{"id":28631,"date":"2020-07-04T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T05:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tipandshaft.com\/?p=28631"},"modified":"2020-07-03T18:40:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T16:40:24","slug":"who-will-win-the-vendee-arctique-les-sables-dolonne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailorz.com\/en\/imoca-en\/who-will-win-the-vendee-arctique-les-sables-dolonne\/","title":{"rendered":"Who will win the Vend\u00e9e – Arctique – Les Sables d’Olonne?"},"content":{"rendered":"
The start of the first ever\u00a0Vend\u00e9e-Arctique-Les Sables d’Olonne<\/a>\u00a0is on Saturday at 3.30 p.m local time. As before each major event, Tip & Shaft has solicited the opinions of the great the good of the ocean racing world in France as well as a few hand picked Anglo Saxons to ask the big question. We have\u00a0Antoine Mermod<\/strong>, president of Imoca,\u00a0Tanguy Leglatin<\/strong>\u00a0the trainer in Lorient,\u00a0Christian Le Pape<\/strong>, head of the Pole Finist\u00e8re Course au Large, sailors\u00a0Yann Eli\u00e8s<\/strong>,\u00a0Charlie Enright<\/strong>,\u00a0Dee Caffari,<\/strong>\u00a0Matt Sheahan<\/strong>\u00a0and French based American\u00a0Ryan Breymaier<\/strong>\u00a0who works with Boris Herrmann. Also questioned was\u00a0Ga\u00ebl Robic<\/strong>, journalist at France T\u00e9l\u00e9vision.<\/em><\/p>\n

After the cancellation of\u00a0The Transat CIC<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Transat New York-Vend\u00e9e<\/strong>, the Imoca season starts on Saturday with this new\u00a0Vend\u00e9e-Arctique-Les Sables d’Olonne<\/a>\u00a0which will take the\u00a020 sailors<\/strong>\u00a0south-west of Iceland then to the Azores before returning to Les Sables d’Olonne. That fleet of 20 includes 6 of the 8 with a latest generation Imoca.\u00a0The two absent are Nicolas Trousse<\/strong>l, still at the very early learning stages of Corum L’Epargne, and\u00a0Alex Thomson<\/strong>\u00a0who, to\u00a0explained his decision<\/a>\u00a0not to race as he considered it “an unnecessary risk, so close to the Vend\u00e9e Globe, to take the boats further north that Cape Horn is south. ”
\nYann Eli\u00e8s pretty much concurs: “Yes of course to qualify and prep these guys, you have to expose them, but\u00a0I don’t see too much interest sending them to Iceland<\/strong>, it’s too far, if there are big technical problems, it’s a pretty complicated area.”<\/p>\n

There speaks Yann Eli\u00e8s who, like almost all of our six specialists, considers\u00a0three solo sailors above the rest on this “VASO”: J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Beyou, Charlie Dalin and Thomas Ruyant<\/strong>. “These are the three new boats that have sailed the most, they are more proven, with skippers who know them well,” confirms the winner of the last Jacques Vabre which he raced with Charlie Dalin.<\/p>\n

For Lorient coach Tanguy Leglatin:\u00a0“Most of them need to finish the race to get the days and hours sailing time and so really\u00a0there are not many who are in a position to really attack<\/strong>. That is really except for those like Charlie and J\u00e9r\u00e9mie, have the technical ability and the boats, the structure and preparation to truly go for it psychologically”.<\/p>\n

Leglatin tips the Charal skipper for the top step. “He is the one who has sailed the most on his boat and even if he has his new foils which he still needs to learn to develop, he has done many things which are now well integrated into his way of pushing and using the boat,\u00a0he still has a little edge<\/strong>.” Ryan Breymaier is more cautious, as he says: “Charal probably has the potential to be the fastest boat all the time due to their very low drag hull and powerful appendages. Saying that, in the attempt to make the most easier to deal with, they have detuned the appendages with their version two, going for a gigantic version of the Verdier concept used by the other two.\u00a0This has not come without teething pains, so\u00a0it’s not sure how the boat will perform<\/strong>.”\n<\/div>\n

