After retiring into Cape Town in 2016 when the top of his mast broke, Japanese skipper Kojiro Shiraishi is back with a brand new VPLP design which is a sistership to Jérémie Beyou’s Charal. His is a relatively late programme, the boat was launched last year but Shiraishi has not done many miles on the boat and his only race was the Vendée Arctique on which he finished 10th. But the effervescent Japanese skipper tells is this project will go through to the next race in 2024.
