Nation France Class Maxi yacht | Launched 1993 Designer Bruce Farr | |
Skippers Daniel Mallé
Éric Tabarly | ||
La Poste is a sailing boat designed by Bruce Farr and built for the French postal service, who participated in different yacht races led by different captains, Daniel Mallé and Éric Tabarly who replaced Daniel Malle as skipper after the second leg in the Whitbread Round the World Race. The crew of La Poste was composed by postal service employees. During Leg 2 of the race while La Poste was leading, the team decided to turn around to answer a distress signal from another boat, Brooksfield, sailing into 50-knot winds.
In 2012 La poste participated in the Barcolana regatta with a team composed by member of Mascalzone Latino and 8 boys and girls with Down Syndrome.
In 2014 participated in the Gran Prix del Atlántico and set a record time from Lanzarote to Santa Marta in 15 days.
La Poste is currently in Puerto Lindo or Puerto Belo, claiming to raise funds for a sailing school for kids with disabilities in Panama. The captain and crew are Italians, and are currently under investigation after scamming multiple tourist with a trip to Colombia.