Dominique Wavre Mirabaud

DOMINIQUE WAVRE
Objective Vendée Globe 2012
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© Thierry Martinez/Mirabaud
Contents
The Vendée Globe: a race of extremes!
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Our Vendée Globe
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The sailor : Dominique Wavre
p.8
The Yacht Mirabaud
p.10
Optimised for the 2012 Vendée Globe
p.12
Global horizons
p.14
The Vendée Globe: A mythical event
p.15
The trilogy
p.18
Portfolio
p.20
Mirabaud and sailing
p.24
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“ The Vendée Globe :
a race of extremes ! ”
“ The 2012 Vendée Globe starts on Saturday 10 November in the Sables
d’Olonne and my every waking hour this year will be dedicated to preparing for that moment.
It is difficult to talk about the Vendée Globe without using superlatives
because this race breaks all the records. It is the longest, the toughest, the
most intense, the loneliest…and the best! The Vendée Globe attracts and
inspires me, but I also aspire to it. The fact that you are completely alone
against the elements for three months makes you grow as a person and
forces you far beyond your limits. The human challenge motivates me as
much as the competition and that is what I love about this race.
The Vendee Globe is
the longest, toughest and
most intense race in the
world. It is also the greatest!
This is my fourth Vendée Globe, but no less of a challenge. Competing
in this event will always be an achievement, as you have to prepare on so
many different levels: physical, technical and mental.
The race also shines a light on the possibility of a cleaner future: we are
all completely self-sufficient out there, we use sails for propulsion, windand hydro-generators for power, and we are forced to take stock of our
planet and realise the need to protect our oceans.“
Offshore racing has been at the core of my existence for decades and the
Vendée Globe is the Everest that comes around every four years. I know
Mirabaud inside out, she is a very reliable boat and I am delighted to be
on the cusp of my ninth round the world race. I feel more motivated than
ever!”
© V.Curutchet/DPPI
© Thierry Martinez / Mirabaud
Dominique Wavre
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© Thierry Martinez /Mirabaud
“ Our Vendée Globe ”
Personally, one of my favourites is racing the Bol d’Or Mirabaud on a Surprise. That is “my” Vendée Globe.
When Dominique Wavre approached us three years ago
with a proposal to fly the Mirabaud colours at the Vendée
Globe, we wasted no time in launching a feasibility study. We
understand people who want to take on a challenge, who
believe in themselves and their ability, and who work hard to
be the best at what they do.
We all do this to some extent, but the project that Dominique
was proposing to share with us was incredibly ambitious, I
truly believe that the Vendée Globe is the most demanding
sporting competition in the world.
We will never compete at this level, we are content with our
own personal challenges, but we have a unique opportunity
to share Dominique’s round the world experience and we
will do so with passion and enthusiasm from ashore. This is
a three-month adventure that we are proud to be part of! ”
Antonio Palma
Partner and CEO of Mirabaud
© Thierry Martinez / Mirabaud
“ We all enjoy having a personal challenge and depending on
what we aspire to and our level of skill we tend to opt for a
challenge that someone we admire has already accomplished.
It could be cycling a famous mountain pass, mastering an
opera by Wagner or skiing down a black run; personal challenges come in many different forms.
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A year later, Dominique teamed up with Michèle Paret for the
double-handed Barcelona World Race and finished third overall. Off the back of this, he turned his sights on a third Vendée Globe, hoping to at last win a place on the podium, but
disaster struck when the keel failed off the Kerguelen Islands.
The 2012 edition of the Vendée Globe is now Dominique’s
primary focus. It will be his tenth round the world race and
something of a record.
© Vincent Crutchet/DPPI
Dominique and Michèle teamed up again in 2010 for the Barcelona World Race onboard the newly christened Mirabaud
and crossed the start line on the 31 December hoping to better their third place. They had a very good race, overcame a
number of challenges along the way and were in the hunt for
a place on the podium when their mast broke just off Argentina putting an end to their event.
Dominique’s next race was the 2011 Transat Jacques Vabre,
again with Michèle Paret, and the pair finished eighth out of
13 competitors after 17 days and 19 hours at sea. The event
was a good test for the new mast and Dominique was able to
assess some of his recent technical decisions.
The sailor : Dominique Wavre
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www.youtube.com/dominiquewavre
Dominique Wavre is the most decorated Swiss offshore sailor in history; this Vendée
Globe will be his tenth round the world race.
