Class 40 #202, second scow design Raison of the Crédit Mutuel program
40-foot (12.15 m) monohull, David Raison design, built byGepeto Composite in Lorient La Base. Launched onApril 26, 2024. Direct successor to Class 40 #158 (Raison 2019, first scow of the class), sharing the same Crédit Mutuel program.
Design: scow hull with longitudinal bulkheads
Compared to #158, the hull has been tightened along the centerline with increased forward beam to plane earlier and reduce bow diving when reaching.
Structural innovation: three longitudinal bulkheads ("keelsons") running from bow to stern, from hull to deck, replacing part of traditional transverse bulkheads. The boat is divided into three longitudinal sections; improved slamming impact resistance with comparable structural weight.
Boat achievements
Winner of the2nd Globe 40 (2025–2026), a double-handed Class 40 round-the-world regatta with stopovers, raced in 6 legs plus a prologue, finishing in Lorient on April 15, 2026. First scow to complete a round-the-world race.
Sailed by Ian Lipinski, with Antoine Carpentier as main crew, later joined by Amélie Grassi and Alan Roberts for several legs:
- Prologue Lorient–Cadiz (Sept. 2025, Lipinski / Carpentier): victory
- Leg 1 Cadiz–Mindelo (Lipinski / Carpentier): victory
- Leg 2 Mindelo–Le Port (Réunion) (Lipinski / Grassi): 2nd, won by Belgium Ocean Racing–Curium
- Leg 3 Le Port–Sydney (Lipinski / Grassi): victory
- Leg 4 Sydney–Valparaíso (Lipinski / Roberts): tie with Belgium Ocean Racing–Curium
- Leg 5 Valparaíso–Recife (Lipinski / Carpentier): victory
- Leg 6 Recife–Lorient (Lipinski / Carpentier): victory, overall podium
Summary:5 leg victories (including prologue) plus one tied leg, ahead of Belgium Ocean Racing–Curium (2nd overall, Jonas Gerckens / Benoît Hantzperg).
Next program
The boat is entered in the Route du Rhum–Destination Guadeloupe 2026, concluding Act 2 of the partnership with Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale.
