Giancarlo PEDOTE PRYSMIAN GROUP

1st participation
IT
47 years old
Lorient
Very few Italian skippers have taken the start of the Vendée Globe. There was Vittorio Mallingri in 1992, Simone Bianchetti and Pasquale de Gregorio in 2000 , Alessandro di Benedetto in 2012. He would not only be the 5th transalpine skipper to take the start, but also the first one to hustle in the outposts, comfortably placed among the front-running outsiders, just behind the class champions. He has indeed managed to take hold of the ex-St Michel-Virbac, one ... Read more
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IMOCA monohull
PRYSMIAN GROUP
Prysmian Group – Electriciens sans frontières is the former St Michel-Virbac, on which Jean-Pierre Dick took once again 4th position in the Vendée Globe 2016-2020. It has also won the Transat Jacques-Vabre 2017. In 2018, Yann Eliès also finished second on this boat in the Route du Rhum. Originating from Guillaume Verdier and VPLP’s graphic palette, built at Multiplast, the IMOCA60 was designed to exploit foils. What was new in 2016 has now become an imponderable of off-shore sailing. The boat hasn’t evolved much but was reinforced before the 2016-2017 edition, allowing it to be one of the most reliable boats of the fleet. A powerful boat, very quick in downwind conditions, which has been one of the most sought-after boats between the two editions of the Vendée Globe.
PRYSMIAN GROUP
- Sail number : ITA 34
- Former names: Saint-Michel - Virbac
- Architect: VPLP - Verdier
- Construction: Multiplast
- Launch Date: 02 April 2015
- Length: 18,28 m
- Beam: 5,80 m
- Draught: 4,5 m
- Weight: 8 t
- Number of drifts: foils
- Mast height: 29 m
- Keel blade: acier forgé
- Upwind sail area: 300 m2
- Downwind sail area: 600 m2
Press contact
François Quiviger
Agence Rivacom
06 27 59 80 33
francois@rivacom.fr