FDJ United-Wewise
IMOCA 60 launched in 2007 as Ecover 3 for Mike Golding, renamed Gamesa in 2011, later Nexans-Art & Fenêtres, Nexans-Wewise and FDJ United-Wewise under Fabrice Amedeo.
Identity card
- LaunchedThe moment a new boat touches the water for the first time.See in the glossary
- 2007
- ShipyardThe company that builds the boat, or carries out major work on it.See in the glossary
- Hakes Marine
- Designer(s)The designer of the boat: hull shape, appendages, structure, sail plan.See in the glossary
- Owen Clarke Design,Clay Oliver (co-designer)
- DesignThe drawing a boat is built from; sister-ships share the same design.See in the glossary
- Owen Clarke Design IMOCA 2007
- GenerationBuild period: boats of the same generation often share the same technical choices.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Hull typeHow many hulls the boat has: monohull, catamaran or trimaran.See in the glossary
- MonohullA boat with a single hull, kept upright by the weight of its keel.See in the glossary
- StatusWhere the boat stands today: active, retired from racing, lost, in a museum or converted.See in the glossary
- ActiveStill sailing.See in the glossary
- SponsorsA company or institution that funds a boat, a team or a skipper in exchange for visibility.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- OwnersThe person or organisation that owns the boat, which does not necessarily race it.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Operating teamThe organisation running one or more racing boats: technical crew, logistics, partners.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- SuppliersA company that supplies part of the boat's equipment: sails, mast, electronics, foils, keel, energy.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Sail numberThe identifier printed on the mainsail: a country code followed by a number.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- FlagThe country the boat is registered in.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Keel typeThe weighted fin under a monohull's hull, which stops it drifting sideways and keeps it upright.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- FoilsAn underwater wing that lifts the boat so it drags less in the water and goes faster.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Hull lengthLength of the hull alone, without the bowsprit or protruding appendages.See in the glossary
- 18.28m
- Max beamMaximum width of the boat; for a multihull, from one float to the other.See in the glossary
- 5.8m
- DraftHow deep the boat sits: from the waterline to the lowest point of the keel.See in the glossary
- 4.5m
- Air draftHeight of the boat above the water: from the waterline to the top of the mast.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- DisplacementThe mass of the boat ready to sail, equal to the mass of water it displaces.See in the glossary
- 8,000kg
- Upwind sail areaSail area carried when the boat sails towards the wind: mainsail and headsail.See in the glossary
- 300m²
- Downwind sail areaSail area carried with the wind on the beam or from behind, with the big headsails.See in the glossary
- 580m²
History
Designed by Owen Clarke Design with Clay Oliver for Mike Golding, the boat was built by Hakes Marine in Wellington and christened Ecover 3 by Princess Anne in September 2007. Golding raced it in the 2007 Transat Jacques-Vabre (5th), then dismasted while leading the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe. It later raced under several names and was chartered to Jean Le Cam for the 2010-2011 Barcelona World Race (dismasted).
In 2011, backed by Gamesa, it was extensively refitted at Green Marine (fixed mast, tiller, new cockpit) and renamed Gamesa. Golding finished 6th in the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe.
Sold in 2015 to Enda O'Coineen (Kilcullen Voyager), it dismasted in the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe. Arnaud Boissières bought it in 2017 (La Mie câline-Artipôle) and finished the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe, then Rodolphe Sepho sailed it in the 2022 Route du Rhum.
Fabrice Amedeo bought it in January 2023 and relaunched it in July as Nexans-Art & Fenêtres, then Nexans-Wewise and, since June 2025, FDJ United-Wewise. He finished 32nd in the 2024-2025 Vendée Globe.
Names and sail numbers
What the boat was called and the numbers it sailed under.
Sister-ships
Boats built to the same design.
Life timeline
Names, skippers, shipyards and races, in one place.
Name
Skipper
Races
- Podium
- Finished
- Retired
- Yard work
Detailed timeline
2025
Renamed
FDJ United-Wewise
2024
Renamed
Nexans-Wewise
2023
Renamed
Nexans-Art & Fenêtres
Sale · 11 January 2023
Bought by Fabrice Amedeo
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · since 11 January 2023
Fabrice Amedeo
2022
Renamed
Rêve de large-Région Guadeloupe
2018
Renamed
La Mie câline-Artipôle
2015
Renamed
Kilcullen Voyager
2011
Renamed
Gamesa
Renamed
Président
2010
Renamed
Mike Golding Racing
2009
Renamed
Mike Golding Yacht Racing
2008
Dismasting · 16 December 2008
Dismasting in the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe
Mike Golding, leading, dismasted south of Cape Leeuwin.
2007
Launch · 17 September 2007
Ecover 3 christened
Christened by Princess Anne at the Southampton boat show.
Launched as
Ecover 3
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