Yannick Bestaven from La Rochelle is the eighteenth skipper to register for the Vendée Globe having completed all the required paperwork. The winner of the Transat 6.50 in 2001, who is also well known in the Figaro circuit, will be sailing on board Cervin Enr, one of the oldest boats in the fleet, as this Finot design built in 1996 is in fact none other than Yves Parlier’s former Aquitaine Innovations. Updated, Cervin Enr will be one of the lightest boats too and her navigational equipment will be powered solely by clean energy, as laid down in the charter established by the "Energies around the World" racing team created by Yannick in La Rochelle.