Oliver Heer Ocean Racing
60-foot IMOCA monohull designed by Farr Yacht Design and built by Southern Ocean Marine (New Zealand), launched in 2007 for Loïck Peyron's Gitana Team. A sister-ship of Paprec-Virbac 2, it later raced under many names (1876, Renault ZE, SynerCiel, GAES, Newrest-Matmut, Pure-Best Western, Oliver Heer Ocean Racing) and took part in several Vendée Globes.
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
- Southern Ocean Marine
- Designer(s)The designer of the boat: hull shape, appendages, structure, sail plan.See in the glossary
- Farr Yacht Design
- DesignThe drawing a boat is built from; sister-ships share the same design.See in the glossary
- Farr Yacht Design IMOCA 2007
- GenerationBuild period: boats of the same generation often share the same technical choices.See in the glossary
- Before 2012
- 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
- Gitana Team · 2007 – February 2009
- 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
- SUI 49
- FlagThe country the boat is registered in.See in the glossary
- Switzerland
- 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
- Fixed mastA mast that does not turn, held by shrouds and stays: the most common rig.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
- 5.8m
- 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
- Mast heightLength of the mast, from its foot to its top.See in the glossary
- 28.5m
- DisplacementThe mass of the boat ready to sail, equal to the mass of water it displaces.See in the glossary
- 8,700kg
- Upwind sail areaSail area carried when the boat sails towards the wind: mainsail and headsail.See in the glossary
- 270m²
- Downwind sail areaSail area carried with the wind on the beam or from behind, with the big headsails.See in the glossary
- 560m²
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
2021
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · since 2021
Oliver HeerRenamed
Oliver Heer Ocean Racing
2020
Renamed
Pure-Best Western
2019
Renamed
Pure
2018
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 2018 – 2021
Romain AttanasioRenamed
Pure-Famille Mary
2015
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 2015 – 2018
Fabrice AmedeoRenamed
Newrest-Matmut
2013
Co-skipperThe second sailor of a pair, sharing the running of the boat with the skipper.See in the glossary · 2013 – 2015
Anna CorbellaCo-skipperThe second sailor of a pair, sharing the running of the boat with the skipper.See in the glossary · 2013 – 2015
Gerard MarínRenamed
Gaes
2012
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · February 2012 – 2013
Jean Le CamRenamed
SynerCiel
2010
Renamed
W Hotels
Renamed
Renault ZE
2009
Sale · February 2009
Sold to Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona
Renamed
1876
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 2009 – 2011
Pachi Rivero
2008
Dismasting · 10 December 2008
Dismasting in the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe
Loïck Peyron is dismasted while in third place, 15.8 miles behind the leader.
2007
Launch · July 2007
Launch
Delivery and launch of Gitana Team's IMOCA 60.
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · July 2007 – February 2009
Loïck PeyronLaunched as
Gitana Eighty
Unknown date
Build · until 2007
Southern Ocean MarineBuilt in the moulds of Paprec-Virbac 2 at Tauranga, New Zealand.
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5 sources · updated 5 Oct 2026