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Boris Herrmann

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After a short six week summer refit, Boris Herrmann and his Malizia - Seaexplorer are back on the water in Lorient and ready to finish the 2023 race season.

Team Malizia's technical team has been hard at work over the summer to prepare its 

 for the rest of the 2023 race calendar. With 

 has had six weeks to prepare the yacht for the next races. The hard work paid off and the technical team was able to 

 their race yacht on time this Monday evening in Lorient, Brittany.

 from the last six months of racing around the world and to make some 

. Although nothing major has changed, there have been some interesting additions such as a new 

 which has been created to perfectly fit Boris Herrmann’s height and size. This chair is where the German skipper will be able to navigate from and also sit in look out during the long sailing of 

. The ergonomics of the boat are incredibly important on this around the race which will start again in November 2024. In order to make life on board as easy and streamlined as possible the team has made sleeping easier with the 

 no matter which tack the boat is on and also to make a 

 in the aft cockpit next to the navigation station so Boris Herrmann can navigate and cook at the same time to reduce having to move around as much.

On being back in Lorient for the boat launch, 

 commented: “It is great to be back in France after having the summer off. After such a full on and busy year I needed some 

 but I am excited to be back and to get stuck back into 

. We now know our boat really well but it will be interesting to see her against the other IMOCAs that didn’t participate in The Ocean Race. We have made a few changes which are mostly ergonomic and a few smaller performance changes. I will miss sailing in the full crewed formation but it will be good to get some 

 over the course of the next months and to be able to welcome our fans and partners to continue following the adventure.”

 where Boris Herrmann and co-skipper Will Harris will put the boat through its paces in preparation for the 

 starts on 21st September 2023 and is a key moment for the team and the boat as it will line up against all the other boats in the fleet for the first time after having become a fully tested IMOCA. Although the boat has proven herself around the world in The Ocean Race, the team have not yet sailed against the majority of the other race boats or the newly-launched boats of the fleet. The duo will be joined by o

 (AKA The Fly Captain) who will be documenting the 48h sprint!

, Boris Herrmann’s British co-skipper who recently won the Rookie Award at the end of The Ocean Race commented: “I am ready to get back on the water and put the boat to the test against the whole fleet. We have learnt so much in doing The Ocean Race and created a strong reliable race boat which we want to perfect even further for Boris’ Vendée Globe in just over a years time.”

The race year continues at the end of October with the start of the 

 race which will see Boris Herrmann and Will Harris battle it out together from Le Havre in France across the Atlantic Ocean to Martinique. This race will be followed by a 

 near the end of November 2023 to close the 2023 race year. 

 mission with each of the races being an opportunity to collect more rare 

 and the chance to communicate about the changes to the Ocean around the world. Equally, the team's first 

 since the summer are starting this week in Hamburg at the 

 where the kids' collective artwork created around the world will be shown for the first time. The events continue on the 19 September in Lorient with a visit from a l

A Race We Must Win – Climate Action Now!

mission is only possible due to the strong and long-lasting commitment from its 

: MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, Hapag-Lloyd, Schütz, the Yacht Club de Monaco, EFG International, Zurich Group Germany, and Kuehne+Nagel. These partners band behind Team Malizia to support its campaign, each of them working towards projects in their own field to innovate around climate solutions.

Malizia - Seaexplorer being rolled out of the shed after undergoing a summer refit

A happy skipper Boris Herrmann and Head of Composite Clément Caumont during the boat launch

A happy skipper Boris Herrmann and Head of Composite Clément Caumont during the boat launch © Boris Herrmann / Team Malizia