Justine MettrauxFoiling 60-foot IMOCA designed by VPLP and launched in 2018 for Jérémie Beyou under the Charal colours; sold in 2022, it became TeamWork and then TeamWork - Team Snef.
Identity card
- LaunchedThe moment a new boat touches the water for the first time.See in the glossary
- 2018
- ShipyardThe company that builds the boat, or carries out major work on it.See in the glossary
- CDK Technologies
- Designer(s)The designer of the boat: hull shape, appendages, structure, sail plan.See in the glossary
- VPLP Design
- DesignThe drawing a boat is built from; sister-ships share the same design.See in the glossary
- VPLP Design IMOCA 2018
- 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
- Charal · Title sponsorThe company that gives its name to the boat or team.See in the glossary · since 2018TeamWork · Title sponsorThe company that gives its name to the boat or team.See in the glossary · since 2022Groupe SNEF · Title sponsorThe company that gives its name to the boat or team.See in the glossary · since 2024
- 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
- Not provided
- DraftHow deep the boat sits: from the waterline to the lowest point of the keel.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- 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
- 500m²
History
Charal is a 60-foot IMOCA monohull drawn by the VPLP design office and built by CDK Technologies. Launched on 21 August 2018, it was presented as the first boat of the foil-focused generation aimed at the 2020 Vendée Globe. It carried the colours of the Charal company and was sailed by Jérémie Beyou.
Its first race, the 2018 Route du Rhum, ended in a retirement after a failure of the onboard power supply. The boat went into the yard in late 2018 for a thorough check and optimisations, then received new foils during the winter stop at the end of 2019. Sailing double-handed with Christopher Pratt, Beyou won the IMOCA class of the 2019 Fastnet Race and finished third in the 2019 Transat Jacques Vabre; solo, he won the 2020 Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables-d'Olonne.
In the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe Beyou had to turn back to Les Sables-d'Olonne after hitting a floating object, restarted more than nine days after the start and finished thirteenth. In 2021 the Beyou-Pratt pair took third in the Transat Jacques-Vabre. In early 2022 the boat still raced the Bermudes 1000 Race and the Vendée-Arctique (second in both) while waiting for Charal 2, launched on 11 July 2022.
Bought in 2022 by Justine Mettraux together with the Swiss company TeamWork, the boat was renamed TeamWork and relaunched in its new colours on 29 July 2022. In 2024 Groupe SNEF joined the partnership and the boat became TeamWork - Team Snef. Justine Mettraux finished eighth in the 2024-2025 Vendée Globe in 76 days 1 h 36 min 52 s, a women's record for the race.
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.
- Podium
- Finished
- Retired
- Yard work
Detailed timeline
2024
Renamed
TeamWork - Team Snef
2022
Renamed
TeamWork
Sale · 2022
Sold to Justine Mettraux and TeamWork
Bought in 2022, the boat was renamed TeamWork (relaunched on 29 July 2022).
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · since 2022
Justine Mettraux
2018
Launch · 21 August 2018
Charal launched
Launch of the VPLP-designed IMOCA built by CDK Technologies for Jérémie Beyou.
Launched as
Charal
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 2018 – July 2022
Jérémie Beyou
Unknown date
Build · until 2018
CDK TechnologiesConstruction of the IMOCA Charal by CDK Technologies, launched on 21 August 2018.
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