Singchain Team Haikou
60-foot IMOCA monohull from a Finot-Conq design, built by Multiplast in Vannes and launched in 2007 as Brit Air; it has since carried seven names, including La Fabrique (2017-2021).
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
- Multiplast
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Not provided
- FoilsAn underwater wing that lifts the boat so it drags less in the water and goes faster.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- 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
- 5.9m
- 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
- 8,000kg
- Upwind sail areaSail area carried when the boat sails towards the wind: mainsail and headsail.See in the glossary
- 300m²
- Downwind sail areaSail area carried with the wind on the beam or from behind, with the big headsails.See in the glossary
- 600m²
History
This 60-foot IMOCA monohull, drawn by the Finot-Conq group and built by Multiplast in Vannes, was launched in July 2007 as Brit Air, named after the French regional airline. Sailed by Armel Le Cléac'h, it won the 2008 IMOCA world title and finished second in the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe, then second in the 2010 Route du Rhum.
Bertrand de Broc bought it in 2012 and raced it as Votre Nom autour du Monde: ninth in the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe and sixth in the 2013 Transat Jacques-Vabre with Arnaud Boissières. He retired on day two of the 2014 Route du Rhum with an injury. The boat was then chartered to German sailor Jörg Riechers, who, as Renault Captur, took sixth in the 2014-2015 Barcelona World Race with Sébastien Audigane.
Back with Bertrand de Broc in spring 2015, it became MACSF and went through a refit in Lorient. It placed sixth in the 2015 Transat Jacques-Vabre with Marc Guillemot, was dismasted in May 2016 while leading a Channel race, and retired from the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe in November 2016 after hitting a floating object off Portugal, stopping at Fernando de Noronha.
Alan Roura bought it in 2017 and renamed it La Fabrique. After ninth place in the 2017 Transat Jacques-Vabre with Frédéric Denis, the boat was fitted with foils (appendages drawn by Finot-Conq and Michel Kermarec, built by JPS Production, structural changes by Gepeto Composite). Roura took seventh in the 2018 Route du Rhum, set the solo monohull North Atlantic crossing record in July 2019 (7 d 16 h 58 min 26 s from Ambrose to the Lizard) and finished 17th in the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe.
Sold in 2021 to Chinese skipper Jingkun Xu, it became China Dream Haikou (29th in the 2022 Route du Rhum), then Singchain Team Haikou in October 2023, under which Xu raced the 2023 Transat Jacques-Vabre alongside Mike Golding and the 2024 New York-Vendée-Les Sables-d'Olonne.
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
2023
Renamed
Singchain Team Haikou
2021
Sale · 2021
Sold to Jingkun Xu
The boat became China Dream Haikou.
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · since 2021
Jingkun XuRenamed
China Dream Haikou
2019
Record · 19 July 2019
Solo North Atlantic record
Alan Roura sailed Ambrose to Lizard in 7 d 16 h 58 min 26 s, a solo monohull record.
2018
4 November 2018 · raced as La Fabrique
2017
Sale · 2017
Sold to Alan Roura
The boat became La Fabrique.
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 2017 – October 2021
Alan RouraRenamed
La Fabrique
2016
Dismasting · 14 May 2016
MACSF dismasted
Dismasted off Plymouth while leading the Aber Wrac'h Channel race.
2015
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · April 2015 – 2017
Bertrand de BrocRenamed
MACSF
2014
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 2014 – April 2015
Jörg RiechersRenamed
Renault Captur
2012
Sale · 2012
Bought by Bertrand de Broc
Bought for the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe and renamed Votre Nom autour du Monde.
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 2012 – 2014
Bertrand de BrocRenamed
Votre Nom autour du Monde
2007
Launch · July 2007
Launch of Brit Air
Launched in Vannes as Brit Air.
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · July 2007 – 2011
Armel Le Cléac'hLaunched as
Brit Air
Unknown date
Modification (Foils) · unknown dates
Gepeto CompositeStructural modifications to the boat to take the foils, after the 2017 Transat Jacques-Vabre.
Modification (Foils) · unknown dates
JPS ProductionFoil construction (appendages drawn by Finot-Conq and Michel Kermarec) announced after the 2017 Transat Jacques-Vabre.
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
- 57%
- 1 classified resultSmall sample
- LongevityYears from launch to the last start, starts, names carried and skippers.See in the glossary
- 11 years
- 1 starts · 7 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
- 1,562
- ± 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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