Route du Rhum 2026 · Class40

Marco GUERRA

IMAGIN'ACT-SOCOMEC

The skipper

Nationality
Italy
Age
54 years old
Home port
Saint-Tropez
"I'm a problem shooter. Two years of an unusual build, a thousand setbacks: I knocked them down one by one. The Route du Rhum? It's simply the finest problem I have left to solve."

Biography

Marco Guerra is one of the few sailors who design, build and skipper their own boat. After starting out in the Optimist, he spent fifteen years on the Italian Olympic team in the 470, then won 13 Italian titles, 3 European titles and 2 world titles in dinghy, match racing and offshore sailing. He then ran shipyards on the Côte d'Azur for ten years, where he met Imagin'Act, E'nergys and Socomec, whose system is installed on board. From this partnership came the new Class40 #207 Imagin'Act-Socomec. The Route du Rhum then came within reach: this Mediterranean sailor sets off on his first Atlantic crossing, the dream of a lifetime.

The boat

Class
Class40
Sail no.
FRA207
Length
12.2 m
Beam
4.5 m
Draft
3 m
Mast height
19 m
Year built
2025
Yard
Global Service Yacht
Designer
Marco Guerra / D'ubaldo-rosso

See the boat page →

Links

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Information and photos: Route du Rhum organisation (routedurhum.com).