In 1981 he gave in to his offshore calling and set off on his
first round the world race onboard Disque d’Or 3 with Pierre
Felhman. This event marked the beginning of a long and illustrious career. Yacht racing became Dominique’s sole focus as
he accumulated victories on board the Surprise, shined at the
Olympic series and became the French America’s Cup team
coach before turning to solo sailing and the Figaro circuit.
There are very few competitions that Dominique Wavre hasn’t
raced and with 400,000 nautical miles in his wake he ranks
amongst some of the most experienced ocean sailors in the
world across all three disciplines: crewed, single- and doublehanded.
If he had to choose, Dominique would always favour singlehanded sailing. The discipline has held a special place in his
memory ever since he finished in second place at his second
Solitaire du Figaro.
At the end of the 90s, he decided to try his hand at the IMOCA
Open 60 circuit and built a boat for the 2000 Vendée Globe.
He finished fifth overall and became the first person in Switzerland to sail around the world single-handed without stopping!
Dominique stood out as a strong contender in the Class and
raced all the major events. One of his best results was a second
place in the 2004 Transat.
In February 2005 he finished his second Vendée Globe in
fourth place and just four months later started to build a new
IMOCA 60. It was launched in Tauranga, New Zealand, in June
2006 and is now known as Mirabaud.
I love single-handed
sailing in particular.
© Jean-Guy Python / Mirabaud
Dominique was born in Geneva, his father was an engineer
and his mother was a Swiss tennis champion. He started sailing on Lake Geneva at 13 years old and plunged into the sport
with an enthusiasm that hasn’t waned since. He sailed regularly during his high school years and soon after gave up his
job as an art teacher to dedicate his life to the sport.
Extract from the charts / Dominique Wavre Fully-crewed round the
world race
UBS SWITZERLAND
1981 / 82
Fully-crewed round
the world race
DISQUE D’OR
1986
Solitaire du Figaro,
2nd place - Les Copains
1989 / 90
Fully-crewed round
the world race
MERIT
1990
AG2R doublehanded Transat,
2nd place
Carrefour Prévention
2nd place - INTRUM JUSTITIA,
Fully-crewed round the world race
1991 / 92
Coach – America’s Cup DEFI FRANÇAIS
1993 / 94
1997
Solitaire du Figaro, 2nd place
Carrefour Prévention
1998
2000
World record for distance
covered in 24 hours singlehanded in a monohull
(430.7 miles) UBP
2000 / 01
Route du Rhum, 4th place
Temenos II
Transat, 2nd place
Temenos
Vendée Globe, 5th place
UBP
2003
Transat Jacques
Vabre, 7th place
Temenos I
2004
2005
Transat Jacques Vabre, 4th place
Temenos
Vendée Globe, 4th place
Ecover
2006
2008
Vendée Globe (withdrew
off the coast of Kerguelen)
Temenos II
2009
Barcelona World Race, 3rd place
Temenos II
Transat Jacques
Vabre, 8th place
Mirabaud
2011
Barcelona World Race
(Dismas off)
Mirabaud
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© Benoît Stichelbaut / Mirabaud
The Yacht Mirabaud
The Open 60 Mirabaud, designed by Owen Clarke in consultation with Dominique Wavre, has
raced 100,000 nautical miles with Dominique at the helm. He knows his boat intimately…
Mirabaud was built at Southern Ocean Marine in New Zealand
to plans by Owen Clarke and launched in June 2006. Designed
to the IMOCA rule, the yacht is the result of a close collaboration between the naval architect and the sailor. The focus
was on weight, performance, power and reliability and the
layout, both inside and out, was very carefully planned for
single-handed sailing.
The new mast, commissioned in Spring 2011 and built in New
Zealand, is lighter, stiffer and has a better profile than the original spar; it will contribute to the overall performance.
The deck layout has been further improved this year and the
wheel replaced with a tiller.
Five watertight bulkheads divide the boat into six compartments to ensure buoyancy in case of a collision and the carbon
Nomex sandwich construction also contributes to floatability.
The yacht was christened in 2010 by the Spanish singer Ainhoa Arteta shortly before the start of the Barcelona World
Race. It was also optimised and improvements included: greater stability and more stiffness for less weight.
