Groupama 4 (also Giacomo and Wizard) is a Volvo Open 70 yacht designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian. She won the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Franck Cammas.[1]

Career

Groupama 4

Groupama 4 was launched on 14 May 2011.[2]

Giacomo

Renamed to Giacomo, it won the 2016 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. It has since been sold to David and Peter Askew and renamed Wizard.[3] In 2019, the American Volvo 70 Wizard won RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy, scoring the best corrected time under IRC. Wizard put in a near faultless performance to complete the 600 mile non-stop race in 43 hours 38 minutes and 44 seconds.

Wizard

Wizard is also the overall IRC winner of the 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race.[4]

References

  1. ^ Volvo Ocean Race. "History - 40 years of life at the extreme". Volvo Ocean Race.
  2. ^ "Franck Cammas #TousPourLaCoupe". www.cammas-groupama.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-26. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  3. ^ "Sydney Hobart Entries Finalized". 30 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Sailing Results".
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupama_4
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