Benjamin Dutreux GUYOT ENVIRONNEMENT - WATER FAMILY
Applicant
2024
2nd
Participation
FR
33 years old
Les Sables d'Olonne
In 2014, Benjamin joined Team Vendée Formation where he learned the basics of offshore racing tactics. He finished 1st rookie in the 2015 Solitaire du Figaro, before taking 5th place in 2018. Determined, he bought an old generation IMOCA and lined up six months later at the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre. Despite a tight budget, he became the revelation of the last edition of the Vendée Globe by finishing 9th. He took a new step forward by buying a 2016 foiler with a view to the 2024/25 Vendée Globe, in which he should take part aboard the IMOCA GUYOT environnement - Water Family.
Achievements
GUYOT ENVIRONNEMENT - WATER FAMILY
- Former names: Hugo Boss, 11TH HOUR RACING – ALAKA'I
- Architect: VPLP/Verdier
- Construction: Green Marine, Southampton
- Launch Date: 01 September 2015
- Length: 18,28 m
- Beam: 5,50 m
- Draught: 4,50 m
- Weight: 7,5 tonnes
- Mast height: 29 m
- Upwind sail area: 340 m2
- Downwind sail area: 570 m2
Sponsor
GUYOT environnement is a major and independent player in the waste recovery industry. For 40 years, it has been collecting, sorting and recovering waste to give it a second life. The Group, which recycles raw materials and transforms non-recyclable waste into fuel, will tomorrow produce the energy that will make it independent. The company intends to go even further in preserving the environment: tomorrow to reach 100% of recovered waste. Joining Benjamin and the Water Family just reinforces their commitment.
Commitment
Benjamin is committed to La Water Family - Du Flocon à la Vague. The Water story of Benjamin and the Water Family began in 2017. Two Tour Voile and one Vendée Globe later, the objective of his project remains the same: to win for water, to win on water. The mission is to educate people about the preservation of water, our health and all forms of life in a positive and empowering way.