 Groupama 3 under sail. | |
| Other names | Groupama 3 Banque Populaire VII Lending Club 2 IDEC 3 |
|---|---|
| Designer(s) | VPLP |
| Builder | Multiplast (Vannes, France) |
| Launched | 7 June 2006 |
| Owner(s) | Groupama Sailing Team (2006–2013) Banque Populaire (2013–2014) Renaud Laplanche (2015) IDEC (2015–) |
| Racing career | |
| Skippers | Franck Cammas ( (2006–2013)) Armel Le Cléac'h (2013) Loïck Peyron (2014) Renaud Laplanche (2015) Francis Joyon (2015) |
| Notable victories | Jules Verne Trophy 2010 2010 Route du Rhum 2014 Route du Rhum Jules Verne Trophy 2017 Route du Rhum 2018 |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement | 18 t (18 long tons; 20 short tons) |
| Length | 31.50 m (103.3 ft) (LOA) |
| Beam | 22.50 m (73.8 ft) |
| Draft | 5.70 m (18.7 ft) |
| Mast height | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Sail area | 828 m2 (8,910 sq ft) |
| Crew | 10 |
IDEC SPORT[1] (formerly Groupama 3, Banque Populaire VII, Lending Club 2, IDEC 3) is a racing sailing trimaran designed for transoceanic record-setting. She is one of the world's fastest ocean-going sailing vessels and the current holder of the Jules Verne Trophy for circumnavigation of the world. She was originally skippered by French yachtsman Franck Cammas, with a crew of ten and sponsored by the French insurance company Groupama. She is currently skippered by Françis Joyon.
Alexia Barrier has announced that she will skipper IDEC Sport in an attempt to break the circumnavigation record with an all-female crew in 2025.[2]
- ^ "IDEC SPORT: A NEW LIFE FOR a LEGENDARY BOAT - IDEC SPORT Sailing". Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "All-female team to take on the Jules Verne Trophy". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 14 July 2024.