The IMOCA 60 class yacht Apivia Mutuelle, FRA 79 was designed by Guillaume Verdier and launched in 2019 after being built CDK Technologies based in Lorient, France. The boat's initial skipper who is also a Naval architect Charlie Dalin had significant input as did MerConcept the company headed by François Gabart.
Names and ownership Apivia (2018-2023) Skipper: Carlie Dalin Sail no.: FRA 79
The boat got line honours in the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe but was ranked second following redress given to fellow competitors.
Banque Populaire XII
In November 2021 the team formally announced the purchase of the boat following Apivia completing the 2021 Route du Rhum, with the team starting the handover by helping to return the boat to France.
Banque Populaire chose to end its sponsorship, with Clarisse Crémer citing her young child as one of the reason the public backlash led to the sponsor withdrawing and Crémer quickly found a new sponsor with the support of Alex Thompson Racing.
L'OCCITANE en Provence (2) (since 2023)
Skipper: Clarisse Crémer Sail no.: FRA 15
Racing results PosYearRaceClassBoat nameSkipperNotesRefRound the world races 11 / 40 2025 2024–2025 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 L'Occitane en Provence (2) 2 / 33 2020 2020–2021 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Apivia 80d 06h 15m 47s Transatlantic Races 9 / 40 2023 2023 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 L'Occitane en Provence (2) 13d 01h 50m 00s 2 2022 Route du Rhum IMOCA 60 Apivia 11d 19h 38m 11s 2 / 22 2021 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Apivia 18d 21h 33m 31s 1 / 29 2019 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Apivia 13d 12h 08m Other Races 1 2022 Vendée Arctique IMOCA 60 Apivia
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