Arnaud BOISSIÈRES LA MIE CÂLINE
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
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.