IMOCA 60 L'Occitane

The IMOCA 60 Class yacht L'Occitane en Provence, FRA 2 was designed by Sam Manuard and launched on the 31st January 2020 after being assembled by Black Pepper Yachts[1] based in Nantes, France.[2] With the hull moulding done by Pauger Composites in Hungary.[3]

IMOCA 60 L'Occitane
Development
DesignerSam Manuard 
Year31 January 2020 
Builder(s)Black Pepper Yachts, Pauger Composites (HUN) 
Hull
Hull weightCarbon Sandwich
Hull appendages
Keel/board typeCanting Keel
Rudder(s)Twin Rudders
Rig
Rig typeRotating Mast with Deck Spreaders
Racing
Class associationIMOCA 60

This is the designer and builders first IMOCA 60 and it incorporates a lot of thinking of the designer Mini 6.5 and Class 40 yachts. It is the first SCOW design hull and had a different approach to the foil configuration than all the other designs. The main difference being the ability to retract the foils.

The boat was the last to be completed for the 2020 Vendee Globe but the hull moulds were then used for Initiative Coeur 4 and OceansLab.

Names and Ownership

Jack In The Box (name during development)

L'Occitane en Provence (2019-2021)[4]

  • Skipper: Armel Tripon
  • Sail No.: FRA 2

Bureau Vallée 3 (since 2021)[5]

  • Skipper: Louis Burton
  • Sail No.: FRA 2

Racing Results
PosYearRaceClassBoat NameCrewNotesRef
Round the World Races
11 / 3320202020–2021 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60L'Occitane En Provence Armel Tripon (FRA)084d 17h 07m 50s [6]
Transatlantic Races
DNF2021Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée 3 Louis Burton (FRA)
 Davy Beaudart (FRA)		Dismasted [7]
Other Races
2021Volvo Ocean Race EuropeIMOCA 60Bureau Vallée 3Skipper  Louis Burton (FRA)
Crewed by  Davy Beaudart (FRA)
 Servane Escoffier (FRA)
 Thibault Hector (FRA)
 Christophe Bachmann (FRA)
 Pip Hare (GBR)
 Jean-René Guilloux (FRA)
 Arthur Hubert (FRA)
 Baptiste Hulin (FRA)
 Clément Commagnac (FRA)		 [8]

References
  1. "Imoca en".
  2. "Document sans titre".
  3. "IMOCA 60 – Pauger Carbon Composites".
  4. "BUREAU VALLÉE". www.imoca.org. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  5. "Louis Burton : In training but with ambitions on his scow Bureau Vallée 3". BoatsNews.com. 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  6. "News – Armel Tripon (L'Occitane en Provence) finishes 11th in the Vendée Globe! – Vendée Globe – En". www.vendeeglobe.org.
  7. "Map and rankings - Transat Jacques Vabre 2021 - Official website". www.transatjacquesvabre.org.
  8. Race, The Ocean. "Bureau Vallée". The Ocean Race 2022-23.
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