Didac COSTA ONE PLANET ONE OCEAN

2nd participation
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42 years old
Barcelone
Didac Costa, the sailor from Catalunya, is back.. We remember this fireman from Barcelona who had to return to port just after the start from les Sables d’Olonne. He benefited from a chain of solidarity initiated by his colleagues in Les Sables. His 2016 Vendée Globe rarely gave him pleasure as Didac Costa had to face numerous technical problems. The cause was a very limited budget and an interrupted preparation after the monohull “One Planet, One Ocean” was struck by ... Read more
Achievements
Portrait

IMOCA monohull
ONE PLANET ONE OCEAN
This Owen-Clarke plan designed for sailor Ellen Mac Arthur finished second in the Vendée Globe 2000 behind Michel Desjoyeaux. Didac Costa will be sailing aboard for the third time around the world – this shows the harmony between them. Simple to manoeuvre, it is essentially a healthy boat that the skipper now knows inside out. With the support of the FNOB, the sailor from Catalunya will take advantage of several months of preparation, enabling him to optimize the potential of his machine. He can now hope to do better than the beautiful fourteenth place earned in the 2016-2017 edition.
ONE PLANET ONE OCEAN
- Sail number : ESP 33
- Former names: Kingfisher - Educacion sin Fronteras - Forum Maritim Catala - One Planet One Ocean & Pharmaton
- Architect: Owen Clarke Design
- Construction: Martens Yachts
- Launch Date: 02 February 2000
- Length: 18,28 m
- Beam: 5,30 m
- Draught: 4,50 m
- Weight: 8,9 t
- Number of drifts: 2
- Mast height: 26 m
- Keel blade: acier
- Upwind sail area: 240 m2
- Downwind sail area: 470 m2
Press contact
Laura Secorun
+34 637 564 117
media@didaccosta.com