35 m motor trimaran designed by Nigel Irens, launched in 1998 for a record round-the-world voyage, later a Sea Shepherd ship (Gojira, Brigitte Bardot) and since 2021 Merida.
Matthieu Perraut, skipper of the Ocean Fifty Elvest, which capsized on Tuesday at 21:05 UTC some 400 miles north of the Azores, was picked up at 6:15 UTC on Wednesday by the Merida, an Oceanic Assistance vessel. According to the Elvest team, he is well. The Merida is to land him and the boat in the Azores.
