Life timeline

Names, skippers, shipyards and races, in one place.

Name

Skipper

Shipyard

20012007201320192026

Name
Skipper
Shipyard

Main skipper
Co-skipper
Ongoing
Name to come
Today

Podium
Finished
Retired
One-off crew

Skippers over time

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede
🇫🇷 · 2001

Names and sail numbers

What the boat was called and the numbers it sailed under.

Names and sail numbers
Name		Period
Iris		2021 – June 2024
Adrien		since June 2024

Life timeline

Names, skippers, shipyards and races, in one place.

Name

Skipper

Shipyard

20012007201320192026

Name
Skipper
Shipyard

Main skipper
Co-skipper
Ongoing
Name to come
Today

Podium
Finished
Retired
One-off crew

Skippers over time

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede
🇫🇷 · 2001

Names and sail numbers

What the boat was called and the numbers it sailed under.

Names and sail numbers
Name		Period
Iris		2021 – June 2024
Adrien		since June 2024

Boats

Monocoque

Launched2001

MonocoqueLaunched2001

Adrien

25.70 m aluminium monohull designed by Gilles Vaton and built in 2001 by Chantiers Gamelin for Jean-Luc Van Den Heede, who set the east-to-west solo round-the-world record on her in 2004.Former names: Iris

Sail number

Today

Name

Adriensince Jun 2024

Build

Chantiers Gamelin

History

Newest first

2024
Jun
Renamed Adrien
Name
2021
Named Iris
Name
2005
May
Record
2004
Record
2001
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede takes the helm
Skipper · until 2006
2001
Build — Chantiers Gamelin
Shipyard

Solo record around the British Isles

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede completes the circuit in 7 days 8 h 47 min.

East-to-west solo round-the-world record

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede sets the record in 122 days 14 hours.