Guillaume Verdier-designed IMOCA built by CDK Technologies and launched in Lorient in August 2019 for Charlie Dalin. Winner of the 2019 Transat Jacques Vabre and first across the line in the 2020-21 Vendée Globe (ranked 2nd), she later became Banque Populaire XII, then Clarisse Crémer's L'Occitane en Provence (11th in the 2024-25 Vendée Globe).
Identity card
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- LaunchedThe moment a new boat touches the water for the first time.See in the glossary
- 2019
- ShipyardThe company that builds the boat, or carries out major work on it.See in the glossary
- CDK Technologies
- Designer(s)The designer of the boat: hull shape, appendages, structure, sail plan.See in the glossary
- Guillaume Verdier
- DesignThe drawing a boat is built from; sister-ships share the same design.See in the glossary
- Guillaume Verdier IMOCA 2019
- GenerationBuild period: boats of the same generation often share the same technical choices.See in the glossary
- 2019 – 2022
- 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
- FRA 15
- FlagThe country the boat is registered in.See in the glossary
- France
- 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
- RigThe mast, its boom and all the wires and lines that hold them and control the sails.See in the glossary
- Rotating mastA mast that turns on itself to line up with the sail, for a cleaner airflow.See in the glossary
- 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
- 5.85m
- 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
- Not provided
- 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
- 540m²
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
Skipper
- Podium
- Finished
- Retired
- Yard work
Detailed timeline
Unknown date
Build · until 2019
CDK TechnologiesBuilt by CDK Technologies (about eighteen months of work), launched in Lorient on 5 August 2019.
2019
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 2019 – 2023
Charlie DalinLaunched as
Apivia
Launch · 5 August 2019
Apivia launched in Lorient
2022
Renamed
Banque Populaire XII
Sale · December 2022
Boat handed over to BPCE group (Banque Populaire)
Sold to BPCE group for its Banque Populaire brand, handed over after the 2022 Route du Rhum and renamed Banque Populaire XII.
2023
Renamed
L'Occitane en Provence
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · since March 2023
Clarisse CrémerSale · March 2023
Sold to Alex Thomson, leased to Clarisse Crémer
Bought by Alex Thomson, who leases it to Clarisse Crémer; the boat takes the L'Occitane en Provence colours.
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