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Bastide-Otio

Virbac Paprec 3 then Hugo Boss then Bastide Otio

Virbac Paprec 3 belongs to the second generation of IMOCAs designed by VPLP in collaboration with the engineers at Guillaume Verdier’s firm. Drawing on his experience sailing a monohull round the world during the Vendée Globe, Jean-Pierre Dick wanted to simplify the boat as much as possible, removing all unnecessary weight to make her lighter.

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© Jean-Marie Liot/Virbac Paprec Sailing Team

Considerable work went into designing these sixty-footers, for example VPLP drafted seventy hull shapes and then put four of them through their paces in the test tank and in a virtual circumnavigation. Beamier than her predecessors, her hull has very taut lines.

Built by Cookson Boats in New Zealand, Virbac Paprec 3 notched up a couple of double-handed victories in just a few months, winning the Barcelona World Race (with Loïck Peyron) and the Transat Jacques Vabre (with Jérémie Beyou).

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© Robin Christol

After a 4th place in the 2012–13 Vendée Globe with Jean-Pierre Dick at the helm, she was sold to Alex Thomson and renamed Hugo Boss. He entered her in the 2014 Barcelona World Race, taking the lead until a dismasting put paid to his ambitions.

Sponsored by Bastide Otio, Kito de Pavant purchased her for the 2016 Vendée Globe, his third. He was forced to abandon her in the Indian Ocean after hitting an unidentified floating object.

Launched

2010

Category

Imoca

Architect

VPLP Design
Verdier

Builder

Cookson Boats (New Zealand)

Materials

carbon

Length

18,28 m

Beam

5,70 m

Draft

4,50 m

Air Draft

29,00 m

Propulsion

Sail

Sail Area

300 m² / 590 m²

Award

2011: 1st in the Barcelona World Race (Virbac-Paprec 3, Jean-Pierre Dick & Loïck Peyron)

2011: 1st in the Transat Jacques Vabre (Virbac-Paprec 3, Jean-Pierre Dick & Jérémie Beyou)

2013: 4th in the Vendée Globe (Virbac-Paprec 3, Jean-Pierre Dick)

Sun Fast 30 One Design

Paragon

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