Single-handed around the world
for 1 million EUR (1,2 M USD)
The SolOceans is designed, organized, broadcasted and developed by the same company - SailingOne - founded in 1990 and directed by Managing Director Yvan Griboval. SailingOne manages the design, the sale as well as the maintenance of the Veolia Oceans®, which is why it can guarantee a reasonable and fixed annual budget for competitors. This is what makes this race innovative and sets it apart from all the other professional offshore races.
The objective of SailingOne is to promote offshore sailing as an accessible and effective means of communication and advertising for firms and regional and local authorities, with the guarantee of excellent media exposure, which is good value for money.
Yvan Griboval wishes to render sailing more attractive to small to medium-sized businesses, regional subsidiaries of international companies and local authorities, thus, by enabling sponsors to accompany the skipper through a significant step in his professional career, i.e. his first single-handed around the world race.
A sponsor can finance the start of a young sailor in professional single-handed sailing through the Mini Transat 6.50. They can then help him step up to the next level with the Figaro Bénéteau series without blowing the budget. SailingOne wishes to extend the partnership between the sailor and his sponsor through the next logical step, which is single-handed around the world sailing. They hope to do so by offering a race format at a reasonable cost.
The annual budget for a sailor to enter the Mini Transat 6.50 is estimated at between 60,000 and 130,000 EUR (77,000 and 166,000 USD) exclusive of tax. This goes up to 170,000 to 230,000 EUR (210,000 to 290,000 USD) for the Figaro Bénéteau series exclusive of tax and of media coverage costs. With the SolOceans and the Veolia Oceans®, SailingOne offers potential sponsors the opportunity to race around the world for 2 to 3 times the cost of a Figaro Bénéteau campaign including a guaranteed media exposure. The running cost is currently being considered but will be set between 460,000 and 580,000 EUR (590,000 and 740,000 USD) exclusive of tax per year. That is to say between 920,000 and 1,160,000 EUR (1,170,000 and 1,480,000 USD) for one SolOceans race over 2 years. This cost includes:
- Amortization* or renting of the Veolia Oceans® monohulls
- Insurance (boat, skipper, boat captain)
- General maintenance and one-design inspection
- Consumables (sails, running and standing rigging …)
- Salary (full time skipper and part time boat captain)
- Cost of communication boat / shore crew (sound, images, Internet)
- Guaranteed media coverage (TV, radio, print media, Internet)
* This amortization guarantees the owner a significant profit when he sells the Veolia Oceans®. This profit is not taken into consideration in the yearly budget. It is a substantial bonus encouraging the purchase of a Veolia Oceans® monohull.
