Vulnerable
IMOCA 60 designed by Guillaume Verdier for Thomas Ruyant and launched in 2019; winner of the 2021 Transat Jacques-Vabre and the 2022 Route du Rhum.
Identity card
- LaunchedThe moment a new boat touches the water for the first time.See in the glossary
- 2019
- ShipyardThe company that builds the boat, or carries out major work on it.See in the glossary
- Persico Marine
- Designer(s)The designer of the boat: hull shape, appendages, structure, sail plan.See in the glossary
- Guillaume Verdier
- DesignThe drawing a boat is built from; sister-ships share the same design.See in the glossary
- Guillaume Verdier IMOCA 2019
- GenerationBuild period: boats of the same generation often share the same technical choices.See in the glossary
- 2019 – 2022
- 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
- Advens · Main sponsorA major partner that does not name the boat.See in the glossary · since 2019
- 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
- TR Racing · since 2019
- 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 materialWhat the hull is made of: carbon, glass fibre, composite, aluminium, wood or steel.See in the glossary
- CarbonA very stiff and light composite material, the standard of racing boats.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
- 5.85m
- 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
- 27.3m
- 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
- 320m²
- Downwind sail areaSail area carried with the wind on the beam or from behind, with the big headsails.See in the glossary
- 430m²
History
Christened Nat'Che, this IMOCA monohull was designed by Guillaume Verdier for Thomas Ruyant, who wanted to enter the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe. Verdier built on a crewed-race project for The Ocean Race, keeping most of the hull shape and adapting the deck for solo sailing. TR Racing, Ruyant's team, started the build in early 2018, and construction took place largely at Persico Marine in Italy. The boat was launched in Lorient in 2019.
Racing as Advens for Cybersecurity, she took part in the Défi Azimut and the 2019 Transat Jacques-Vabre with Antoine Koch, finishing 5th after a technical stop and a two-hour penalty. In spring 2020 the sponsor Advens gave the boat's name to Linked Out, a digital network for people in precarious situations, and the boat became LinkedOut after a winter refit; new fence-less foils followed in the summer.
LinkedOut finished 3rd in the 2020 Vendée-Arctique, then 6th in the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe in 80 days 15 h 22 min, despite a cracked port foil and a broken bowsprit close to the finish. With Morgan Lagravière, Thomas Ruyant won the 2021 Transat Jacques-Vabre, then took the 2022 Route du Rhum solo.
In 2023 the team expanded to a second IMOCA and Sam Goodchild became skipper of the boat, renamed For The Planet; he finished 3rd of the 2023 Transat Jacques-Vabre with Antoine Koch. Since April 2024 the boat has been called Vulnerable. She was dismasted in June 2024 during the New York-Vendée, and Sam Goodchild later took her to 9th place in the 2024-2025 Vendée Globe.
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
2024
Dismasting · 6 June 2024
Dismasting in the New York-Vendée
Running 4th, the boat was dismasted 150 miles south-east of Santa Maria (Azores) and reached São Miguel under jury rig.
Renamed
Vulnerable
2023
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · since 2023
Sam GoodchildRenamed
For The Planet
2022
9 November 2022 · raced as LinkedOut
2020
Renamed
LinkedOut
2019
Launch · 2019
Launch in Lorient
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 2019 – 2022
Thomas RuyantLaunched as
aDvens For Cybersecurity
Unknown date
In figures
Computed from the results in the directory.
- StartsRaces started in finished editions. Non-starters (did not start, withdrawn) are not counted.See in the glossary
- 1
- WinsFirst place in the division: same edition, same class.See in the glossary
- 1
- PodiumsTop three in the division: same edition, same class.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.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.See in the glossary
- 100%
- 1 classified resultSmall sample
Computed on 6 Oct 2026.
- LongevityYears from launch to the last start, starts, names carried and skippers.See in the glossary
- 3 years
- 1 starts · 4 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.See in the glossary
- 1,662
- ± 581
- 1 edition ratedProvisional
- Best ratingHighest rating once established (deviation up to 110).See in the glossary
- —
Computed on 6 Oct 2026.
Race record
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4 sources · updated 6 Oct 2026