IMOCA 60 — PRYSMIAN

VPLP / Verdier  |  Multiplast, 2015 

Hull name: Absolute Dreamer 5

Built by Multiplast, drawn by VPLP and Guillaume Verdier, and raced around the world three times at the highest level of solo offshore sailing, this IMOCA 60 is one of the most proven hulls in the class. She won the Transat Jacques Vabre, finished 4th and 8th in back-to-back Vendée Globes, and completed her third circumnavigation in the 2024-25 edition — all while receiving a continuous programme of upgrades that leaves her structurally and technically current: 2023 Verdier foils, new rudders, new engine, Starlink, SEA.AI, and a full North Sails working wardrobe renewed in 2024. A decade of elite campaigning has not diminished this boat, it has refined her.

She is one of the first generation of foiling IMOCA 60s — a cohort that fundamentally changed offshore racing. Two-thirds of the carbon used in construction is T800H grade; the balance is HR common fibre.

Design & Construction

• Architect: VPLP / Guillaume Verdier (Gitana / SMV design group)
• Builder: Multiplast, Vannes — launched September 2015
• Hull construction: T800H carbon (two-thirds) and HR common fibre

The boat has competed at the highest level of solo offshore sailing under three distinguished skippers. Originally raced as Saint-Michel Virbac by Jean-Pierre Dick, she took 4th place in the 2016–17 Vendée Globe and won the Transat Jacques Vabre in 2017. In 2018, Yann Eliès sailed her to 2nd place in the Route du Rhum.

From 2019 onwards, Italian skipper Giancarlo Pedote campaigned the boat as Prysmian, achieving 8th place in the 2020–21 Vendée Globe and 7th in the 2024–25 edition. That consistency across a decade of top-level competition speaks for itself.

Race Record

• 4th — Vendée Globe 2016–17 (Jean-Pierre Dick)
• 1st — Transat Jacques Vabre 2017 (Dick / Eliès)
• 2nd — Route du Rhum 2018 (Yann Eliès)
• 8th — Vendée Globe 2020–21 (Giancarlo Pedote)
• 7th — Vendée Globe 2024–25 (Giancarlo Pedote)

Between campaigns, the vessel has been subject to a thorough programme of structural and performance upgrades. In April 2022 the bow was redesigned and rebuilt over 6 metres to a new VPLP profile by Gepeto Composite. The hull bottom was reharmonised in 2022–23, replacing Nomex panels with M130 carbon and adding internal omega reinforcements following Verdier/VPLP structural analysis.

In April 2023, the foil cases and reinforcement bulkhead were rebuilt, a new foil wedge and rake system was installed, and new 2023-design Verdier foils — identical in specification to those on V&B, Guyot Environnement, and Biotherm V1 — were built by CDK using batten technology. New rudders to Verdier's design (same specification as L’Occitane-Apivia 1), fitted with titanium bearings, were produced by Heol Composite in 2024. All running rigging was renewed before the 2024 Vendée Globe.

Recent Major Upgrades (2022–2024)

• New bow section (6 m) — VPLP design / Gepeto Composite, April 2022
• Hull bottom reharmonisation: Nomex replaced with M130 / omega reinforcement — Verdier/VPLP / Gepeto Composite, 2022–23
• New 2023 Verdier foils (CDK, batten technology) — same specification as V&B, Guyot, Biotherm V1
• New foil case reinforcement and foil wedge/rake system — MerConcept / Gepeto, April 2023
• New rudders (Verdier design / Heol Composite, titanium bearings) — 2024
• New Lombardini LDW1404/M engine with Racing Gory 2 propeller shaft — 2024
• Full running rigging renewal (Gottifredi Maffioli) — pre-Vendée Globe 2024
• SEA.AI anti-collision system; Raymarine Quantum 2 radar + Axiom 9+ display — 2024
• Starlink satellite communications — June 2024

The electronics package is current and comprehensive: three independent Madintec autopilot systems with B&G H5000 emergency backup, SEA.AI anti-collision with masthead camera, Raymarine Quantum 2 radar with Axiom 9+ display, and Starlink fitted June 2024. Navigation instrumentation was recalibrated and updated throughout the 2024 campaign.

The energy system is similarly well specified, with twin Watt & Sea racing hydro generators, 960W Solbian roof solar panels divided into four independent sections, three LiFePO4 100Ah battery banks under Victron BMS management, and a new Lombardini engine with Racing Gory shaft, both 2024.

