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Nexans-Arts & Fenêtres

Vento di Sardegna then No Way Back then Newrest-Arts & Fenêtres then Nexans-Arts & Fenêtres

Commissioned for the Sardinian sailor Andrea Mura, the sixth and final IMOCA of the 2015 generation designed by VPLP was ultimately sold to Pieter Heerema for his attempt at the 2016 Vendée Globe.

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Built at the Persico yard in Italy under the meticulous direction of Antoine Mermod, No Way Back was a sistership to Banque Populaire VIII and Safran 2, and shared a similar hull design that focused on power and reaching.

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© Christophe Favreau

Simpler than her five predecessors, she also benefited from lessons learnt in the Transat Jacques Vabre, a first test for the foiling IMOCAs in the autumn of 2015.

After the 2016–17 Vendée Globe, she was sold to Fabrice Amedeo and renamed Newrest-Arts & Fenêtres in readiness for the following edition of the Vendée Globe, which saw her forced to retire in the Indian Ocean. She is currently competing with the same skipper under the name Nexans-Arts & Fenêtres.

 

Launched

2015

Category

IMOCA

Architect

VPLP Design /
Verdier

Builder

Persico Marine (Italie)

Materials

carbon

Length

18,28 m

Beam

5,85 m

Draft

4,50 m

Air Draft

29,00 m

Propulsion

Sail

Sail Area

300 m² / 550 m²

Sun Fast 30 One Design

Paragon

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