| Age | 31 (10/30/93) |
|---|---|
| Top performance | 2nd in the 2024 Solitaire du Figaro and winner of 2 stages the same year |
| Joined Imoca on | 2021 |
| Team | FORTINET - BEST WESTERN |
| Base | Lorient (FRANCE) |
After ten years of racing catamarans at the highest level, Loïs Berrehar decided to enter ocean racing by joining Team Sodebo alongside Thomas Coville, with whom he accumulated many miles.
However, the young sailor is more and more attracted by solo sailing and decides to make a radical change from multihull to monohull by joining the Figaro Bénéteau class. Now with the Bretagne - CMB team, Loïs Berrehar has been able to show his full potential, notably by finishing first rookie in the Solo Maître CoQ just a few weeks after his solo debut, but also by taking fifteenth place in the very demanding Solitaire Urgo - Le Figaro and first rookie in the 2018 French Elite Ocean Racing Championship. These promising performances allow him to take the helm of the Figaro 3 Performance in 2019.
After starting the season alongside Tom Laperche in Figaro 3, Loïs joined Fabrice Amedeo for the 2021 season, where they finished 10th in the Transat Jacques Vabre. In 2023, he returned to the IMOCA Class with Romain Attanasio for the Défi Azimut-Lorient Agglomération and the Transat Jacques Vabre. After a successful season in Figaro, he sailed in IMOCA as Charlie Dalin's replacement skipper for the 2024-2025 Vendée Globe.
In 2025, he announced, alongside Banque Populaire, the construction of a new IMOCA with the goal of competing in the solo round-the-world race in 2028.
2024: French Elite Offshore Racing Championship - 2nd
2024: La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec - 2nd
2024: Le Havre - Allmer Cup - 9th
2024: Banque Populaire Grand Ouest Trophy - 9th (double-handed with Charlotte Yven)
2024: Solo Maître CoQ - 3rd
2024: Laura Vergne Trophy - 2nd (double-handed with Charlotte Yven)
2024: Solo Guy Cotten - Winner
2023: French Elite Offshore Racing Championship - 5th
| Name | BANQUE POPULAIRE 14 |
|---|---|
| Sail number | |
| Architect | |
| Construction | |
| Length | |
| Beam | |
| Draught | |
| Weight | |
| Mast height | |
| Mast type | |
| Foils | Yes |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | |
| Downwind |
At 0830hrs UTC on Tuesday morning 40 IMOCAs will finally set sail from Le Havre, meaning that the whole fleet with its four classes in the 16th Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre will be on its way to Fort de Franc…
•••Because of a rapidly worsening weather forecast, in particular for the period Monday into Tuesday with predicted winds of 80kts and 10m seas, the start for the 40 strong IMOCA class for the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandi…
•••Exhilaration filled the ponton this lunchtime in Martinique with the two skippers coming in good spirits. After 20 days at sea the pair spoke of the magnificent route and their new discoveries both sailing and constructi…
•••
