IMOCA 60 Cheminees Poujoulat has been recovered broken and partially and the sight was a rather sad one. It was a dream of Bernard Stamm and seeing the boat broken into two parts aptly describes what Stamm must be feeling. Stamm set sail with his crew Damien Guillou and was rescued on Christmas Eve. Fortunately none of the crew members were missing but his Open 60 was gone and broken into two halves.

Once they were rescued the search for their boat started but with little results. Recently some parts of that boat came up and that was how the whole thing was recovered. People who recovered the boat said that it is in a very bad condition and it is almost non repairable now. Everything including the cargo vessel has been destroyed and nothing can be done with the boat. A video of the recovery was also uploaded for people to see the condition and it clearly shows that main hull and the bows has been completely detached from each other and after the whole thing was dragged to recovery only bits and pieces are left from them.

In an interview with Bernard Stamm he said about the experience of that sail and how the watertight bulkheads came to their rescue. He also went on to point that every yacht should have a proper watertight bulkhead that would at least let the crew members survive in case of any unforeseen incident. He was very upset on seeing the video of the recovery and thinks that it would be difficult for him to go back to the waters again. He also left a question into the minds of people when he said that it is unusual for a yacht of that stature and one that is participating in a Grand Prix to break down into parts.