“THOMAS RUYANT WAS QUITE
\nFAR AHEAD WHATEVER THE CONDITIONS”<\/strong><\/div>\n
\nFor Charlie Enright, “Charal has\u00a0been the most consistent boat since relaunching last year.<\/strong>\u00a0She trashed the fleet at the Azimut and showed amazing\u00a0ability before parking up in the TJV and Apivia won’t be\u00a0at 100% due to a delay in new foils, but have been going well in training”. Christian Le Pape adds: “J\u00e9r\u00e9mie is today the only one who ticks all the boxes<\/strong>, like its potential and his knowledge of the boat, experience of the racing and solo racing.\u00a0 Remember Charlie has never raced solo in an IMOCA.”<\/p>\n

If the fact remains that J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Beyou’s lead over Charlie Dalin seems more and more tenuous, Dalin saying on Tuesday that he is aiming “at least the podium”,\u00a0Charlie also benefits from having the expertise of Yann Eli\u00e8s and Pascal Bid\u00e9gorry<\/strong>\u00a0in his corner.\u00a0 Eli\u00e8s confirms: “Charlie’s biggest gain is that he finally had time to do a little optimising, homework and sailing. There’s a lot of things to understand and little things you pick up when you go sailing a lot that then become second nature when when you are racing and you know your base settings very precisely.”<\/p>\n

Ga\u00ebl Robic, who sailed recently on Apivia with Dalin out of Port-la-For\u00eat, also noted the skipper from Le Havre’s progress: “It may not be the fastest boat outright but\u00a0it is the most allround and the most successful in terms of reliability \/ performance<\/strong>. And Charlie is getting to know it really well, his manoeuvers are fluid and clean.” Ryan Breymaier adds: “Charlie Dalin seems to be running a program in his image, very serious and driven, with small gains and all around performance the goal”.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0the sailor that caught the eye of the TV journalist\u00a0was Thomas Ruyant<\/strong>: “It seemed really easy for him, he was quite far ahead whatever the conditions. In addition he is physically and mentally sharp. He has an approach which differentiates him. He is almost the only one who says that he is here to win the Vend\u00e9e-Arctic. Indeed Ruyant, from Dunkirk, said this week, “Everything is good I want to take advantage of that and give it my best. I am happy with where we are. I’m good in my boots. ” Also speaks Ryan Breymaier: “Thomas Ruyant has a good idea what he wants<\/strong>\u00a0in a boat after his previous Vend\u00e9e, and his association with Antoine Koch (sailplan and sailing philosophy) seems to be paying dividends in ease of use and speed.”\n<\/div>\n

“SAM IS STARTING TO HAVE A REAL MATURITY WITH HER BOAT”<\/strong><\/div>\n
\nBehind the Charal-Apivia-LinkedOut trio, none of the other three new, latest generation boats for the \u00a0“VASO” –\u00a0Ark\u00e9a-Paprec<\/strong>\u00a0(S\u00e9bastien Simon),\u00a0L’Occitane<\/strong>\u00a0(Armel Tripon) and\u00a0DMG Mori Global One<\/strong>\u00a0(Kojiro Shiraishi) won the votes of our experts as their objective is to finish and validate their qualification<\/strong>\u00a0for the Vend\u00e9e Globe. “It’s frustrating not to really have a sporting target in this race but let’s face it breaking something big would really risk compromising the program”, confirms S\u00e9bastien Simon.\u00a0It is the same story with Armel Tripon on the Manuard scow design just fixed after hitting floating debris. “There is always the chance you end up in a bit of a battle but it\u00a0I clear for me that my only goal is to finish<\/strong>, I will be careful. ”<\/p>\n

