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9.5.26
The toughest day yet
Life for the crews onboard the six IMOCA boats competing in The Ocean Race Atlantic has gone from hard to harder over the past day.
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UNITED BY THE OCEAN
Benjamin Ferré is a Breton sailor and entrepreneur, in love with life... and crazy challenges. After a transatlantic sail with a sextant, a solo round-the-world hitchhiking trip and a crossing of Morocco in a 4L, he launched IMAGO in 2017; the first adventure incubator in France, dedicated to hatching sports, ecological and solidarity exploration projects.
In 2017, he took his first step into the completely unfamiliar world of offshore racing. Two years later, he landed on the podium of the 2019 Mini Transat aboard Pile Poil, the former Mini of Clarisse Crémer, and finished as the top rookie.
That’s when he realized someone had put everything he loved in life into one box—and called it: OFFSHORE RACING!
After a conversation with Jean Le Cam, the idea of sailing solo around the world, non-stop and without assistance, began to take root. He gave everything he had to take part in the 2024 edition. In 2022, he took the helm of Banque Populaire, just back from its round-the-world voyage with Clarisse Crémer, and entered his first solo IMOCA race: the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race, where he finished in 11th place. He was then joined by Groupe Monnoyeur and the non-profit Duo for a Job for the rest of the 2022 season.
In 2023, Benjamin Ferré teamed up with Pierre Le Roy for the double-handed season, which they dominated brilliantly among the daggerboard IMOCA boats, with their sights firmly set on the 2024 Vendée Globe.
On February 3, 2025, Benjamin Ferré crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe in Les Sables-d'Olonne in 16th place—but most notably as the first daggerboard IMOCA, just minutes ahead of his closest rival, Tanguy Le Turquais.
The Biotherm team has announced that Benjamin Ferré will join the crew alongside Paul Meilhat this summer for The Ocean Race Europe 2025.
| Course | Rank | Boat | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Ocean Race Atlantic | Winner | UNITED BY THE OCEAN | 7J 23H 39min 11s |
| 2025 | The Ocean Race Europe | Winner | UNITED BY THE OCEAN | 55 POINTS |
| 2024-2025 | Vendée Globe | 16th | CAFÉ JOYEUX | 84j 23h 19min 39s |
| 2024 | The Transat CIC | CAFÉ JOYEUX | Abandon | |
| 2023 | Retour à La Base | 13th | CAFÉ JOYEUX | 11j 07h 34min 42s |
| 2023 | Transat Café L'OR | 13th | CAFÉ JOYEUX | 13j 20h 41min 12s |
| 2023 | Défi Azimut-Lorient Agglomération | 14th | CAFÉ JOYEUX | 2j 04h 54min 56s |
2019: Mini Transat 2019 - 3rd
The last of IMOCA’s ‘2022 vintage’, Biotherm was launched on 31 August in Lorient, after an express build taking just thirty weeks or so at Persico in Italy.
Read moreLife for the crews onboard the six IMOCA boats competing in The Ocean Race Atlantic has gone from hard to harder over the past day.
•••There have been mixed fortunes for the six-strong fleet of IMOCA yachts competing in The Ocean Race Atlantic as the crews complete their second full day in the North Atlantic on the way from New York to Lorient, France.
•••One week from today, six of the world’s leading offshore sailing teams will depart New York City for the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Atlantic.
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