IMOCA 60 L'Occitane

IMOCA 60 L'Occitane

Development
Designer	Sam Manuard
Year	31 January 2020
Builder(s)	Black Pepper Yachts, Pauger Composites (HUN)
Hull
Hull weight	Carbon Sandwich
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	Canting Keel
Rudder(s)	Twin Rudders
Rig
Rig type	Rotating Mast with Deck Spreaders
Racing
Class association	IMOCA 60

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] Pauger Composites in Hungary did the hull moulding.[3]

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

Design

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

IMOCA 60 L’Occitane is the sistership to Oceans Lab and Initiatives-Cœur 4.[4]

Names and Ownership

Jack In The Box (name during development)

L'Occitane en Provence (2019-2021)[5]

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

Bureau Vallée 3 (since 2021)[6]

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

Racing Results

Pos	Year	Race	Class	Boat Name	Crew	Notes	Ref
Round the World Races
11 / 33	2020	2020–2021 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	L'Occitane En Provence	Armel Tripon (FRA)	084d 17h 07m 50s	[7]
Transatlantic Races
DNF	2021	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée 3	Louis Burton (FRA)  Davy Beaudart (FRA)	Dismasted	[8]
Other Races
	2021	Volvo Ocean Race Europe	IMOCA 60	Bureau Vallée 3	Skipper  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)		[9]

References

1. "Imoca en".
2. "Document sans titre".
3. "IMOCA 60 – Pauger Carbon Composites".
4. Rieker, Jochen. "Vendée Globe: Organspender von Boris Herrmanns Foils baut neuen Imoca". YACHT - Alles rund ums Segeln (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-13.
5. "BUREAU VALLÉE". www.imoca.org. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
6. "Louis Burton : In training but with ambitions on his scow Bureau Vallée 3". BoatsNews.com. 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
7. "News – Armel Tripon (L'Occitane en Provence) finishes 11th in the Vendée Globe! – Vendée Globe – En". www.vendeeglobe.org.
8. "Map and rankings - Transat Jacques Vabre 2021 - Official website". www.transatjacquesvabre.org.
9. Race, The Ocean. "Bureau Vallée". The Ocean Race 2022-23.