IMOCA 60 Paprec 3
Sailboat
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Development | |
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Designer | VPLP Design, Guillaume Verdier ![]() |
Year | 18 May 2010 ![]() |
Builder(s) | Cookson Boats (NZL) Ltd ![]() |
Racing | |
Class association | IMOCA 60 |
← Paprec 2 Paprec 4 → [edit on Wikidata] |
The IMOCA 60 Class yacht Paprec-Virbac 3 was designed in partnership with VPLP and Guillaume Verdier and launched on 18 May 2010[1] after being built by Cookson Boats in New Zealand.[2] It is named after the companies that sponsored its construction, Virbac and Paprec. The boat was lost during the 2016 Vendee Globe where the skipper was rescued. In November 2018, the remains of written off yacht were found on the east coast of Madagascar.
Racing results
Pos | Year | Race | Class | Boat Name | Skipper | Notes | Ref |
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Round the World Races | |||||||
DNF | 2017 | 2016–2017 Vendée Globe | IMOCA 60 | Bastide-Otio, FRA 30 | ![]() | Sank | [3] |
DNF | 2015 | Barcelona World Race | IMOCA 60 | Hugo Boss 5 | ![]() ![]() | Dismasted | [4] |
4 / 20 | 2013 | 2012–2013 Vendée Globe | IMOCA 60 | VIRBAC-PAPREC 3 | ![]() | 86d 03h 03m Finishes with no keel! | [5] |
1 / 14 | 2010 | Barcelona World Race | IMOCA 60 | VIRBAC-PAPREC 3 | ![]() ![]() | 93d 22h 20m | [6][7][8] |
Transatlantic Races | |||||||
Other Races |
References
- ^ Team, Afloat ie. "Virbac-Paprec 3 is Launched for Vendee Globe". afloat.ie.
- ^ "IMOCA 60 Historic Archive Page for Paprec 3". Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Rescue plan for Kito". Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "hugo-boss-dismasted-barcelona-world-race". 14 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "jean-pierre-dick-finishes-fourth-with-no-keel". Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Final Day". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Virbac-Paprec 3 wins the Barcelona World Race with Southern Spars". Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Virbac Paprec 3 - Barcelona World Race 2010-2011" – via www.youtube.com.