Engineering:IMOCA 60 Sill
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Short description: Round the World Racing Yacht
The IMOCA 60 Class yacht SILL PLEIN FRUIT, FRA 29 was designed by Marc Lombard and launched in the 1999 after being built MAG based in France.[1] The boat was lost in 2006 Velux 5 Ocean Race, when he was rescued by fellow competitor Mike Golding deep in the Southern Ocean.[2] The written off hull was found nine years later washed up, 10,000 miles from where it was abandoned.[3]
Racing results
| Pos | Year | Race | Class | Boat Name | Skipper | Notes | Ref |
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| Round the World Races | |||||||
| DNF | 2007 | Velux 5 Oceans Race | IMOCA 60 | GBR 99 - Hugo Boss (1) |  Alex Thomson (GBR) |
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| DNF | 2004 | 2004–2005 Vendée Globe | IMOCA 60 | GBR 88 - Hugo Boss (1) | Alex Thomson (GBR) |
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| 3 / 24 | 2012 | 2000–2001 Vendée Globe | IMOCA 60 | SILL - MATINES - LA POTAGERE |  Roland Jourdain (FRA) |
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| Transatlantic Races | |||||||
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References
- ↑ "IMOCA 60 Archive Page on Sill". https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/A20.htm.
- ↑ "Great Seamanship: dramatic account by Mike Golding of rescuing Alex Thomson in the Southern Ocean". 2016-02-22. https://www.yachtingworld.com/features/great-seamanship-a-dramatic-account-of-how-mike-golding-rescued-alex-thomson-in-the-southern-ocean-70475.
- ↑ "Wreck found after drifting for 9 years and 10,000 miles in the Southern Ocean is Alex Thomson’s Hugo Boss". 2016-02-22. https://www.yachtingworld.com/blogs/elaine-bunting/wreck-found-after-drifting-for-9-years-and-10000-miles-in-the-southern-ocean-is-alex-thomsons-hugo-boss-70470.
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