IMOCA 60 Sill

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IMOCA 60 Sill
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DesignerMarc Lombard, Marc Lombard Yacht Design Group Edit this on Wikidata
Builder(s)Mag France Edit this on Wikidata

The IMOCA 60 Class yacht SILL PLEIN FRUIT, FRA 29 was designed by Marc Lombard and launched in the 1999 after being built MAG based in France.[1] The boat was lost in 2006 Velux 5 Ocean Race, when he was rescued by fellow competitor Mike Golding deep in the Southern Ocean.[2] The written off hull was found nine years later washed up, 10,000 miles from where it was abandoned.[3]

Racing results[edit]

Pos Year Race Class Boat Name Skipper Notes Ref
Round the World Races
DNF 2007 Velux 5 Oceans Race IMOCA 60 GBR 99 - Hugo Boss (1)  Alex Thomson (GBR)
DNF 2004 2004–2005 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 GBR 88 - Hugo Boss (1)  Alex Thomson (GBR)
3 / 24 2012 2000–2001 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 SILL - MATINES - LA POTAGERE  Roland Jourdain (FRA) 96d 01h
Transatlantic Races
Other Races

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IMOCA 60 Archive Page on Sill". Histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  2. ^ "Great Seamanship: dramatic account by Mike Golding of rescuing Alex Thomson in the Southern Ocean". Yachtingworld.com. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  3. ^ "Wreck found after drifting for 9 years and 10,000 miles in the Southern Ocean is Alex Thomson's Hugo Boss". Yachtingworld.com. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2022-01-08.