circumnavigation along the clipper route: down the Atlantic Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope; then clockwise around Antarctica, keeping Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn to port; then back to Les Sables d’Olonne.

Competitors will face the rough seas of the Southern Ocean as well as the windless Doldrums.

 

The race generally covers approximately 24,000 nautical miles (44,000 km) and runs from November through to February. In its 10 year history, 200 competitors have started, but only 114 have finished, earning it the nickname 'the Everest of the Seas'.

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Les Sables d’Olonne, FRANCE

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2025 - 2029 campaign

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APR

TRANSAT

CIC RACE

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NOV

VENDéE

GLOBE RACE

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AUG

ROLEX FASTNET RACE

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NOV

TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE

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JUN

VENDéE ARCTIQUE

NOV

ROUTE

DU RHUM

MAY

GUYADER BERMUDES 1000 RACE

SEP

DéFI AZIMUT LORIENT

APR

TRANSAT CIC RACE

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NOV

VENDéE

GLOBE RACE

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2024

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MAY-JUN

NEW YORK

VENDéE RACE

SEP

DéFI AZIMUT LORIENT

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2025

2026

2027

2028

SEP

DéFI AZIMUT LORIENT

MAY-JUN

NEW YORK

VENDéE RACE

MAY

GUYADER BERMUDES 1000 RACE

SEP

DéFI AZIMUT LORIENT

JUL

ROLEX FASTNET RACE

OCT

TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE

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CAMPAIGN RACE RESULTS

2022

Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland

Fully Crewed

Retired

Défi Azimut

Speed Runs

Fully Crewed

Fastest Non Foiler

Route

Du Rhum

Solo

Vendée Globe Qualifier

2023

rolex

fastnet race

Double-Handed

3rd Non Foiler

Défi Azimut

48hr race

Double-Handed

3rd Non Foiler

transat

jacques vabre

Double-Handed

Retired

2024

the

TRANSAT cic

Solo

25th overall

NEW YORK

Vendée 

Solo

24th overall

the

Vendée globe

Solo

TBC (February 2025)

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