The IMOCA 60 class yacht No Way Back, NED 160 was designed by VPLP design and Guillaume Verdier and launched on 18 August 2015 after being built Persico in Italy. The boat had structural issues during the 2022 Route de Rhum when the ballast tanks demounted themselves. This while retiring from the race the previous day and heading back towards Portugal led to an onboard fire and the boat was lost.
Racing results PosYearRaceClassBoat nameSkipperNotesRefRound the world races DNF / 33 2021 2020–2021 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Newrest – Art & Fenêtres General computer failure, diverted to and retired unaided to Cape Town 17 / 29 2017 2016–2017 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 No Way Back 116d 09h 24m 12s Transatlantic Races Sank 2022 Route du Rhum IMOCA 60 Nexans-Art & Fenêtres, FRA 56 10 / 22 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Nexans - Arts & Fenêtres, FRA 21d 03h 44m 9 / 29 2019 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Newrest - Arts & Fenêtres, FRA 56 14d 16h 01m 12 / 20 2018 Route du Rhum IMOCA 60 Newrest - Arts & Fenêtres, FRA 56 20d 20h 09m Other Races 9 / 20 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race IMOCA 60 Newrest - Arts & Fenêtres, FRA 56 + Crew 2d 05h 07m
Timeline Vento di Sardegna (2015) The boat was originally commissioned by Italian skipper Andrea Mura however he lost his sponsor and had to sell the boat before it was completed.
No Way Back (2016-2017) On 3 February 2016 it was announced Pieter Heerema has brought the boat to compete in the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe un the name No Way Back, NED 160
Newrest-Art & Fenêtres (2017-2021)
Nexans-Art & Fenêtres (2021-2022)
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