At the start of 2023, Thomas Ruyant will have two boats on which to set sail. While the skipper will start the Route du Rhum on November 6 in Saint-Malo on LinkedOutthe native of Dunkirk now based in Lorient has launched the construction of a second boat to take part in the Vendée Globe 2024. And 20 minutes reveals to you in preview the hull ofAdvens 2 of this new Imoca.
For this sailboat, the TR Racing team has chosen the made in France with construction of the hull in Lorient, “200 m from us”, underlines Thomas Gavériaux, CEO of TR Racing, and foils in La Rochelle. “We chose proximity. It facilitates the work of project management and project management, the flow of exchanges on the design. “. To design the hull, TR Racing relied on the firm Finot-Conq, “winner of four editions of the Vendée Globe”, notes Thomas Ruyant, and on Antoine Koch. This architect and designer was Thomas Ruyant’s co-skipper in the 2019 Transat Jacques-Vabre. A “decisive” presence through his knowledge of the first boat, but also for the follow-up work carried out on the Imoca in recent years. “And two of the five people in the TR Racing design office are also dedicated to designing the boat,” adds Thomas Gévériaux.
“Advens 2” and “LinkedOut” will play for victory in the Vendée Globe 2024
If you want to know the secrets of the new boat, you will have to come back. But what we can say is that the small defects of LinkedOut will have been “erased”. Advens 2 will be slower than LinkedOut in sheer speed. But the improvement has been made for a high average speed over long distances “being careful not to compromise its performance even when the sea is flat”, explains Thomas Gavériaux. For those who don’t understand much about sailing and who have come to this line: Advens 2 will not be a sprinter, but an 800 or 1,500 m runner. The new Imoca will be “easier to handle” and “a bit sturdier, by reinforcing the most exposed areas” of the foiler, according to Thomas Ruyant. Its launch is scheduled for early 2023.
Advens 2 will be part of the new generation of Imoca aiming for victory in the Vendée Globe 2024. Boris Herrmann and Jérémie Beyou have already launched their new boats. “The boats have a lifespan of 2, 3, 4 Vendée Globes. There are significant leaps from one generation to another,” notes Thomas Gavériaux. Today, TR Racing continues to optimize LinkedOutin particular to aim for victory on the next Route du Rhum, after the success on the Transat Jacques-Vabre 2021. Then, in 2023, all the attention will be focused on Advens 2. “But LinkedOut will be present in the Vendée Globe 2024 with TR Racing, and will remain very competitive and will be able to win,” announces Thomas Gavériaux. It remains to be seen who will be at the helm, as Thomas Ruyant will drive Advens 2.