For information: www.imoca.org
Technical description
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Design: OWEN CLARKE DESIGN
Shipyard: Southern Ocean Marine (NZ)
Launch: June 2006
Port of registry: La Rochelle (France)
LOA: 18.28m
Beam: 5.50m
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Draught: 4.50m
Mast height: 28m
Displacement: 8.5 tonnes
Canting keel
Twin rudders
Sail N°: SUI 9
• Engine: 40cv
• Sail area downwind: 600m²
• Sail area upwind: 330m²
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Optimised for the 2012
Vendée Globe
In 2012, after the Barcelona World Race and the Transat Jacques Vabre double-handed events,
Mirabaud was refitted and prepared for the single-handed Vendée Globe. Dominique gives some
insight into some of the choices made:
Dominique Wavre : “ The main objective was to improve the
ergonomics of the boat and to adapt the deck layout to singlehanded sailing. We have added a spray dodger so that I am
slightly more protected from the elements and have replaced
the wheel with a tiller. ”
What is the key to a successful Vendée Globe?
Dominique Wavre : “ You have to have a good platform, to be
at peak fitness and to make the right tactical decisions, but in
reality, a lot of the work is done beforehand. Planning is key to
a successful race; it is said that the Vendée Globe can be won
or lost before it has even started. ”
Will the performance be improved?
Dominique Wavre : “ The boat is at its maximum potential, so
we are focussing more on the sails for performance. We are
allowed 10 in total for the Vendée Globe and it’ll be all about
selecting the right ones! ”
OCD162 COACHROOF G P2
Planning is key to a
successful Vendee Globe.
It is often said that this
race is won or lost
before it has begun.
The new mast “V4 S2” arrived in autumn 2011 from Southern Spars in Auckland, New Zealand. It was built using a female mould and was
then ‘cooked’ in an autoclave under pressure and at 120 degrees.
The build process was made easier for Dominique as he had a man on the inside at Southern Spars, so once he had chosen between six different rig models, he was able to leave the project in the capable hands of his ex-crewmate from UBS Switzerland. “We did two laps of the
planet together on UBS Switzerland and are very close. It was a pleasure to have been able to entrust him with managing the project. It meant
that we could get a good night sleep throughout the construction!” said Dominique.
© Thierry Martinez / Mirabaud
An innovative mast
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Global horizons
The Barcelona World Race is a round the world yacht race without stops. The start is in
Barcelona and competitors must leave the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin and Cape
Horn to port.
The Transat Jacques Vabre starts in Le Havre, France, and retraces the coffee trade route
across the Atlantic Ocean. The 2011 edition finished in Puerto Limon, a small town in Costa
Rica.
© Jacques Vapillon / Vendée Globe
Dominique Wavre and Michèle Paret teamed up for the double-handed Barcelona World
Race from December 2010-March 2011 and then again for the Transat Jacques Vabre
from November-December 2011. The 10th November 2012, Dominique will take on the
Everest of round the world races: the Vendée Globe, alone.
The Vendée Globe course is similar to that of the Barcelona World Race; it starts and
finishes in Sables d’Olonne in Vendée, France, and is a race around the world without stops
or outside assistance.
The first edition of the Vendée Globe, created by Philippe
Jeantot, was in 1989 and it very quickly became known as a
race of extremes and the ultimate offshore sailing challenge.
The course and the concept say it all: a single-handed round
the world race, without stops and without outside assistance.
It is the longest sporting competition in the world and is without doubt one of the most challenging.
December 2010 - March 2011
Start on 30th October 2011
Le Havre
Les Sables d'Olonnes
Starts in November 2012
ATLANTIC OCEAN
The Vendée Globe,
A mythical event
Barcelona
1989-1990 results
1 - Titouan Lamazou (FRA, Ecureuil d’Aquitaine II):
109d 8h, 48’ 50’’
2 - Loïck Peyron (FRA, Lada Poch): 110d 1h 18’ 6’’
3 - Jean Luc Van Den Heede (FRA, 36.15MET): 112d 1h 14’
The six previous editions, spanning the last 23 years, are synonymous with some mythical moments in offshore sailing. The
2012 Vendée Globe, which starts on the 10 November, will be
Dominique’s fourth event.
Strait of
Gibraltar
Puerto Limon
PACIFIC OCEAN
Cape of
good hope
Cape Horn
Cook Strait
Titouan Lamazou won the inaugural Vendée Globe after an
epic 24,000 nautical mile race in 109 days. As he raced back
up the Atlantic Ocean, obsessed with victory, the poet and
writer cast spare sails and parts overboard to make the boat
lighter! Loïck Peyron finished 30 hours later in second place
after an outstanding race, which included rescuing Philippe
Poupon, and Jean Luc Van Den Heede won the admiration
of his peers, finishing third. Two months later, Jean-Francois
Coste brought up the rear on Cacharel better known as Eric
Taberly’s Pen Duick III.
