IMOCA 60 Oceans Lab
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
| name = Oceanslab
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| designer = Sam Manuard
| year = 2023-10-22
| class = IMOCA 60
| builder = Pauger Composites (HUN) & Black Pepper Yachts
| appendages = two rudders, two foils
| keel type = canting keel
| previous =
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Oceanslab is an IMOCA 60 monohull sailing yacht designed by Sam Manuard and constructed by Pauger Composites in Hungary and Black Pepper Yachts in France.{{Cite web |title=Hydrogen race boat of the future enters final build phase |url=https://www.sail-world.com/news/265742/Hydrogen-race-boat-enters-final-build-phase |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=www.sail-world.com}} It was launched on 22 October 2023. It is designed for the Vendée Globe 2024, a solo tour of the world. Its skipper is the British Phil Sharp.{{Cite web |last=redactoramexico |date=2023-01-25 |title=World First Hydrogen IMOCA Yacht Construction Announced by Phil Sharp and Oceanslab |url=https://hydrogen-central.com/world-first-hydrogen-imoca-yacht-construction-announced-phil-sharp-oceanslab/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Hydrogen Central |language=en-US}}
Design
IMOCA 60 Oceans Lab is the sistership to L’Occitane and Initiatives-Cœur 4.{{Cite web |last=Rieker |first=Jochen |title=Vendée Globe: Organspender von Boris Herrmanns Foils baut neuen Imoca |url=https://www.yacht.de/regatta/vendee-globe/vendee-globe-organspender-von-boris-herrmanns-foils-baut-neuen-imoca/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=YACHT - Alles rund ums Segeln |language=de}}
Unlike other IMOCAs, Oceanslab is powered by fuel cells rather than a combustion engine.{{Cite web |last=Vela |first=Giornale della |date=2023-08-26 |title="OceansLab," the world's first hydrogen-powered Imoca |url=https://www.giornaledellavela.com/2023/08/26/ready-to-launch-oceanslab-the-worlds-first-hydrogen-powered-imoca/?lang=en |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Giornale della Vela |language=en-US}}
References
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