The Farr 2007, Vendée Globe winner with Desjoyeaux, later renamed Finistère Mer Vent under Le Cam
IMOCA 60 monohull designed byFarr Yacht Design and built byCDK Technologies, launched in May 2007. Sistership to PRB 3 (Vincent Riou, September 2006), built from the same mold.
Specifications
- Length: 18.28 m (60 feet)
- Beam: 5.85 m
- Displacement: 8.5 t
- Sail area: 300 m² upwind, 620 m² downwind, 440 m² spinnaker
- Structure: carbon-Nomex
Foncia — Vendée Globe 2008-2009 (Desjoyeaux, 1st)
Under the name ofFoncia, Michel Desjoyeaux wins the Vendée Globe 2008-2009 in84 d 03 h 09 min 08 s. Desjoyeaux’s second victory in the race after his 2000-2001 win on PRB. The boat had already won theTransat Jacques-Vabre 2007 on its first winter racing season.
Cheminées Poujoulat — Barcelona World Race 2014-2015 (Stamm/Le Cam, 1st)
Between 2009 and 2013, the boat sailed under Spanish flag (Telefónica Movistar, Mapfre with Iker Martínez and Xabi Fernández), then returned to France under Maître CoQ with Jérémie Beyou (abandoned Vendée Globe 2012-2013, keel damage). In 2014-2015, under the nameCheminées Poujoulat, Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam win the Barcelona World Race in double-handed configuration in84 d 05 h 50 min.
Finistère Mer Vent — Vendée Globe 2016-2017 (Le Cam, 6th)
Jean Le Cam purchases the boat solo for the Vendée Globe 2016-2017 and renames itFinistère Mer Vent. He finishes 6th — on one of the non-foiling Farr 2007s, in an edition where the latest-generation foilers were considered unbeatable.
Further achievements of the boat
- Vendée Globe 2020-2021 underYes We Cam! (Jean Le Cam): 4th, after the rescue of Kevin Escoffier on November 30, 2020 in the Southern Ocean (time compensation: 16 h 15 min).
- Vendée Globe 2024-2025 underDeVenir (Violette Dorange, first VG): 25th in 90 d 22 h 37 min.