© Jacques Vapillon
1989 - 1990 INDIAN OCEAN
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1996-1997 results
DR
At the start in November 2000 in the Sables d’Olonne, the
tragedies of the last race were fresh in everyone’s mind. Naval
architects and competitors had worked together to create a
more stable, safer boat that could weather the worst sea states
in the world – it was clear that what had begun as an adventure had taken on global dimensions. This was Dominique
Wavre’s first Vendée Globe, but it was Michel Desjoyeaux who
smashed Christophe Auguin’s record and finished first after 93
days, 3 hours and 57 minutes. Ellen MacArthur sailed into the
history books when she finished in second place and Dominique became the first Swiss sailor to sail around the world
alone, without stops. He finished in fifth place. Yves Parlier
had quite an adventure: after dismasting, he weighed anchor
south of New Zealand and lived off shellfish while he fixed the
mast with what he had onboard!
4 - Dominique Wavre (SUI, Temenos): 92d 17h 13’
2008-2009 results
1 - Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA, Foncia): 84d 3h 9’
2 - Armel Le Cléac’h (FRA, Brit Air): 89d 9h 35’
3 - Marc Guillemot (FRA, Safran): 95d 3h 19’
/ Vincent Riou (FRA, PRB), on redress
2000-2001 results
DR
1 - Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA, PRB): 93d 3h 57’ 32’’
2 - Ellen MacArthur (GBR, Kingfisher): 94d 4h 25’ 40’’
3 - Roland Jourdain (FRA, Sill Matines La potagère):
96d 1h 2’ 33’’
4 - Marc Thiercelin (FRA, Active Wear): 102d 20h 37’ 49’’
5 - Dominique Wavre (SUI, Union Bancaire Privée):
105d 2h 45’ 12’’
DR
This Vendée Globe took on epic proportions. Christophe Auguin, the winner, declared that: “No one ever returns from a
Vendée unscathed or unchanged.” He also admitted that: “it
would take months to adapt to a normal life ashore.”
Fifteen competitors – plus the ‘pirate’ Raphael Dinelli who
qualified too late – crossed the start line, but only six finished
the race. Catherine Chabaud was amongst the six, and after
140 days at sea she was the first woman ever to finish.
Christophe Auguin led the fleet into the Indian Ocean ahead
of Isabelle Autissier, who had to reroute to fix her rudder. Yves
Parlier broke his forestay and then hit a growler and in turn
broke his rudder.
In the Southern Ocean, raging winds pounded the fleet: Raphael Dinelli capsized and was rescued in extremis by Britain’s
Pete Goss. A few hours later, Thierry Dubois and then Tony
Bullimore also capsized and were both miraculously saved by
the Australian search and rescue service. Gerry Roufs from Canada stopped responding and his wrecked boat was recovered
months later off the Chilean coast.
2004-2005 results
1 - Vincent Riou (FRA, PRB): 87d 10h 47’
2 - Jean Le Cam (FRA, Bonduelle): 87d 17h 20’
3 - Mike Golding (GBR, Ecover 2): 88d 15h 15’
2000 - 2001 © Morris Adant / Aleph Equipe de France
1996 - 1997 With a fifth place in 2001, a fourth in 2005, and a new boat
built in New Zealand, Dominique Wavre was a favourite for
this Vendée Globe, but as is often the case there were a number of incidents at the start and several competitors turned
back to the Sables d’Olonne for repairs. Dominique, Michel
Desjoyeaux and Bernard Stamm were amongst them. Desjoyeaux restarted 41 hours later and put the hammer down to
retake the lead. Dominique climbed back up the fleet and was
amongst the frontrunners when disaster struck and the boat
suffered irreparable damage to the keel (a frequent problem
in those days). The keel head had broken putting the integrity
of the boat at risk and so he limped in to the Kerguelen Islands
and managed to save it. Sadly the same could not be said for
Stamm who was already there and without his boat.
This edition will be remembered for its spectacular rescues:
Jean Le Cam was saved after capsizing off Cape Horn, and
Yann Elies was rescued in the Indian Ocean after breaking his
leg. Desjoyeaux meanwhile charged home five days ahead of
Armel Le Cléac’h to beat the record after 84 days at sea.
The Vendée Globe is no longer just about having a long-term
strategy, the single-handed sailors push themselves and their
yachts to the limit and the goal is to lead off the start line
and hold on to any advantage gained. Winner Vincent Riou
illustrated this fact when he finished just seven hours ahead
of Jean Le Cam after 87 days at sea! Riou managed to shave
another six days off the record after 26,714 nautical miles at
an average speed of 12.73 knots. Britain’s Mike Golding limped across the finish line without a keel, he had managed to
sail his Open 60 like a dinghy from just off the coast of Spain.
