1st launch: July 2022
Architect : Sam Manuard
Initiatives-Cœur is a member of the IMOCA class.
These are the only boats taking part in the Vendée Globe
(solo round-the-world race without assistance).
All boats in the Imoca class must comply with certain dimensional rules (Length, beam and weight).
Naylah, from the Democratic Republic of Congo,
underwent heart surgery in 2021.
Sam has chosen her to become the
emblem of the association on his sail.
The painter and sailor Titouan Lamazou
painted her portrait. He is
also the winner of the 1st Vendée Globe in 1990.
Class mini
21-foot monohull
(6,5 mètres)
Class 40
40-foot monohull
(12,19 mètres)
Imoca
60-foot monohull
(18,28 mètres)
Ocean fifty
50-foot multihull
(15,24 mètres)
Ultim
Multihull greater
than or equal to 60 feet
(18 mètres and +)
4 boats have carried the Initiatives-Cœur name since the project began in 2012.
In the world of ocean racing, boats pass from hand to hand for many years.
2022
Initiatives-Cœur 4
A new boat built using the mould of Armel Tripon's old boat (L'occitane en provence), It benefits from the latest technological advances, in particular the rounded shape at the front (known as the Skow).
It is fitted with the latest generation foils designed by the team's young engineers.
* The child on the sail is Naylah,
who will underwent heart surgery in 2021.
20 children saved
2022
2017
Initiatives-Cœur 3
Launched in 2010. This boat finished 3rd in the 2017 Vendée Globe with Jérémy Beyou and 6th in the Transat Jacques Vabre with Tanguy de Lamotte and Sam Davies.
In 2019, she will be equipped with foils. During the 2020 Vendée Globe, she suffered major keel damage, forcing Sam to make a stopover in South Africa. She courageously finished the circumnavigation out of the race and helped save 103 children!
* The child on the sail is Ardacha,
who underwent heart surgery in 2016
215 children saved
2017
2014
Initiatives-Cœur 2
This 2006 boat is the former boat of Vincent Riou (PRB), with which he saved Jean Le Cam when he was shipwrecked in the 2009 Vendée Globe.
Tanguy de Lamotte finished 7th in the 2014 Route du Rhum and 5th in the 2015 Transat Jacques Vabre with Sam Davies.
*The child on the sail is Obed,
who underwent heart surgery in 2012.
95 children saved
2014
2012
Initiatives-Cœur 1
Tanguy de Lamotte is making his debut in the Imoca class in the 2012 Vendée Globe.
He is sailing a 1998 boat that Catherine Chabaud and Marc Thiercelin sailed with. He completed his circumnavigation in 95 days.
In 2013, he embarked on the Transat Jacques Vabre with actor and comedian François Damiens.
31 children saved
2012