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Since the last Vend\u00e9e Globe, the Imoca<\/strong> class has welcomed new skippers, most of them from Class40<\/strong>. Ambrogio Beccaria and Nicolas d\u2019Estais led the way last year, followed by Pierre-Louis Attwell, Robin Marais, William Mathelin-Moreaux and Jean-Baptiste Daramy. On Thursday, Aur\u00e9lien Ducroz<\/strong> announced the acquisition of the former <\/a><\/em>Acciona<\/a> as he prepares to make his own Imoca debut in 2027. <\/em>Sailorz spoke to him and Jean-Baptiste Daramy<\/strong>, who explain their respective projects.<\/em><\/p>\n

Fresh blood in the Imoca class! At a time when many skippers who have been established in the class for years have left the circuit, at least temporarily, for lack of partners \u2013 Thomas Ruyant, Yannick Bestaven, Romain Attanasio, Giancarlo Pedote\u2026 \u2013 a number of sailors in their thirties and forties are arriving after, in most cases, cutting their teeth in the Mini 6.50 before racing for several seasons in Class40<\/strong>. After Ambrogio Beccaria<\/strong> and Nicolas d\u2019Estais<\/strong> last year, Pierre-Louis Attwell<\/strong> officially launched his Resilient project in March (read our interview<\/em><\/a>), while Robin Marais announced his Respire project this summer (read our article<\/a><\/em>). All three are setting out in boats with daggerboards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Last week, William Mathelin-Moreaux<\/strong> also emerged with a new project, this time aboard a foiler in Invincibles colours (read our article<\/a><\/em>). A little earlier, Jean-Baptiste Daramy<\/strong> revealed the partners<\/a> supporting him for the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, while on Thursday, Aur\u00e9lien Ducroz<\/strong> announced his acquisition of the former Acciona<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The 44-year-old Chamonix native\u2019s project, named Ocean Peak<\/strong>, aims to \u201cbring together his two passions\u201d<\/em>, the sea and the mountains, combining the 2028 Vend\u00e9e Globe with the ascent of 82 Alpine peaks<\/strong> over 4,000 metres (read our interview<\/a> from last December)<\/em>. By acquiring the Owen Clarke design from Canadian Scott Shawyer, originally launched in 2012 for Spain\u2019s Javier Sanso (who capsized towards the end of the 2012\u201313 Vend\u00e9e Globe after losing his keel), Aur\u00e9lien Ducroz has taken the first step. \u201cI\u2019m absolutely delighted,\u201d<\/em> he tells Sailorz. \u201cIt means I can say that I\u2019ve got a foot in the door<\/strong> and encourage partners to come on board with me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cA boat that hasn\u2019t completed
\nfive round-the-world races\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Why choose this boat? \u201cI\u2019ve looked over quite a few, including Violette<\/em> (Dorange)\u2019s, Guirec<\/em> (Soud\u00e9e)\u2019s and Manu Cousin\u2019s\u2026 but in the end, I fell for the former <\/em>Acciona for several reasons,\u201d<\/em> explains Aur\u00e9lien Ducroz. \u201cFirst, because it\u2019s a very straightforward boat<\/strong>, which has been extremely well maintained, including a major refit in 2020. She\u00a0has also suffered less wear and tear than others because she\u00a0hasn\u2019t completed five round-the-world races<\/strong><\/em> [she\u00a0has only competed in one Vend\u00e9e Globe, ed.]. Conversations with sailors who have sailed her, especially Benjamin Dutreux<\/em> [winner of The Ocean Race Europe 2021 with Offshore Team Germany, ed.], convinced me.\u201d<\/em> The Chamonix native did not seriously explore the foiler option: \u201cThey were at least twice the price.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The launch date was also a factor, as the Imoca class considers whether to phase out some of its older boats (r<\/a>ead our article<\/a>)<\/em>. \u201cObviously, the fact that this boat belongs to a more recent generation than the 2008s weighed in its favour<\/strong>,\u201d<\/em> the skipper confirms. \u201cWe have no idea yet what decisions will be made, but it adds a little extra security to the project, even though we\u2019re fully aware that the next Vend\u00e9e Globe could potentially be her last.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The purchase was finalised on Tuesday 6 October \u2013 he does not wish to disclose the price \u2013 and was financed partly by the sale of his former Crosscall<\/em> to Thomas Lurton, through a bank loan, and with the backing of Thomas Riboud-Seydoux<\/strong>, a childhood friend of the freeride champion. \u201cHe really believes in the project and has invested alongside me, taking a 50% stake<\/strong>,\u201d<\/em> Ducroz explains.<\/p>\n

Not such a big step up<\/span><\/h2>\n

The next step is to secure the operating budget, no easy task in the current climate. It will be \u201caround \u20ac1 million<\/em><\/strong> a year, including depreciation,\u201d<\/em> for the next two seasons. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to get below that, and it\u2019s quite daunting because it involves major commitments<\/strong>. Even though we\u2019ll remain a small team, Imoca projects still require manpower, which means a fairly substantial wage bill,\u201d<\/em> says Aur\u00e9lien Ducroz.<\/p>\n