The North Sails France inventory is extensive, with multiple vintages across all sail codes — two mainsails (2024 and 2020), and full complements of J0, J2, J3, Fr0, and Mh0 in 2024 and 2020 cuts, plus three downwind sails. The boat is offered with deck covers, foil fenders, hull cradles, and all ancillary equipment as itemised below.

This is a rare opportunity to acquire a properly maintained, thoroughly documented IMOCA 60 with extensive recent investment and one of the most credible race records in the class.

Technical Specifications

LOA: 60 ft (18.28 m)

Beam: 5.80 m

Draught: 4.50 m

Mast height: 29 m (air draught)

Construction: Carbon — T800H (two-thirds) and HR common fibre, Multiplast

Architect: VPLP / Guillaume Verdier (Gitana / SMV design group)

Year built: 2015, launched September 2015

Hull name: Absolute Dreamer 5

Hull & Structure

• M130 carbon aft of mast bulkhead
• Monolithic forward section with longitudinal reinforcements and transverse ribs
• 5 watertight bulkheads with front crash box
• 4 ballast tanks
• Bow modification over 6 m — VPLP design / Gepeto Composite (April 2022)
• Hull bottom reharmonisation: Nomex replaced with M130; internal omega reinforcements — Verdier/VPLP / Gepeto Composite (2022–23)
• Foil case reinforcement bulkhead — Verdier structural study / Gepeto Composite (April 2023)
• Foil wedge and rake system — MerConcept study / Noesis installation (April 2023)
• Rear panel reharmonisation — Verdier / Gepeto Composite (2024)
• Bowsprit with double tack, 90 mm diameter tubes — VPLP / Gepeto Composite / Noesis (2022)
• Jockey pole 3.70 m — Heol Composite (2023)

Deck & Cockpit

• Carbon Nomex sandwich construction
• Two indoor pilot’s seats with shock-absorbing system
• Running rigging centralised via low central tunnel
• Piano with titanium deflector and constrictors system
• Transparent rear curtain for full closure in heavy weather

Keel, Rudders & Foils

• Standard one-design IMOCA AMPM keel
• One-design hydraulic keel cylinder; Hydroem emergency cylinder
• Keel bearings: Guelt
• 3 keel controls (2 external, 1 internal)
• 2 rudders with lifting system
• 1 tiller system; 1 emergency bar system
• Foils: 2023 Verdier design (same specification as V&B, Guyot Environnement, Biotherm V1) — CDK construction with batten technology (April 2023)
• Rudders: 2024 Verdier design (same as L’Occitane-Apivia 1) with titanium bearings — Heol Composite (2024)

Mast, Boom & Standing Rigging

• Wing mast — Lorima
• One-design outrigger — Lorima
• Side rigging (shrouds) — Future Fiber
• Runners and J2 forestay: PBO — Gottifredi Maffioli
• Prototype boom, 36 kg — Design: Group Gitana / StMichel Virbac; Construction: Lorima

Running Rigging

• Full Gottifredi Maffioli running rigging — entirely renewed before 2024 Vendée Globe
• Maintenance by Iroise Rigging
• 5 halyards + crossbow halyard
• 2 shortsheets
• 2 J2 sheets
• 4 gennaker sheets
• 1 set of up/down (J1, J2)
• 1 set of in/out
• 3 reef bumps
• 2 tack lines with custom reduction
• Lazy jack
• Eric Cochet / Lorima standard IMOCA lower shroud loop

Deck Fittings & Winches

• 2 x Harken Racing 65 front winches
• 2 x Harken Air 300 rear winches
• 7 x Karver KJ 25 clutches (2 runners, 2 tack, 2 foil down, 1 J3)
• Facnor drum furling system on J2
• Facnor FX system — J3 tackline
• Facnor FX system — 2 bowsprit tacklines
• Profurl/Wichard reinforced hook system
• 5 opening blocks: 3 Antal (furling line returns); 2 Harken 5T (J3 sheets)

