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Boris Herrmann

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Team Malizia will take part in the Défi Azimut, a week-long event of IMOCA racing off the coast of Lorient, Brittany, and their first race aboard their new race yacht Malizia – Seaexplorer.

 Team Malizia is ready to race: today, Boris Herrmann’s sailing team kicks off their busy race calendar for the upcoming years by participating in the 

 race yacht. This year, the international team has grown its sailing crew, launched their new race machine on 19 July and christened their boat in Boris Herrmann’s hometown Hamburg only a week ago, during the 

 to which over 12,000 visitors attended. The race yacht, carrying the striking United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on its sails, was delivered back by the team from the Hanseatic city to Brittany just in time to take part in its first IMOCA race this week.

The Défi Azimut – Lorient Agglomération is an event taking place off the coast of Lorient, Brittany, over the course of six days (13 to 18 September). The event includes speed runs and races, and is part of the 

. An impressively large fleet will compete in this 12th edition: 

 will be on the starting line. This comes as no surprise as the Défi Azimut is the 

 between boats of the IMOCA class before the Route du Rhum 2022 and The Ocean Race 2023. All the IMOCA race yachts competing in the round the world race next year are also participating in this week’s event.

Malizia – Seaexplorer will take part in Wednesday’s 

 hosting guests to experience sailing on the new boat for the first time. During the 

 on Thursday, Team Malizia will sail a looped circuit in the Atlantic in The Ocean Race 

 (37, French-German) as Onboard Reporter. The 

 will be available on the team’s and the competition’s websites for anyone to follow live. The images Antoine Auriol will capture will also be shared for everyone to feel as if they were sailing onboard Malizia – Seaexplorer. The week will conclude a tour of the Île de Groix on Sunday.

last crewed competition before The Ocean Race

 which will start on 15 January 2023 in Alicante, Spain. Until then, the team will practice in crew configuration during training sessions, such as those at  Port La Foret, and during deliveries, like the return from Guadeloupe after the Route du Rhum at the end of November.

Team Malizia is joined in its effort to be one of the most exciting sailing teams and a champion for sustainability and climate action by 

: EFG International, Zurich Group Germany, Kuehne+Nagel, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, Hapag-Lloyd, Schütz and The Yacht Club de Monaco.

Team Malizia’s Ocean Race sailing crew (from left to right): Will Harris, Rosalin Kuiper, Nico Lunven and Boris Herrmann © Yann Riou

Team Malizia will take part in the Défi Azimut, a week-long event of IMOCA racing off the coast of Lorient, [&hellip;]