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JPK 1030: a boat that keeps on winning

In IRC as well as ORC, the JPK 1030 continues to make waves! The proof is in a series of impressive victories achieved this summer on the major offshore races in Northern Europe.

See you at the Grand Pavois!

We’ll be at the Grand Pavois from 22 to 27 September 2026 to showcase three boats. Each of our ranges will therefore be represented: offshore racing with the JPK 1050, our racer...

The JPK 1050 has won the first edition of the Race to the Arctic!

It had already caused quite a stir at its launch, with its unique electric look. The JPK 1050 "Momo," skippered by brothers Christoph & Benjamin Morgen, has just struck…

The JPKs dominate the 2026 Massilia Cup Offshore!

First leg. Organized by CNTL Marseille Vieux Port, the fleet was strong for this year's Massilia Cup Offshore, with a fleet of 15 boats racing IRC Double among the 60 boats…

JPK 1050’s beauty

It’s often said that beauty is fleeting… We’ll leave it up to you to decide whether the opposite is true, but there’s no doubt that the JPK 1050 is fast: both in inshore racing and in...

Overall victory for the JPK 1050 in the Baltic 500 (ORC class)!

Jonas Hallberg's JPK 1050 "Hinden" wins the Baltic 500 overall, fresh out of our yard. A first for the 1050 in ORC, ahead of tough competition including a Pogo RC. A victory…

Jean-Pierre's full diary on the Cap Martinique

Throughout the Cap Martinique, the transatlantic race from La Trinité-sur-Mer to Fort-de-France, Jean-Pierre regularly sent us little mood notes to tell us about his solo adventures aboard the JPK…

JPK 1050s take the win in both solo and double-handed categories in Fort-de-France!

What a day! With the arrivals of OSE and LEON last night, the JPK 1050s have won the Cap Martinique 2026 in both the solo and double-handed overall standings. At 3:53 a.m. last night, Éric Guigné and Maxime Paul...

Spi Ouest France: the JPK 1050, four-time winner of the IRC double handed!

Four races, four wins: the JPK 1050 ‘PERSAIVERT’, skippered by Alex Ozon in a double-handed crew with Jean-Pierre Kelbert and then Meven Flao, has achieved an incredible victory in the Spi Ouest France ...

Yachting World video review of the JPK 1050

At JPK, we never miss a report by Toby Hodges — especially when it's our boat in front of the camera! Click here to watch the video...

Grand Slam!

At the end of 2025, the JPK 1030 and JPK 1080 took 1st and 2nd overall in the Sydney Hobart. It was the last of the three must-do Rolex races that JPK was missing to complete its Grand Slam…

Sydney Hobart: Alexis Loison's race report

Like every year in December, sailing season is very quiet in France — the boats are in the yard and the sailors are more focused on watching where the snow will fall… But December in Sydney, on the contrary…

OVERALL double victory in the Rolex Sydney Hobart

Avec seulement trois JPK engagés sur la Sydney Hobart 2025, les probabilités de remporter la course overall, et qui plus est de réaliser le doublé, étaient totalement improbables ! Et pourtant : Alexis Loison et…

Jiang invites Alexis Loison aboard her JPK 1030 to run the 2025 Sydney–Hobart

Jiang Lin sera, cette année encore, au départ de la Sydney Hobart 2025. Toujours à bord de son JPK 1030 Min River, elle embarque un co-skipper de premier choix en la personne d’Alexis Loison, le…

The JPK 1050 named IRC Boat of the Year!

On ne l’arrête plus … Vendredi soir dernier, lors de la Nuit de la Course au Large, le Yacht Club de France a décerné le titre du Bateau IRC de l’année 2025 à notre JPK…

The 1050 elected french Racer of the 2026 Year !

Le JPK 1050 a reçu le prix du Racer de l’année 2026 ! C’était vendredi dernier, au salon Paris Nautic Show du Bourget. Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty, co-architecte du bateau avec Jacques Valer, a fait le déplacement…

Alex Ozon will compete in the 2026 Cap Martinique race on the JPK 1050 "Léon"

JPK va confier son 1050 « Léon » à Alex Ozon pour courir la Cap-Martinique 2026 en solitaire ! La confrontation devrait être très intéressante avec plusieurs JPK 1050 sur la ligne de départ, dont…

The JPK 1050 in the running for European Boat of the Year

L’élection des voiliers européens de l’année est toujours un évènement dans le monde du nautisme et donne une visibilité exceptionnelle aux chantiers qui y participe. Le JPK 1050 y était invité cette année avec une…

On board a JPK 1180 on the podium of the Middle Sea Race

Marco Paolucci, skipper du JPK 1180 Libertine, a décroché une belle troisième place en IRC double sur la Rolex Middle Sea Race 2025. Voici le récit de sa course : Cette année, j’arrive à Malte…

RORC Season’s Points Championship 2025

C’est une fierté de voir nos voiliers se distinguer lors de l’édition 2025 du RORC Season’s Points Championship, classement d’autant plus prestigieux que cette année célèbre le centenaire du Royal Ocean Racing Club ! Depuis…