Alexia BARRIER TSE - 4MYPLANET

1st participation
FR
43 years old
Biot
Alexia Barrier could be the absolute reference in terms of tenacity. When she engaged in her Vendée Globe 2020 project, she first counts on her immense determination to take the start. But this young woman has several assets to put forth : first of all, she gathered a group of companies, institutions and patrons around her project in order to acquire in February 2018 Le Pingouin - the IMOCA sailed by Catherine Chabaud on the 2000 Vendée Globe. Since then, Alexia hasn’t ... Read more
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IMOCA monohull
TSE - 4MYPLANET
Designed by Marc Lombard for Catherine Chabaud’s Vendée Globe 2000, 4myPlanet is going to take the start of its seventh round-the-world and its fifth Vendée Globe. Needless to say that this simple and perfectly reliable boat knows the route perfectly. Before Alexia Barrier acquired it, the boat had its glory days when winning the Velux Five Oceans 2010-2011 in the hands of American Brad Van Liew and finishing third in Around Alone with Italian Simone Biancetti. Despite its old built, it is a seaworthy boat, lightweight and easy to use. In other words, the ideal machine to discover the Southern seas and experience completely the adventure of the Vendée Globe.
TSE - 4MYPLANET
- Sail number : FRA72
- Former names: Famille Mary-Etamine du Lys, Initiatives Coeur, Le Pingouin
- Architect: Marc Lombard
- Construction: MAG France
- Launch Date: 01 March 1998
- Length: 18,28m
- Beam: 5,54m
- Draught: 4,50m
- Weight: 9t
- Number of drifts: 2
- Mast height: 29 m
- Keel blade: acier
- Upwind sail area: 260 m2
- Downwind sail area: 580 m2