Team 4CAD-La Mie câline
Benjamin Dutreux
Arnaud BoissièresFoiling IMOCA 60 monohull designed by Verdier-VPLP, built by Green Marine and launched in 2015 for Alex Thomson as Hugo Boss.
Identity card
- LaunchedThe moment a new boat touches the water for the first time.See in the glossary
- 2015
- ShipyardThe company that builds the boat, or carries out major work on it.See in the glossary
- Green Marine
- Designer(s)The designer of the boat: hull shape, appendages, structure, sail plan.See in the glossary
- Guillaume Verdier,VPLP Design
- DesignThe drawing a boat is built from; sister-ships share the same design.See in the glossary
- Guillaume Verdier IMOCA 2015
- GenerationBuild period: boats of the same generation often share the same technical choices.See in the glossary
- 2012 – 2018
- 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
- Benjamin Dutreux · since 2021
- 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
- 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
- BowThe front of the hull, which cuts a way through the water and the waves.See in the glossary
- ScowA very wide, rounded bow, shaped like a spoon, that rides over the waves.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
- 5.5m
- 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
- 29m
- Mast heightLength of the mast, from its foot to its top.See in the glossary
- 27.5m
- DisplacementThe mass of the boat ready to sail, equal to the mass of water it displaces.See in the glossary
- 7,800kg
- Upwind sail areaSail area carried when the boat sails towards the wind: mainsail and headsail.See in the glossary
- 340m²
- Downwind sail areaSail area carried with the wind on the beam or from behind, with the big headsails.See in the glossary
- 570m²
History
The sixth boat to carry the Hugo Boss name, this IMOCA monohull was drawn by Guillaume Verdier and VPLP, like the other boats of the 2015 generation, the first IMOCAs fitted with foils. She was built by Green Marine in Hythe (Hampshire) and launched on 8 September 2015 for Alex Thomson.
Her first race, the 2015 Transat Jacques-Vabre with Guillermo Altadill, ended early: structural problems appeared, then a breaking wave knocked her down and she was dismasted at the end of October; both sailors were airlifted off on 1 November. After a third place in the 2016 New York-Vendée transatlantic, Thomson finished second in the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe despite losing the starboard foil to a collision with a floating object, and set a solo 24-hour distance record (536.81 miles) ratified by the WSSRC. In 2018 the boat also took the crewed 24-hour record for 60-footers (539.71 miles), then dominated the Route du Rhum before a 24-hour penalty for using her engine dropped her to third.
Bought in 2019 by the American team of Charlie Enright and Mark Towill, she became 11th Hour Racing: fourth in the 2019 Transat Jacques-Vabre and second IMOCA in The Ocean Race Europe 2021. She was then entrusted to Justine Mettraux and Simon Fisher as 11th Hour Racing-Alaka'i and was dismasted in the 2021 Transat Jacques-Vabre.
Sold to Benjamin Dutreux, she reached Les Sables-d'Olonne in early 2022, received recent foils and a new mast, and was relaunched in April 2022 as Guyot Environnement-Water Family. Entered in The Ocean Race 2022-2023 as a crewed boat with Robert Stanjek, she suffered hull-bottom delamination, a dismasting and a collision with 11th Hour Racing. Rebuilt in Cantabria (new scow bow, rudders and bowsprit, reinforced hull bottom), she finished tenth in the 2024-2025 Vendée Globe. In 2025 Arnaud Boissières took her over and she became Team 4CAD-La Mie câline.
Names and sail numbers
What the boat was called and the numbers it sailed under.
Configurations
The boat's specs over time: a refit or a modification can change them.
8 September 2015 – 2023
Initial configuration
- Keel type
- CantingA keel that swings sideways, to windward, to better counter heeling.See in the glossary
- Hull length
- 18.28 m
- Max beam
- 5.5 m
- Draft
- 4.5 m
- Air draft
- 29 m
- Mast height
- 27.5 m
- Displacement
- 7,800 kg
- Upwind sail area
- 340 m²
- Downwind sail area
- 570 m²
since 2023 · current
After work by Biscay Composites
- Bow
- ScowA very wide, rounded bow, shaped like a spoon, that rides over the waves.See in the glossary
Life timeline
Names, skippers, shipyards and races, in one place.
Name
- Podium
- Finished
- Retired
- Yard work
Detailed timeline
2025
Renamed
Team 4CAD-La Mie câline
Co-skipperThe second sailor of a pair, sharing the running of the boat with the skipper.See in the glossary · since May 2025
Arnaud Boissières
2023
Dismasting · 9 May 2023
Mast broken in The Ocean Race
During leg 4 the mast broke in three; the boat reached Halifax under jury rig.
2022
Renamed
Guyot Environnement-Water Family
2021
Dismasting · 10 November 2021
Dismasting in the 2021 Transat Jacques-Vabre
Dismasted while Mettraux and Fisher were seventh, the boat lost mast, sails and rigging.
Renamed
11th Hour Racing-Alaka'i
Sale · 2021
Sold to Benjamin Dutreux
Sold to Benjamin Dutreux in 2021, the boat is only delivered after the Transat Jacques-Vabre.
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · since 2021
Benjamin DutreuxSkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 2021 – 10 November 2021
Justine Mettraux
2019
Sale · June 2019
Sold to the 11th Hour Racing team
The boat is bought by Charlie Enright and Mark Towill and becomes 11th Hour Racing.
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · June 2019 – June 2021
Charlie EnrightRenamed
11th Hour Racing
2018
4 November 2018 · raced as Hugo Boss
Record · 20 July 2018
Crewed 24-hour distance record for 60-footers
539.71 miles in 24 hours during a New York-Gosport delivery, ratified by the WSSRC.
2017
Record · 16 January 2017
Solo monohull 24-hour distance record
536.81 miles sailed in 24 hours during the Vendée Globe, ratified by the WSSRC.
2015
Dismasting · 31 October 2015
Dismasting in the Transat Jacques-Vabre
Knocked down by a breaking wave, the boat is dismasted and takes on water; Thomson and Altadill are airlifted off on 1 November 2015.
Launch · 8 September 2015
Launch of Hugo Boss
The sixth Hugo Boss is launched for Alex Thomson.
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 8 September 2015 – June 2019
Alex ThomsonLaunched as
Hugo Boss
Unknown date
Build · until 2015
Green MarineModification (Hull) · unknown dates
Biscay CompositesYard period after The Ocean Race 2022-2023: new bowsprit, new rudders, scow-type bow and reinforced hull bottom.
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
- 1
- 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
- 86%
- 1 classified resultSmall sample
- LongevityYears from launch to the last start, starts, names carried and skippers.See in the glossary
- 3 years
- 1 starts · 5 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
- 1,630
- ± 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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