IMOCA
France
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MaximeSOREL
V and B - Monbana - Mayenne
age
38 years old ( 11/08/1986)
Number of participations
2 races
About
Maxime is participating in his third Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe. After 5 years in Class40, where he won the Rolex Fastnet and the Transat Jacques Vabre, our skipper is embarking in 2019 on a Vendée Globe project alongside V and B, a loyal partner since the beginning and the Department of Mayenne. With only 2 years of preparation, the skipper from Calais will complete his first round the world race in 82 days and a few hours. In 2021, Monbana strengthens the Mayenne alliance for a new Vendée Globe project. It is on board an IMOCA with foils of last generation, the V and B - Monbana - Mayenne, that Maxime will be on the starting grid of the 12th edition of the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe. In parallel, Maxime will attempt in 2023, the ascent of the Everest of the land (after having achieved the Everest of the seas in 2020/21) in order to carry high and strong, the colors of Vaincre la Mucoviscidose, an association he defends since 2014 and of which he is the national sponsor since 2019 and thus achieve what he calls: My Double Everest. Our all-terrain skipper will therefore not be bored in the years to come...
List of hits
Vendée Globe
10
th
2021
Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne
11
th
2020
Transat Jacques Vabre
16
th
IMOCA
2019
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
2018
Transat Jacques Vabre
1
st
2017
Rolex Fasnet Race
1
st
2017
Grand Prix Guyader
3
rd
2017
Transat Jacques Vabre
2
nd
2015
Route du rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
23
th
2014
Champion du Monde Class40 vintage
2014
© Gauthier Le Bec
This is THE race that inspired me! In Cancale, where I come from, I would hang around the pontoons to see the magnificent boats, they were a dream for me... In 2014, I entered my 1st race. I've not had such an emotional experience since. It's very intense.
Who you really are ?
Star sign ?
Leo
Favorite freeze-dried food ?
Chili con carne
Lucky charm ?
Dragon
Nickname of the ship ?
Dragon fly
Favorite creole food or beverage ?
Codfish accras and ti punch