Pep Costa was born in Barcelona in 1999. He went to study in the United States, is an engineer in physics and mathematics, and became a professional sailor based in Lorient.
He came to prominence in the Mini 6.50, finishing 8th in the 2019 Mini Transat. He then established himself in the Figaro Bénéteau, racing La Solitaire du Figaro three times (as well as 12th in the 2024 Solo Maître CoQ and a win in the 2021 Grand Prix de l'École Navale with team Orlabay), and in Class40.
In Class40 he won the 2023 Rolex Fastnet Race aboard Everial, then sailed the 2024 Transat Niji40 two-handed on Amarris (4th). The same year he joined the routing cell of Tom Laperche's trimaran SVR-Lazartigue during the Arkéa Ultim Challenge-Brest.
He then joined VSF Sports, which backs his Class40 programme for three seasons. With the Class40 VSF Sports he finished 3rd in the 2025 Les Sables Horta, 23rd in the 2025 Transat Café L'Or, then 8th in La Trin 40' and 4th in the Spi Ouest-France in 2026. He starts the 2026 Route du Rhum in Class40, his first Rhum and his seventh transatlantic crossing.
4 sources · updated 9 Nov 2026
VSF SportsWith Kevin Bloch, Pablo Santurde Del Arco, Louis Dubois
VSF SportsWith Gaston Morvan, Tanguy Leglatin, Pablo Santurde Del Arco
VSF SportsWith Clarisse Crémer, Gaston Morvan, Ambrogio Beccaria, Pablo Santurde Del Arco
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