He is looking for a title sponsor<\/strong> from among a group of long-standing partners, including Helly Hansen, Compagnie du Mont-Blanc and a hotel group in Chamonix, with the aim of getting his dual project underway as soon as possible. \u201cWe want to launch the boat in early March<\/strong> so we can properly prepare for the 2027 season, which will include the Course des Caps, the Fastnet, the D\u00e9fi Azimut and the two transatlantic races at the end of the year <\/em>(Caf\u00e9 L\u2019Or and Retour \u00e0 La Base).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The other new arrivals in the Imoca class, most of them coming from Class40, will follow more or less the same programme. \u201cIt\u2019s a real change compared with the previous Vend\u00e9e Globe to see so many projects coming from Class40,\u201d<\/em> comments the Chamonix native. \u201cI think it\u2019s linked to the professionalisation of the class<\/strong>, particularly with the arrival of scow designs, which has made the step up between the two classes much smaller. Financially, too, the gap between a new Class40 and an old Imoca is no longer that significant. Pierre-Louis <\/em>(Attwell) and Nico <\/em>(d\u2019Estais) have managed to keep the same ecosystem and make the move to Imoca<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A boat found
\non\u2026 Sailorz<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

The financial step up is almost non-existent for another newcomer to the 60-foot class. Jean-Baptiste Daramy is preparing to compete in his third Route du Rhum (after two Class40 campaigns) with a budget of\u2026 \u20ac250,000<\/strong>, \u201cless than I had four years ago in Class40,\u201d<\/em> he says. He continues: \u201cIt\u2019s possible this year because we\u2019ve done a lot of things ourselves and we\u2019re running a bit of an old-school project<\/strong>, with volunteers helping us. But we can\u2019t carry on like this for the next two years: we\u2019ll have to pay people, buy sails and we also want to optimise the boat. Personally, I\u2019ll need to free up more time for my sporting project, too. I can\u2019t stay on unpaid leave until the start of the Vend\u00e9e Globe<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A composite materials engineer at CompositAdour in Bayonne, the 45-year-old Basque sailor has two Mini Transats and two Route du Rhums under his belt. He took leave at the beginning of September to compete in the 2026 Route du Rhum aboard his daggerboards Imoca, having initially set his sights on a foiler<\/strong>. \u201cI had started out with a more ambitious project financially,\u201d<\/em> he confirms. \u201cI looked at quite a few foiling boats: those belonging to Giancarlo Pedote, Romain Attanasio and Damien Seguin, Isabelle Joschke\u2019s former <\/em>MACSF, and Benjamin Dutreux\u2019s boat, before Arnaud<\/em> (Boissi\u00e8res) bought her. Ultimately, partly because of the war in Iran, I realised that my operating budget was going to be very limited<\/strong>, so I opted for a boat with daggerboards.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Like Aur\u00e9lien Ducroz, he went from one boat visit to another: \u201cI looked at Guirec<\/em> (Soud\u00e9e)\u2019s boat, <\/em>(which was eventually bought by Nicolas Rouger), Arnaud Boissi\u00e8res\u2019 boat before he sold her to Manu Cousin, and the Canadian\u2019s boat<\/em> (Scott Shawyer), but we couldn\u2019t reach a financial agreement.\u201d<\/em> He eventually found Oliver Heer\u2019s former Tut Gut!<\/em><\/strong> (the Farr design launched in 2007 as Gitana Eighty<\/em>) through\u2026 the classified ads on Sailorz<\/em><\/strong>. \u201cOliver said he was making a big price reduction on his boat, so I replied to the ad by email. Marcus Hutchinson got in touch with the asking price, and I thought it might fit my budget.\u201d<\/em> That price was \u20ac400,000<\/strong>. The purchase was finalised last May and made possible by opening up the capital of his company to investors, each contributing around \u20ac50,000.<\/p>\n

Learning the ropes with Manu Cousin<\/span><\/h2>\n

Since then, Jean-Baptiste Daramy, who gained his first Imoca experience alongside Manu Cousin in 2025<\/strong>, has worked hard to bring the boat up to date on a limited budget. \u201cWe bought second-hand sails, thanks in particular to Arnaud Boissi\u00e8res and Alain Gautier<\/em> (MACSF team manager), who gave me prices that were hard to beat. Manu Cousin did the same for some spare parts.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Basque sailor initially planned to change boats further down the line<\/strong>, but has since had a rethink. \u201cWhen you buy a foiling Imoca, you need to be able to invest for at least three or four years to amortise the cost. If you tell a business owner that today, they\u2019ll say: <\/em>\u2018I have no visibility beyond six months, so how do you expect me to commit to four years?\u2019 In the end, we\u2019re very happy with this boat; she\u00a0suits us well.\u201d<\/em> He will therefore set off from Saint-Malo on 1 November at the helm of this boat, in Anett and Kalhyge<\/strong> colours –\u00a0Kalhyge was acquired<\/a> two years ago by the Anett Group, France\u2019s second-largest textile rental and maintenance company. Daramy hopes to convince his partner to increase its commitment in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is their first sailing partnership, so we\u2019re introducing them to our world. We hope that next year they\u2019ll be convinced that continuing to support me is a good idea and that we can move to a larger budget<\/strong>. We need to do a good job and show them that we\u2019re building a serious project.\u201d<\/em> What budget does he envisage for the next two years? \u201cIf we continue doing a lot ourselves and don\u2019t depreciate the boat by much because we bought her cheaply, it would be at least \u20ac600,000 a year<\/strong>,\u201d<\/em> replies Jean-Baptiste Daramy, whose project is based in Hendaye.<\/p>\n

He is also delighted to be reunited on the Imoca circuit next year with former Class40 \u201ccolleagues\u201d, including Aur\u00e9lien Ducroz. \u201cWe both did the 2011 Mini Transat and raced together in the Class40 Route du Rhum. It\u2019s great to find ourselves back in the same club<\/strong>. He has a fantastic boat and he\u2019ll be a great competitor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Photo : DR<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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