Yuman Racing Project 2026: an exciting season

In 2026, Yuman joins François Jambou on the Figaro circuit. And we'll be honest. We didn't just want to stick a logo on a hull. We wanted something real. A project that looks like what we do every day: work seriously, prepare meticulously, and execute flawlessly.

yuman And the ocean race: we're doing it again!

🏆 2019. Transat 6.50. A proto. Victory!

Cross the Atlantic solo, on a 6.50-meter proto, with no assistance, no net - and win. That's what François achieved in 2019. Obsessive preparation, extraordinary sea-reading and the ability to keep up the pressure. Yuman was already there. And we won't forget this victory.

This kind of performance can't be bought. It's prepared, in detail, over months, with the same rigor as a technician who knows his equipment perfectly.

"In Minitransat, victory is played out on the quayside - in the silent hours of preparation that no one films. The race is just the verification."

Le Figaro. The most ruthless circuit in the world

👉 The Figaro Class III Yuman and François in training

The Figaro circuit is no walk in the park. It's the most prestigious preparatory class for ocean racing. It's Ginette or Louis le Grand. Whatever you prefer. It's where the best skippers test themselves, pit their wits against each other and fight for every metre. Consistency counts as much as speed. A small error in preparation, a slight lack of anticipation can cost an entire season. Excellence obliges!

François is approaching the 2026 season with the same approach as his Transat 6.50: method, preparation, training, zero excessive ego. What we like about him is precisely what we apply in deploying Yuman with our customers - operational humility. Knowing that sustainable performance doesn't come from a flash in the pan, but from a mastered organization, accumulated experience and the desire to always deliver our best.

common goals

This is what nobody really says in sponsorship partnership articles - so we're going to say it ourselves. What links ocean racing and maintenance is not the poetry of the sea. It's something more concrete and intense, and that is where the link with Yuman CMMS becomes natural.

On a Figaro in the middle of the night, with 30 knots established, and a sail starting to snap: either you've inspected your sheets before the start and you immediately understand how to improve your trim, or you discover a problem in the process of becoming an emergency. It's exactly the same for a technician who receives an alert on a boiler at 3 a.m.

"The suffered always costs more than the anticipated. At sea. In factories. Everywhere."

Yuman is built around this idea. Plan before it breaks. Monitor in real time so as not to be surprised. Document every intervention so the next one is quicker. Allow everyone to store up experience. Give the field technician the same tools as a top-level skipper - total visibility, accurate information, and the ability to decide quickly.

Preventive maintenance is the weather you've studied before the regatta. The Yuman mobile app that works offline is the autopilot you set before entering the signal-free zone. And the real-time dashboards are the cockpit that tells you what's really going on - not what you're hoping for.

2026: we don't promise, we commit

We're not going to promise you an overall victory. Ocean racing doesn't work that way - and neither do blog posts, when they're honest. What we can say is that François will be there at every start, prepared, focused, with a boat to match.

And that Yuman will be there too. Not just on the hull. In the way we work, the way we prepare, the way we anticipate. It's this partnership that's valuable - not the logo, not the press release. The fact that two projects that work in the same way decide to take the road together.

Credits:

Design: Jean Baptiste Epron. Instagram

Images : Marin Leroux, Polaryse. Instagram

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