| Age | 43 (5/11/81) |
|---|---|
| Top performance | 25 podiums in transatlantic and coastal racing, taking victory in two Championships and breaking three World Sailing Speed Records |
| Joined Imoca on | 2023 |
| Team | OceansLab |
| Partners | OceansLab |
Phil is a professional offshore skipper taking action in the fight against climate change. His projects focus on innovating and demonstrating clean energy solutions such as green hydrogen, to bring maritime emissions down to zero.
To date Phil has achieved over 25 podiums in transatlantic and coastal racing, taking victory in two Championships and breaking three World Sailing Speed Records – uniquely with zero emissions.
Now his mission is clear: to race around the globe in the world’s first hydrogen race yacht.
Co-founder of OceansLab, the campaign has been recognised as a Hydrogen Breakthrough by the Race to Zero due to its unique activity: innovating and showcasing critical renewable energy technologies for a clean maritime industry today.
In 2020 OceansLab launched a Hydrogen Power Module, which has been awarded the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label, the Region Nouvelle Aquitaine Nautical Innovation Trophy, the 2022 Electric and Hybrid Propulsion System of the Year Award, and the Monaco Prize for Innovation in Renewable Hydrogen and Transportation.
Phil is building an IMOCA 60 global ocean racing campaign to take this technology around the world. Key races include the solo, non-stop Vendée Globe in 2024 and the crewed stop-over Ocean Race starting in 2027.
Phil’s determination to reduce emissions on our oceans has led him to develop the world’s first drop-in solution to power vessels with green hydrogen. The Genevos Hydrogen Power Module has been officially labelled as a solution to ‘change the world’ by the Solar Impulse Foundation.
He will be launching his brand new IMOCA in 2023, with a view to qualifying for the next Vendée Globe. To do this, he has to take the start of the Retour à La Base, between Martinique and Lorient. However, shortly after the start of the delivery trip, the crew suffered damage to the bowsprit, so the IMOCA OceansLab-Cleantech accelerator turned around and headed back to La Rochelle.
2019: Isle of Wight Round the World Record (Class40)
2018: Winner of the Class40 Championship
2018: Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe - 3rd (Class40)
2018: Seventar Round Britain & Ireland Race - Winner (Class40)
2018: Drheam Cup Destination Cotentin - 2nd (Class40)
2018: Les 1000 milles des Sables - 3rd (Class40)
2017: Winner of the Class40 Championship
2017: Transat Jacques Vabre - 3rd (Class40)
2017: Rolex Fastnet Race - 2nd (Class40)
2017: Les Sables-Horta-Les Sables - 2nd (Class40)
2017: Normandy Channel Race - Winner (Class40)
| Name | OCEANSLAB CLEANTECH ACCELERATOR |
|---|---|
| Sail number | GRB 3030 |
| Architect | Sam Manuard |
| Construction | 2023, Black Pepper Yachts |
| Length | 18,28 m |
| Beam | NC |
| Draught | 4,50 m |
| Weight | |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Wings mat |
| Foils | Yes |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | NC |
| Downwind | NC |
After a spectacular 2023 season, that saw more miles sailed by more sailors in more races than ever before in the IMOCA Class, 2024 now lies ahead – a year that will dominated by two solo transatlantic sprints and then t…
•••Phil Sharp’s OceansLab - Cleantech Accelerator was officially launched at a very personal event in the team’s hometown of La Rochelle, on Friday evening.
•••Today (06.06.23), OceansLab is pleased to confirm the support of clean energy enablers Genevos, Oceanvolt and Maxeon Solar Technologies as partners in its campaign as the world’s first hydrogenelectric race yacht.
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