THE CO-FOUNDERS

When they met in 2016, Mayeul, Xavier & Benoît set themselves a crazy challenge: to build the fastest sailing boat in the world.

Today, this dream has come true with SP80, an adventure that brings together fifty people around the same goal: to reach 80 knots (150 km/h) solely powered by wind.

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THE CO-FOUNDERS

When they met in 2016, Mayeul, Xavier & Benoît set themselves a crazy challenge: to build the fastest sailing boat in the world.

Today, this dream has come true with SP80, an adventure that brings together fifty people around the same goal: to reach 80 knots (150 km/h) solely powered by wind.

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A YOUNG AND PASSIONATE TEAM

Our team is probably the youngest to have ever tackled this emblematic record: an exceptional asset to free ourselves from preconceived ideas and break existing codes.

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THE SP80 COMPANY

Mayeul van den Broek

CEO & Pilot

Benoit Gaudiot

COO & Pilot

Xavier Lepercq

CTO

Adrian Breitenmoser

Mechanics & Electronics

Laura Manon

Communication, Event & Sponsoring

Charles de Sarnez

Aero & Hydrodynamics

Tanguy Desjardin

R&D sailing and performance

Antoine Laperriere

Boat logistics

Charles Cantenot

Boat Captain

Guillaume Fischer

Photographer & Filmmaker

Arthur Quillivic

Mechanics

Timoté Sicard

Electronics
EPFL COORDINATORS
 

Véronique Michaud

Associate Professor and Director of the High-Performance Composites Implementation Laboratory (LPAC)

Robin Amacher

Scientific collaborator and DLL operations manager

ALUMNI

Ghislain Asin

Joao Barini

Alexis Couturier

Marius de Mourgues

Nicolas Feppon

Georges-Henri Gaillard

Tim Grimont

Xavier Groux

Isaac Holmes-Gentle

Lison Marthey

Gabriel Madie

Michel Morales

Etienne Mordret

Audrey Piccini

Hugo Penichou

Timothée Peter

Thomas Ramseier

Fabrice Rigot

David Sanchez

Aurèle Schlegel

Marine Ract

César Toussaint

Ilyes Ben Ayed

Benjamin Bonnal

Adrien Ninin

Amélie Roche

Damien Delespaul

Nina Lahellec

Clarisse Coulombeau

Rafael Fuzzati

Blaise Ribon

Florentin Fellay

Augustin Million

Aurore Kerr

Gabriel Bessette

Hector Richard

Hugo Witz

Océane Suchel

Adrien Peltier

Anaëlle Manon

Baptiste Bayle

Sasha Gutenmacher

Zoé Daguin

Karim Zahra

Jules Angebault

Mathieu Janier

Samuel Darmon

Romain Paridant

Lina Picasso

Charlotte Daza Harend

Manon Konings

Robin Leibundgut 

Matthieu Spoorenberg

André Zarza Tapia

Philippe Gachet

Nour Tnani

Hippolyte Morando

Yann Boudigou

Jaime Aranda Vielsa

Francesco Saint-Supéry

Louis Domart

Alexy Blanchard-Gaillard

Romain Corbel

Alexander Bommer

Aristide Vignon

Matisse van Schalkwijk

Cezary Januszek

Julien Radet

Victor Solelhac

Pedro Pino Prieto

Harjeet Nagi

Selina Bothner

Mateo Giraud

Basile Thiercelin

Jonathan Korber

Arthur Chatelain

Xavier Barthez

Antoine Vittet

Noé Nomblot

Arto Dubuisson

Paul Blossier

Guilhem Cabannes

Thomas Velin

Pauline Nicolas

Arthur Dattin

Tanguy Decléty

Alexis Cogne

Romain Bezeaud

Marcin Kroczak

Kevin Wittkowski

Hugo Boudier

Bastien Hérault