IMOCA 60 Sceta Calberson

{{short description|Round the World Racing Yacht}}

{{Infobox sailboat specifications

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|class = IMOCA 60

|ballast = 25 Degree Canting Keel
3000kg Keel Bulb
+ Water Ballast

|rudder type = Twin Rudders

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The IMOCA 60 class yacht Sceta Calberson 4 was designed by Finot-Conq{{cite web|url=http://www.finot.com/bateaux/batmonotype/60piedsopen/auguin/auguin90/gsceta_ang.htm|title=Designers Boat Profile Page|access-date=2022-01-09}} and launched in the 1994 after being built by JMV Industries based in Cherbourg, France.{{cite web|url=https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/F4.htm|title=Archive for Sceta Calberson containing race results and various magazine clippings|access-date=2021-12-27}}

The hull and deck are made out of pre-impregnated T800H carbon fibre sandwich with a Nomex core. The bow region under the waterline is a single skin carbon composite. All of this has been cured at 120°C. The boat has central water ballast and is 2 tonnes lighter than previous generations.{{cite web|url=http://www.finot.com/bateaux/batmonotype/60piedsopen/auguin/auguin94/geodis_ang.htm|title=Group Finot IMOCA 60 Past Boats for Geodis|access-date=2021-12-27}}{{cite magazine

| author =

| title = Key Features Review of Geodis

| url = https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/F4.htm

| magazine = Voiles et Voiliers

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| publisher =

| date = March 1997

| access-date = 2021-12-27

}}

Racing Results

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!Pos!!Year!!Race!!Class!!Boat Name!!Skipper!!Notes!!Ref

colspan = 8|Round the World Races
RET20042004–2005 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60UUDS{{flagathlete|Hervé Laurent|FRA}}
820002000–2001 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Voila.fr{{flagathlete|Bernard Gallay|FRA}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/19444/where-are-they-now-bernard-gallay-twice-vendee-globe-skipper-now-a-respected-yacht-broker|title=Vendee Globe Website - Where are they now? Bernard Gallay twice Vendée Globe skipper now a respected Yacht Broker|date=2019-02-18|access-date=2021-12-27}}
119961996–1997 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Geodis{{flagathlete|Christophe Auguin|FRA}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/the-legend/3/1996-1997|title=1996-1997 Historic Race Overview|access-date=2021-12-27|archive-date=2020-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206120318/https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/the-legend/3/1996-1997|url-status=dead}}
11994BOC ChallengeIMOCA 60Sceta-Calberson{{flagathlete|Christophe Auguin|FRA}}{{cite web|url=http://www.solocircumnavigation.com/soloaroundtheworldraces/BOC_And_AA_Races/BOC94_95/bocchallenge19941995results.htm|title=Race Results Archive for the BOC|access-date=2021-12-27}}
colspan = 8|Transatlantic Races
colspan = 8|Other Races

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