Inside the IMOCA class - Marcus Hutchinson talks to Matt Sheahan about the bigger picture

In our feature on The Ocean Race Europe Leg 3-4 we asked why Paul Meilhat's Biotherm has been so difficult to beat in this complex, multi-stage marathon. Offshore expert and project manager Marcus Hutchinson gave us an insight into the ingredients that have made this boat and its team so dominant in this race. But there was plenty more in our conversation that touched on several key topics around this fascinating class from how these boats can be configured for different roles through to what the teams are getting out of racing their machines around Europe that never made it into the feature. So here it is. It was an enlightening chat and if you’d like to know more about this and a number of other topics here’s a fuller version of my one-to-one with Marcus Hutchinson.