IMOCA 60 No Way Back

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
IMOCA 60 No Way Back
Pieter Heerema (7).jpg
Development
DesignerVPLP design, Guillaume Verdier Design Office, Guillaume Verdier Edit this on Wikidata
Year18 August 2015 Edit this on Wikidata
Racing
Class associationIMOCA 60

[edit on Wikidata]

The IMOCA 60 Class yacht No Way Back, NED 160 was designed by VPLP design and Guillaume Verdier and launched in the 18 August 2015[1] after being built Persico in Italy.[2][1]

The boat was originally commissioned by Italian skipper Andrea Mura[3] however he lost his sponsor and had to sell the boat before it was completed.[4]

Racing results[]

Pos Year Race Class Boat Name Skipper Notes Ref
Round the World Races
DNF / 33 2021 2020–2021 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Newrest – Art & Fenêtres  Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) General computer failure, diverted to and retired unaided to Cape Town [5]
17 / 29 2017 2016–2017 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 No Way Back  Pieter Heerema (NED) 116d 09h 24m 12s [6]
Transatlantic Races
6 / 22 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Nexans - Arts & Fenêtres, FRA  Fabrice Amedeo (FRA)
  (FRA)		 21d 03h 44m
9 / 29 2019 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Newrest - Arts & Fenêtres, FRA 56  Fabrice Amedeo (FRA)
  (FRA)		 14d 16h 01m
12 / 20 2018 Route du Rhum IMOCA 60 Newrest - Arts & Fenêtres, FRA 56  Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) 20d 20h 09m
Other Races
9 / 20 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race IMOCA 60 Newrest - Arts & Fenêtres, FRA 56  Fabrice Amedeo (FRA)
  (FRA)
+ Crew		 2d 05h 07m

Timeline[]

2015 - 2016[]

The boat was commissioned as Vento Di Sardegna and building began at Persico in Italy. As the boat completed construction one of the sponspors pulled out and construction stopped.

2016[]

On the 3rd February it was announced Pieter Heerema has brought the boat to compete in the 2016-2017 Vendee Globe un the name No Way Back, NED 160

References[]

  1. ^ a b "IMOCA Class Website Boat Profile". IMOCA Class Association. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  2. ^ "No Way Back IMOCA 60 Archive Page". Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  3. ^ "Andrea Mura, the first Italian on a brand new boat". 31 October 2014. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  4. ^ "Andrea Mura's new boat has been sold". 2015-09-24.
  5. ^ "Vendée Globe: Fabrice Amedeo retires after computer damage - France 24 | tellerreport.com". www.tellerreport.com.
  6. ^ "News - Dutch sailor Pieter Heerema takes seventeenth place - Vendée Globe - En". www.vendeeglobe.org.


Stub icon

This article about a type of ship or boat is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""