Life timeline

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

Name

199820042010201620222026

Names and sail numbers

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

Names and sail numbers
Name		Period
Cable and Wireless Adventurer		1998 – 2010
Gojira		2010 – 2011
Brigitte Bardot	France	2011 – 2021
Merida	France	since 2021

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

Name

199820042010201620222026

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

Names and sail numbers
Name		Period
Cable and Wireless Adventurer		1998 – 2010
Gojira		2010 – 2011
Brigitte Bardot	France	2011 – 2021
Merida	France	since 2021

Boats

Sail number

Flag

Name

Build

Build of the motor trimaran.

Newest first

2026
5 Nov
Rescue of Matthieu Perraut (Elvest) during the Route du Rhum
Rescue
The Merida, Oceanic Assistance's rescue vessel, picked up skipper Matthieu Perraut at 06:15 UTC after his trimaran Elvest capsized. The skipper, safe and well, was to be landed in the Azores, while the Merida's crew attempted to right Elvest so it could be towed.
2021
Renamed Merida
Name
2011
28 Dec
Event
2011
Renamed Brigitte Bardot
Name
2010
Renamed Gojira
Name
1998
Named Cable and Wireless Adventurer
Name
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Build — VT Group
Shipyard · until 1998

Badly damaged by a rogue wave

While chasing the whaler Nisshin Maru, the boat was towed by the Steve Irwin to Fremantle.

Build of the motor trimaran.