He snatched third place four days ahead of Dominique Wavre
who finished fourth. This remains Dominique’s best Vendée
Globe result so far.
1992-1993 results
1 - Alain Gautier (FRA, Bagages Superior): 110d 2h 22’ 35’’
2 - Jean Luc Van Den Heede (FRA, Groupe Sofap-Helvim):
116d 15h 1’ 11’’
3 - Philippe Poupon (FRA, Fleury-Michon X): 117d 3h 34’ 24’’
2008 - 2009 2004 - 2005 1 – Christophe Auguin (FRA, Geodis): 105d 20h 31’
2 – Marc Thiercelin (FRA, Crédit Immobilier de France):
113d 8h 26’
3 – Hervé Laurent (FRA, Groupe LG-Traitmat): 114d 16h 43’
Alain Gautier, well known on Lake Geneva, won the second
edition of the Vendée Globe ahead of Jean Luc Van Den
Heede and Philippe Poupon. He was very well prepared and
sailed a perfect race on board his innovative yacht. Unfortunately this tough and violent edition of the Vendée Globe is
best remembered for its drama. Before the start of the race,
Mike Plant, an American, and Nigel Burgess from Britain went
missing, Burgess was later found drowned off Cape Finisterre.
In the South Pacific, Bertrand De Broc, was forced to stitch up
his own tongue with the guidance of fleet doctor Jean-Yves
Chauve. Five out of 14 competitors were forced to retire.
DR
1992 - 1993 17
The trilogy
Dominique Wavre and Michèle Paret started the Barcelona
World Race on the 31 December and were having an excellent
race up until they dismasted off the coast of Argentina 79
days into the event. The Swiss team had sailed 20,000 nautical miles (37,000 kilometres) from the north Atlantic to the
south via the Brazilian coast, around the southern tip of Africa,
past Australia, through the Cook Straits, and down towards
Cape Horn, before their hopes of a place on the podium were
dashed.
Michèle was struck down with anaemia leaving Dominique to
sail the boat single-handed across the Indian Ocean and the
South Pacific, but thankfully she recovered after they rounded
Cape Horn and the pair set about climbing back up the fleet
from sixth place. “It is in times of crisis that people show their
true colours and Dominique and Michèle really rose to the
occasion,” said Antonio Palma, Mirabaud partner and CEO.
“ Mirabaud was 650 nautical miles east of Argentina when
the mast came down. They managed the situation with lucidity and experience and were able to make crucial decisions
in the midst of mayhem, the most important being to cut the
remains of the mast down so that the hull wouldn’t be damaged – all of this played out in rough conditions of course. ”
Transat Jacques Vabre 2011
Dominique Wavre and Michèle Paret finished the 2011 Transat
Jacques Vabre in eighth place after a 17 day, 19 hour and 39
minute Atlantic crossing at an average speed of 12.29 knots.
This event was very important to them after a disappointing
Barcelona World Race and it was their first competition with
the new mast, which was delivered from New Zealand to Europe just six weeks before the start.
Frenchmen Jean-Pierre Dick and Jérémie Beyou won the day
after a challenging race in severe conditions on board Virbac
Paprec 3. Behind them four IMOCAs, four 50ft multihulls and
seven Class 40s suffered major damage and were forced to
abandon the race.
“ Conditions during the first 10 days of the trip were really
tough and super physical, ” said Michèle. “ It was almost impossible to sleep, but although our bodies took a lot of strain
we were able to manage the situation quite well. With the
exception of a couple of sweaty moments we were in control
for the entire race. ”
Michele and I don’t
need to speak to understand one another, whether
at sea or ashore.
Dominique Wavre and Michèle Paret finished eighth overall
and stood out for their constant good humour and their obvious delight to be sailing together again. Most of their fellow
competitors crossed the finish line with relief, but Dominique
and Michèle mourned the end of their adventure.
From a practical standpoint, the Transat Jacques Vabre gave
the pair an opportunity to complete their mast development
ahead of the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe. “ The boat behaved
very well throughout the race, ” said Dominique. “ We sailed
relatively conservatively at the beginning to make sure that the
mast was reliable and once we were confident we gradually
accelerated and gave our rivals a run for their money. ”
© Alexis Courcoux / Mirabaud
Barcelona World Race 2010-11
© Jean-Guy Python / Mirabaud
The partnership between Dominique Wavre and Mirabaud spans a three-year period and includes
the 2010-2011 Barcelona World Race, the 2011 Transat Jacques Vabre and the 2012-2013 Vendée
Globe.
