Dominique called upon the designers in the Owen-Clarke studio to work on his Téménos II, now called Mirabaud. Built in June 2006 in New Zealand and completely refitted since the last Vendée Globe, the boat has since then covered an impressive number of miles in Dominique’s expert hands. That is likely to be a major advantage in terms of reliability and getting the most out of the boat.
Les skippers
Dominique Wavre / Mirabaud > All skippers
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Nationality:
- Residence: La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)
- Birth date: 7/4/1955 in Genève
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Vendée Globe achievements:
4th entry in the Vendée Globe (5th in 2000-2001, 4th in 2004-2005, retired in 2008-2009)
- Boat: Mirabaud
- Web Site: http://www.dominiquewavre.com
- Situation: Long term partner
Boat
and specifications: :
- Designer: Owen Clarke Design
- Boatyard: Southern Ocean Marine (New Zealand)
- Launch date: September 2006
- Length: 18.28 m (60’)
- Beam: 5.50 m (18’)
- Draught : 4.50 m (14’9’’)
- Displacement (weight) : 8500 Kg
- Number of daggerboards : 2
- Mast height: 28 m (91’10’’)
- Keel blade: carbon
- Upwind sail surface: 330 m2
- Downwind sail surface: 600 m2
Presentation
Quiet force
Dominique Wavre will be fifty-seven when the race begins. It was a long time ago that as an adolescent he first sailed dinghies on Lake Geneva, before becoming an art student in Geneva. Over four decades of ocean racing, Dominique Wavre has acquired a wealth of experience on all the seas around the world having sailed a huge number of miles in various races. He has clocked up four Whitbreads (including one win in 1986) and already three Vendée Globe races, two of which he completed. The Swiss yachtsman also finished second on two occasions in the Figaro Single-handed event and no longer fears anyone nor anything. He knows the three capes route and the breakers in the Southern Seas like the back of his hand.
Although he did not manage to finish the last two races around the world – the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe and the 2010-2011 Barcelona World Race – the other Swiss legend (leaving to one side Bernard Stamm) certainly is not about to give up. For his fourth Vendée Globe, Dominique Wavre is aiming to gain his revenge. Methodical, precise like a Swiss watch, and with a boat that he knows perfectly well, he will be a very serious contender again.
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Achievements
• 8th in the 2011 Transat Jacques Vabre (with Michèle Paret)
• Took part in the 2010-2011 Barcelona World Race with Michèle Paret on board Mirabaud.
• Took part in the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe
• 3rd in the Barcelona World Race (with Michèle Paret)
• 4th in the 2007 Fastnet Race
• 4th in the 2007 Round Britain Race
• 4th in the 2006 Route du Rhum
• 4th in the 2004-2005 Vendée Globe
• 5th in the 2000-2001 Vendée Globe
• 3 Transat Jacques Vabre races
• 2nd in the British transatlantic race in 2004
• 4 Figaro single-handed events in 1990 and 1997)
• 2 AG2R transatlantic races (2nd in 1998)
• 24h solo monohull record in 2000
• Coach for the French Challenge team in the America’s Cup in 1991/92
