Arnaud BOISSIÈRES LA MIE CÂLINE

Arnaud BOISSIÈRES

Applicant
2024
5th Participation

FR

51 years old

Les Sables d'Olonne

Born in Bordeaux, Arnaud Boissières, nicknamed Cali, developed his passion for sailing in the Arcachon basin, before being adopted by Les Sables d'Olonne, which has become his home port. He is the only skipper to have completed four consecutive Vendée Globe races. This lover of the world's seas, of adventure and of the adrenalin that ocean racing gives him is an emblematic character in French sailing. Aboard his new IMOCA La Mie Câline since 2022, he is happily and ambitiously looking ahead to the 2024 Vendée Globe, for a fifth consecutive round the world race.

Achievements

2023

Rolex Fastnet Race - 13th
Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race - 7th

2022

Route du Rhum - 17th
Vendée Arctique - Abandon
Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race - 12th

2021

Transat Jacques Vabre - 16th
Défi Azimut - Lorient Agglomération - 11th

2020

Vendée Globe - 15th (94d 18h 36m 06s)
Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne - 14th

2019

Transat Jacques Vabre - 18th
Défi Azimut - 17th
Rolex Fastnet Race - 14th
Bermudes 1000 Race - 9th

2018

Route du Rhum - 9th

2017

Transat Jacques Vabre - 11th

2016

Vendée Globe - 10th

2015

Transat Jacques Vabre - Abandon

2013

Transat Jacques Vabre - 6th

2012

Vendée Globe - 8th

2010

Route du Rhum - 7th

2009

Transat Jacques Vabre - 7th

2008

Vendée Globe - 7th
The Artemis Transat - 7th

2005

Route de l'Equateur - Winner

2001

Mini Transat - 3rd (Mini 6.50)

LA MIE CÂLINE

LA MIE CÂLINE

  • Former names: Foncia 2, Banque Populaire, Maître CoQ, Initiatives-Cœur
  • Architect: VPLP – Verdier
  • Construction: 2010, CDK Technologies, Port La Forêt
  • Launch Date: 18 September 2010
  • Length: 18,28 m
  • Beam: 5,7 m
  • Draught: 4,5 m
  • Weight: 8,5 tonnes
  • Mast height: 27 m
  • Upwind sail area: 270 m2
  • Downwind sail area: 520 m2

Sponsor

La Mie Câline is a Vendée-based brand of breads, pastries, sandwiches and salads. Created in 1985, the network of franchise shops now has more than 2,200 franchisees and employees in 242 shops. The company defends the values of respect, professional competence and solidarity. The brand, a major partner of Arnaud Boissières' team since 2015, relies on Arnaud to illustrate its signature ”Happiness is here” on a daily basis, which materializes the project, the affinities and the common objectives. 

Commitment

Institut Bergonié

Arnaud is committed to the Institut Bergonié, the cancer centre of New Aquitaine, where he himself was treated for leukaemia when he was younger. He is also an ambassador for the association "À Chacun son Everest", which helps children with cancer to get new lease of life after the disease.