© Jean-Guy Python / Mirabaud
Conditions were particularly bad for the first
10 days of the race, but
we managed whatever was
thrown at us calmly.
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© Rui Valido & João Maria / World Yacht Racing Forum
Mirabaud LX : the hull-less sailboat
EVENTS
The Mirabaud LX is an experimental, one-of-a-kind sailboat,
the brainchild of sailor and engineer Thomas Jundt’s vision and
experience.
Designed to “fly” on its hydrofoils, the Mirabaud LX is the first
vessel capable of navigating without a hull, though a certain
minimum degree of floatation is necessary for “taking off”
and sailing in light winds. Built on a carbon fibre tubular support structure, the LX is an engineer’s dream. Each component
was specifically optimised to reduce its weight to a minimum,
to allow the boat to rise above the water as quickly as possible.
A true gem of technological prowess, the Mirabaud LX won
the Geneva-Rolle-Geneva regatta in the monohull category in
2009, a formidable accomplishment that has earned it international recognition and praise.
Among it’s other projects, Mirabaud supported the ‘Swiss
Sailing Night’ during which Switzerlands most deserving competitive sailors are acknowledged. In addition, the three first
editions of the World Yacht Racing Forum, which gathers ‘the
great and the good’ of sailing, have been supported by Mirabaud through the award for the best sailing photograph of
the year.
Related links : www.mirabaud.com
www.boldormirabaud.com
Mirabaud and sailing
Mirabaud has been involved in yacht racing for many years, notably through its sponsorship of
the Bol d’Or Mirabaud and Thomas Jundt’s foiling prototype, the Mirabaud LX.
A unique sponsorship policy
Bol d’Or Mirabaud
By communicating and associating itself with initiatives that
convey an image of professionalism, ethics and performance,
Mirabaud keeps pace with the development and expansion of
its brand, both locally and internationally.
For several years, Mirabaud has pursued an original sponsorship model, one that fosters encounters with exceptional
men and women – be it through painting (via its collection
of works by the Geneva-based painter Pierre-Louis De la Rive,
1753-1817), extreme adventures (Mike Horn), or in the area of
classical music. Mirabaud also supports the following projects
in the world of sailing :
The Bol d’Or Mirabaud, organised by the Société Nautique
de Genève, is the biggest lake regatta in Europe. The annual
event dates back to the 18 July 1939 when 26 competitors
lined up for the first ever 66.5 nautical mile (123 kilometres)
race from Geneva to Le Bouveret and back. Today, the well-established nautical festival takes place on the second weekend
of June and continues to go from strength to strength with up
to 600 boats and 2,500 crewmembers on the start line.
The winner of the Geneva-Le Bouveret-Geneva sprint wins the
Bol d’Or trophy and if the same team wins it three times in five
years, it keeps it. The first monohull home receives the Bol de
Vermeil trophy.
This Swiss event is one of the great classics of the international
racing calendar and attracts champions from all over Europe,
including: Loïck Peyron, Ernesto Bertarelli, Alain Gautier, Russell Coutts, Philippe Durr, Eric Tabarly, Dennis Connor and
many more.
© juergkaufmann.com / Mirabaud
© Carlo Borlenghi / Rolex
In 2013 the Bol d’Or will celebrate its 75th anniversary and to
mark the occasion Mirabaud is to sponsor a book about the
event, the players, and the leaps in technology that the race
has sparked over the years.
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About Mirabaud
Mirabaud & Cie, banquiers privés, was established in Geneva in 1819 and has
transformed itself into an international business with operations on four continents. Mirabaud offers its international clients tailored advice and financial services in its three business lines: private banking (portfolio management, investment advice and services to independent asset managers); asset management
(institutional management, fund management and distribution); and intermediation (brokerage, corporate finance and debt management).
The company currently has around 600 employees and operates in Switzerland
(Geneva, Basel, Zurich), Europe (London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Luxembourg)
and around the world (Montreal, Hong Kong, Dubai, Perth).
© Thierry Martinez / Mirabaud
An independent company enjoying strong growth, Mirabaud has tripled its assets under management in 10 years. In intermediation, it leads the 2011 corporate finance rankings (listings and fundraising) for the London Stock Exchange’s
Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and for the AIM’s 100 largest caps.
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