Gentoo
Finot-Conq IMOCA 60 launched in 2007 for Alex Thomson as Hugo Boss, later Energa, Compagnie du Lit-Boulogne-Billancourt, Time for Oceans and then Gentoo.
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
- Neville Hutton
- Designer(s)The designer of the boat: hull shape, appendages, structure, sail plan.See in the glossary
- Finot-Conq
- DesignThe drawing a boat is built from; sister-ships share the same design.See in the glossary
- Finot-Conq 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
- James Harayda · since March 2022Stéphane Le Diraison · November 2015 – March 2022
- 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
- CantingA keel that swings sideways, to windward, to better counter heeling.See in the glossary
- FoilsAn underwater wing that lifts the boat so it drags less in the water and goes faster.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Hull materialWhat the hull is made of: carbon, glass fibre, composite, aluminium, wood or steel.See in the glossary
- CarbonA very stiff and light composite material, the standard of racing boats.See in the glossary
- 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
- 5.94m
- 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
- Mast heightLength of the mast, from its foot to its top.See in the glossary
- 28m
- DisplacementThe mass of the boat ready to sail, equal to the mass of water it displaces.See in the glossary
- 8,500kg
- Upwind sail areaSail area carried when the boat sails towards the wind: mainsail and headsail.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Downwind sail areaSail area carried with the wind on the beam or from behind, with the big headsails.See in the glossary
- Not provided
History
After the loss of the first Hugo Boss in 2006, Britain's Alex Thomson had a new IMOCA drawn by Jean-Marie Finot and Pascal Conq. Built in carbon at Neville Hutton in Lymington with the same hull shape as Yann Elies's Generali, she was launched in 2007. Thomson took third in the 2007 Fastnet Race and second in the Barcelona World Race with Andrew Cape.
In 2008 the boat was hit by a trawler while at anchor off Les Sables-d'Olonne, causing a dismasting and repairs. Four days into the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe Thomson retired because of hull delamination. He also retired from the 2009 Transat Jacques-Vabre after hitting a floating object. From 2010 Thomson sailed other boats named Hugo Boss and sold this one to Poland's Zbigniew Gutkowski before the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe.
Racing as Energa, Gutkowski retired from the 2012 Vendée Globe, then set a Las Palmas-Guadeloupe record and finished seventh in the 2013 Transat Jacques-Vabre. Without a sponsor he withdrew from the 2014-2015 Barcelona World Race.
In November 2015 Stéphane Le Diraison bought the boat, which became Compagnie du Lit-Boulogne-Billancourt. He retired from the 2016 Vendée Globe after a dismasting, and the boat was refitted with a new mast. Renamed Time for Oceans in 2018, she finished eighth in the 2018 Route du Rhum. In 2020 she went to Multiplast for new rudders, a new cockpit and foils, then finished 18th in the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe. In March 2022 she was sold to Britain's James Harayda and became Gentoo.
Names and sail numbers
What the boat was called and the numbers it sailed under.
Life timeline
Names, skippers, shipyards and races, in one place.
Name
- Podium
- Finished
- Retired
- Yard work
Detailed timeline
2022
Sale · March 2022
Sold to James Harayda, becomes Gentoo
Renamed
Gentoo
2020
Refit (Foils) · since 2020
MultiplastYard period at Multiplast before the 2020 Vendée Globe: new rudders, new cockpit and foils added.
2018
4 November 2018 · raced as Time for Oceans
Renamed
Time for Oceans
2016
Dismasting · 17 December 2016
Dismasting in the 2016 Vendée Globe
Dismasted 770 miles off the Australian coast, forcing Stéphane Le Diraison to retire.
2015
Sale · November 2015
Bought by Stéphane Le Diraison
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · November 2015 – March 2022
Stéphane Le DiraisonRenamed
Compagnie du Lit-Boulogne-Billancourt
2012
Sale · 2012
Sold to Zbigniew Gutkowski
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 2012 – 2014
Zbigniew GutkowskiRenamed
Energa
2008
Dismasting · 17 October 2008
Hit by a trawler and dismasted
At anchor off Les Sables-d'Olonne, the boat was hit by a trawler, damaging the hull and bringing down the mast.
2007
Launch · 2007
Hugo Boss launched
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 2007 – 2012
Alex ThomsonLaunched as
Hugo Boss
Unknown date
Build · until 2007
Neville Hutton
In figures
Computed from the results in the directory.
- StartsRaces started in finished editions. Non-starters (did not start, withdrawn) are not counted.Computed on 7 Oct 2026.See in the glossary
- 1
- WinsFirst place in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 7 Oct 2026.See in the glossary
- 0
- PodiumsTop three in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 7 Oct 2026.See in the glossary
- 0
- Adjusted finish rateLower bound of the 95 % confidence interval (Wilson) of the finish rate: a boat with 1 finish out of 1 start gets 21 %, not 100 %. Greyed out under 5 starts.Computed on 7 Oct 2026.See in the glossary
- 21%
- raw: 100%
- 1 startSmall sample
- Mean performanceMean of the percentiles of the classified results. Greyed out under 3 classified results.Computed on 7 Oct 2026.See in the glossary
- 50%
- 1 classified resultSmall sample
- LongevityYears from launch to the last start, starts, names carried and skippers.See in the glossary
- 11 years
- 1 starts · 5 names · 1 skippers
Sillage ratingGlicko-2 rating computed per class from every edition: each result counts as duels against the rest of the fleet, one edition weighing one game. Starts at 1,500; provisional while its deviation is above 110.See in the glossary
Per class; the band shows the uncertainty (±2 deviations, about 95 %).
- Sillage ratingGlicko-2 rating computed per class from every edition: each result counts as duels against the rest of the fleet, one edition weighing one game. Starts at 1,500; provisional while its deviation is above 110.Computed on 7 Oct 2026.See in the glossary
- 1,545
- ± 580
- 1 edition ratedProvisional
- Best ratingHighest rating once established (deviation up to 110).Computed on 7 Oct 2026.See in the glossary
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Race record
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