IMOCA 60 Hungary

IMOCA 60 Hungary
Development
DesignerNándor Fa 
Year7 April 2014 
Builder(s)Pauger Composites (HUN) 
Racing
Class associationIMOCA 60

The IMOCA 60 class yacht Spirit Of Hungary, HUN 77,[1] was designed by Nándor Fa and Attila Dery-Hu for the former to compete in the Barcelona World Race and Vendée Globe and launched in the 7 April 2014[2] after being built Pauger Composite[3] based in Kápolnásnyék in Hungary.[4][2]

Names and ownership

Spirit of Hungary (2014 - 2017)

  • Skipper: Nándor Fa

Eyesea.BE (2019)

  • Skipper: Denis Van Weynbergh

Laboratoires de Biarritz (2021)

  • Skipper: Denis Van Weynbergh

D’Ieteren Group (2023)[5]

  • Skipper: Denis Van Weynbergh
  • Sail No.: BEL 207

Racing results

Pos Year Race Class Boat Name Skipper Notes Ref
Round the World Races
8 / 29 2017 2016–2017 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Spirit Of Hungary  Nandor Fa (HUN) 93d 22h 52m 09s [6]
7 / 8 2014 Barcelona World Race IMOCA 60 Spirit Of Hungary  Nandor Fa (HUN)
 Conrad Colman (NZL)
Transatlantic Races
19 / 22 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Les Laboratoires de Biarritz
- No Limit 4 Us, BEL 207
Tanguy Le Turquais
Denis Van Weynbergh
24d 06h 12m
DNF 2015 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Spirit Of Hungary  Nandor Fa (HUN)
 Peter Perenyl (HUN)
Other Races
9 / 20 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race IMOCA 60 Eyesea.BE, BEL 207  Lionel REIGNIER (FRA)
+ Crew
2d 20h 12m

References

  1. ^ "Spirit of Hungary Campaign Website". Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ^ a b "IMOCA Class Website Boat Profile". IMOCA Class Association. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ "Pauger - Spirit of Hungary". Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. ^ "Spirit of Hungary IMOCA 60 Archive Page". Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  5. ^ "D'IETEREN GROUP". www.imoca.org. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  6. ^ "News – Nandor Fa (Spirit of Hungary), 8th in the Vendée Globe – Vendée Globe – En". vendeeglobe.org.