IMOCA 60 No Way Back

IMOCA 60 No Way Back
Development
Designer	VPLP Design, Guillaume Verdier Design Office, Guillaume Verdier
Year	18 August 2015
Racing
Class association	IMOCA 60
	← Paprec-Virbac (3) Arkea-Paprec → ; [edit on Wikidata]

The IMOCA 60 Class yacht No Way Back, NED 160 was designed by VPLP design and Guillaume Verdier and launched on 18 August 2015^[1] after being built Persico in Italy.^[2]^[1] 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

Pos	Year	Race	Class	Boat Name	Skipper	Notes	Ref
Round the World Races
DNF / 33	2021	2020–2021 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Newrest – Art & Fenêtres	Fabrice Amedeo (FRA)	General computer failure, diverted to and retired unaided to Cape Town	^{[citation needed]}
17 / 29	2017	2016–2017 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	No Way Back	Pieter Heerema (NED)	116d 09h 24m 12s	^[3]
Transatlantic Races
Sank	2022	Route du Rhum	IMOCA 60	Nexans-Art & Fenêtres, FRA 56	Fabrice Amedeo (FRA)		^[4]
10 / 22	2021	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Nexans - Arts & Fenêtres, FRA	Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) Loïs Berrehar (FRA)	21d 03h 44m
9 / 29	2019	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Newrest - Arts & Fenêtres, FRA 56	Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) Eric Peron (FRA)	14d 16h 01m
12 / 20	2018	Route du Rhum	IMOCA 60	Newrest - Arts & Fenêtres, FRA 56	Fabrice Amedeo (FRA)	20d 20h 09m
Other Races
9 / 20	2019	Rolex Fastnet Race	IMOCA 60	Newrest - Arts & Fenêtres, FRA 56	Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) Eric Peron (FRA) Crew	2d 05h 07m

Timeline

Vento di Sardegna (2015)

The boat was originally commissioned by Italian skipper Andrea Mura^[5] however he lost his sponsor and had to sell the boat before it was completed.^[6]

No Way Back (2016-2017)

On the 3rd February 2016 it was announced Pieter Heerema has brought the boat to compete in the 2016-2017 Vendee Globe un the name No Way Back, NED 160