It is a 100% Swiss crew that will be sailing on board the Hublot IMOCA for the 2023 season. Alan Roura has decided to team up with Simon Koster from Zurich.
"For several years I had been looking to put together a 'Swiss made' crew for double-handed races," says Alan Roura, happy to finally be able to put his project into practice on the occasion of his fourth Transat Jacques Vabre.
Many thanks to the 550 participants who filled the Théâtre du Passage yesterday for the Nuit du Grand Large.
It was a wonderful evening with several famous skippers in attendance for the first time in Neuchâtel.
Click on the link below to relive this exceptional evening.
The Bank is organising a major event on the theme of ocean racing in the presence of several renowned skippers for the first time in Neuchâtel.
This exceptional event will take place on Thursday 9 February at the Théâtre du Passage in Neuchâtel.
The evening is sold out but you can follow the event live on our website bonhote.ch.
The third episode of our video series "Les entretiens privilégiés avec Alan Roura" is dedicated to the importance of performance.
Alex Thomson's Imoca Hublot (formerly Hugo Boss) is known to be a high performance boat and has not yet revealed all her secrets to Alan and his team. The challenge is to weigh up the pros and cons of sailing the boat as much as possible or making technical changes to the boat to further improve its performance. But either way, in the end, it is the sailor who makes the difference as it is impossible to stay at full speed for more than 24 or 48 hours.
Bank Bonhôte sends you its best wishes for the festive season.
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Beautiful models of the boat are now on display at our Neuchâtel headquarters and in our branches.
The main 1:40 scale model (55 cm long) is made of composite material, with mast, sails, fittings and ropes. It is located in the bank's entrance hall. Smaller 1/60th scale models (37 cm long) have been placed in our branches, so do not hesitate to approach our colleagues if you wish to admire them.
The second episode of our video series "Privileged interviews with Alan Roura" is dedicated to his Swiss and human project.
Born in 1993 in Onex, near Geneva, Alan has always raced under the Swiss colours and values the quality, performance and seriousness that our country conveys, also through its partners. He also talks about the importance of his team in his project, a team where women are well represented as they occupy four out of nine positions.
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Alan Roura crossed the finish line of the Route du Rhum 2022 yesterday afternoon in 21st place in the Imoca category with a time of 14 days, 1 hour and 47 minutes. He thus improved on his previous record by more than a day.
The Route du Rhum was an important race for his ultimate goal, the Vendée Globe, which will start in Les Sables d'Olonne in November 2024.
The 138 participants in the Route du Rhum 2022 are off.
After a quiet start to avoid taking any risks in difficult cross seas, Alan Roura is back in the top 20 of the race despite the upwind conditions that are currently putting him at a disadvantage.
Northern, central or southern route, we will see what tactical choices the skippers will make to reach Guadeloupe.
Click here to see the map and Alan's position in real time.