Autopilot & Electronics

• Pilot 1 (Main): Madintec independent line — BRAVO central + Mad Brain + Mad Controller
• Pilot 2 (Secondary): Madintec independent line — Mad Brain (wind option) + Mad Controller
• Pilot 3 (Emergency): B&G H5000
• 2 Madintec remote control pilots
• 1 wired Madintec TAC indoor control (transferable to deck)
• 2 Raymarine typeT2S linear drivers
• 5 B&G information repeaters (4 deck, 1 chart table)
• Raymarine Quantum 2 radar with Axiom 9+ interior display (2024)
• SEA.AI anti-collision system with masthead camera (Oscar) (2024)
• 1 electrical leak detector
• 3 rudder reference sensors: 2 x B&G, 1 x Madintec (2024)
• 2 mast reference sensors: NKE (2024)
• 5 load pin sensors with amplifiers (Bob-stay, J2, J3, outriggers)
• Water ingress sensor system — 2 forward, 2 aft tunnels, LED + audible alarm
• 2 whale strike pingers
• 2 high-definition LED projectors — Ocean Data System
• 1 electronic barograph

Navigation & Compass

• Quadrans Xblue inertial unit — overhauled and calibrated at factory 2024
• Madintec Mad Motion Box
• 9-axis precision compass
• LT 1000
• 2 x ZG100
• 2 x Garmin 24xd HVS GPS antennas
• 3 x indoor GPS units
• 1 AIS Graphen carbon + GPS ZG100 on AIS

Wind Sensors

• 1 vertical wind sensor at masthead
• 1 horizontal wind sensor at masthead
• 1 FT Ultrasonic high-speed wind sensor with masthead support

Hardware

• 2 fanless onboard computers — Intel Haswell ULT i5-7200U processor
• Various multiplexers
• 2 fixed screens at chart table
• Rom Arrangé installations

Communications

• 2 x Sailor Fleet 250 satellite terminals
• Starlink (installed June 2024)
• Iridium GO with external antenna
• Iridium unit in survival bag
• 1 fixed VHF — Icom M506 with secondary speaker/microphone
• 1 portable VHF — Icom
• 2 x Raymarine AIS 700 receivers
• 3 VHF antennas (masthead, radar underside, stern)

Propulsion & Energy

• Engine: Lombardini LDW1404/M (2024) with Racing Gory 2 propeller shaft (2024)
• 2 x Mastervolt alternators with 2 x independent Alphapro regulators
• 2 x AMPM alternator mounting systems
• 2 x Watt & Sea hydro generators — racing version
• Solbian roof solar panels — 960 W divided into 4 independent sections
• 2 x Victron Smart Solar 75/15 charge controllers
• 1 x Victron Smart Battery Sense
• 2 x GenaSun GVB8/28 LiFePO4 regulators
• 3 x Lithium LiFePO4 100 Ah batteries
• 2 x Lynx Smart BMS 500
• 3 x Lynx Distributors
• Cerbo GX energy management
• Ekrano GX 7″ display
• JPS super-capacitor box (last revision 2024)
• JPS auxiliary box (last revision 2024)
• Watermaker: Power Survivor P40E — 5 L daily capacity
• Webasto heating system

Interior

• Rotating chart table
• 2 pilot seats
• 4 berths
• 1 special Bultex mattress
• Tilting galley

Safety Equipment

• Full IMOCA class-compliant safety equipment
• 1 x Plastimo 4-man interior self-inflating liferaft (bagged)
• 1 x Plastimo 4-man exterior self-inflating liferaft with grab bag
• 2 anchors
• 2 EPIRBs
• 2 fire extinguishers
• 2 horseshoe lifebuoys
• 1 Jon buoy
• Jabsco bilge pump (class compliant)

Sail Inventory — North Sails France

• 2 x Mainsails: September 2024 / September 2020
• 1 x complete set C-Tech battens (2024)
• 3 x J2: 2024 / 2020 / 2018
• 2 x J3: 2024 / 2020
• 2 x J0: 2024 / 2020
• 2 x Fr0: 2024 / 2020
• 2 x Mh0: 2024 / 2020
• 1 x A7 gennaker 210 m² (2015)
• 1 x A7.5 gennaker 180 m² (2016)
• 1 x A2 big spinnaker 395 m² (2018)
• 1 x TMT (2015)
• 1 x J2 sock

Ancillary Equipment & Covers

• Boom cover
• Full set of deck covers
• Full set of cockpit covers
• 2 low hull cradles (keel-off, upright and lowered positions)
• Storage bags — Outils Océan
• 4 mooring lines (2 head, 2 spring)
• Large rectangular foil fender — Outils Océan
• Custom stern corner fender — Outils Océan
• Foil fender

Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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