Foilers from previous generations<\/strong>, some of which are now fitted with new foils – PRB (Kevin Escoffier), Initiatives Coeur (Sam Davies)\u00a0and MACSF (Isabelle Joschke)\u00a0last year and now Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco (Boris Herrmann) this year -, will they challenge the newer boats? “In the event of breakages, they might have a shot for the podium, but otherwise,\u00a0there is no chance<\/strong>, “says Christian Le Pope, echoed by Ga\u00ebl Robic: “I sailed with Kevin Escoffier and no matter how clean you are, being at 100% of the boat’s potential, when you see the new foilers go, they really go to another level.” The PRB skipper Escoffier said this week: “In 2019, we were still able to follow them close and be in the match now it is more complicated<\/strong>\u00a0although we gained a few percent with the modifications we did.”<\/p>\n

Antoine Mermod believes, however, that\u00a0race conditions can favour of older boats<\/strong>: “As it’s a race that is going to be quite open with very varied weather conditions and a fair bit of upwind and close-hauled, I think it’s going to balance things out and so it s worth watching Malizia, PRB, Initiatives C\u0153ur. ”
\nIn this three way match opinions differ: “Kevin is pretty impressive<\/strong>, he hasn’t sailed so much but he’s maneuvering well.”comments Ga\u00ebl Robic. Tanguy Leglatin thinks that\u00a0Sam Davies “is a little notch above\u00a0<\/strong>because of her level of experience with her big wings and from her solo Imoca experience.” Antoine Mermod adds “Sam is starting to have a real maturity with her boat<\/strong>, the big choices were made last year, we can imagine that she will keep this margin over for example Boris who has sailed less.”<\/p>\n

But the\u00a0it is evident that the new Malizia foils seem to boost the VPLP-Verdier boat of the German<\/strong>, skipper, as noted by Ryan Breymaier who works with Herrmann:\u00a0“Malizia is sailing at the same speed as the top 3 in a straight line, with about 15 days sailing vs the year or more of development of the top 3.\u00a0If there are any issues with the top boats,\u00a0expect Malizia to be very close<\/strong>.\u00a0The Malizia foils are the same as MACSF, VPLP designed for more moderate versions of the Charal V1. They have worked out of the box in all conditions, with no ventilation issues at all, and inspire confidence in the boat, which was heavily reinforced over the winter in order to be reliable enough to win the Vend\u00e9e.”<\/p>\n

Meantime the question is to know\u00a0how the skippers are going to be able to manage this race<\/strong>\u00a0and what we can learn from it.\u00a0“Four years ago, Armel (Le Cl\u00e9ac’h) wins The Transat, J\u00e9r\u00e9mie (Beyou) the New York-Vend\u00e9e in front of Alex (Thomson), and on arrival, these are the three we ended up with on the Vend\u00e9e Globe podium” concludes Antoine Mermod.<\/p>\n

So the podium of our experts:<\/strong>\u00a01. J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Beyou, 2. Charlie Dalin, 3. Thomas Ruyant<\/p>\n

\n

The podium of Dee Caffari:<\/strong>\u00a0Charal, Apivia and PRB. “Jeremie Beyou has had the longest time with his boat and has done a great deal of foil development.\u00a0His confidence should be high<\/strong>. Charlie Dalin is rarely off the podium when he is racing and seems to have a boat to match his ability. Kevin Escoffier will push hard as he knows no other mode and we know PRB is an older boat but has gone through a great deal of development and I am confident Kevin knows the limits so will keep her on the edge for the race. I am super excited to see what this sprint race has to offer as the new boats line up to test development and check all is well ahead of November.”<\/p>\n

The podium of Matt Sheahan:<\/strong>\u00a0Charal, Apivia and LinkedOut: “Charal was the first of the new generation and the first to suffer some breakdowns. Apivia is another new generation boat with some decent miles under its keel and a win in last year’s TJV, Dalin proved that he could get the best out of a new boat without breaking it. Thomas Ruyant has proved himself in variety of offshore classes and demonstrated that he can win whatever the class.\u00a0The disrupter could be Initiatives Coeur<\/strong>, a well proven and now, comprehensively upgraded boat with new foils and a sophisticated autopilot system that was ahead of its time in the fleet. Hugely experienced across a range of boats, conditions and race courses with thousands of miles under her,\u00a0Davies can adapt quickly to changing conditions<\/strong>.”<\/div>\n

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