Particulars

Beam: 5.8 m
LOA: 18.28 m
LWL: unknown
Draft: 4.5 m
Displacement: 8.5 tonnes
Mast Height: 27 m
Upwind S.A.: 270 m²
Downwind S.A.: 468 m²

Akena Verandas 2

Akena Verandas 2

Previously known as: Sobedo savourons la vie, VMI, Brit Air, Solune 2,

Year Built: 1998
Designer: Finot
Builder: Kirié

Other Information

Construction: Carbon Nomex Sandwich
Daggerboard: Single
Steering: Twin tillers
Rudders: Twin
Bowsprit: Unknown length
Keel: Fixed with a carbon fin
Water Ballast: unknown
Mast: unknown
Sails: unknown

Race Results

Race Edition Position Boat Skipper Time
Vendée Globe 2004-2005 5 VMI Sébastien Josse 93 days, 0 hours, 2 minutes and 10 seconds
Vendée Globe 2000-2001 6 Sodébo Thomas Coville 105 days, 7 hours, 24 minutes
Route du Rhum 2002 DNF VMI Sébastien Josse
Route du Rhum 2006 4 Brit Air Armel Le Cléac'h 13 days, 3 hours, 57 minutes and 17 seconds
Vendée Globe 2008-2009 7 Akena Vérandas Arnaud Boissières 105 days, 2 hours, 33 minutes and 50 seconds
Transat Jacques Vabre 1999 1 Sodébo, Savourons la vie T. Coville & H. Jan 19 days, 17 hours and 31 minutes
Transat Jacques Vabre 2003 5 VMI S. Josse & I. Autissier 18 days, 17 hours, 12 minutes and 42 seconds
Transat Jacques Vabre 2009 7 Akena Verandas Arnaud Boissières & Vincent Riou 19 days, 1 hour, 20 minutes and 12 seconds