After three years in Class40, Café Joyeux and Nico are reaching a new milestone together and embarking on the IMOCA circuit, with their sights set on the 2028 Vendée Globe. With two years of experience with Team Hublot under his belt, Simon will bring his valuable expertise to help Nico get to grips with his new boat. After competing against each other for many years in Mini and Class40, Simon and Nico will now be teaming up on the same boat.
At the age of 34, he will take his first steps in IMOCA, for a new double-handed project, 100% Swiss.
Born in Zurich, with a degree in electronics, Simon Koster first went to dinghy school before being attracted by the open sea. For a long time, he competed in the ISAF Junior World Championships and training camps with the national team. But he was not attracted enough by the classic Olympic circuit and quickly gave up racing between three buoys to escape to the sea. It was on the ocean racing pontoons that the young Swiss-German learned to speak French, when he moved to Brittany and started sailing in the Mini 6.50. Three participations in the Mini Transat and two podiums later, Simon tried his hand at Class40 for three seasons, double-handed and then single-handed, where his results impressed.
2023 : Transat Jacques Vabre - 19th
Défi Azimut-Lorient Agglomération - 18th
2022: Route du Rhum - 4th (Class40)
Drheam Cup - 3rd (Class40)
2021: Transat Jacques Vabre - 2nd (Class40)
Rolex Fastnet Race - 2nd (Class40)
2020: Normandy Channel Race - 1st (Class40)
2019: Transat Jacques Vabre - 4th (Class40)
2017: Mini Transat - 3rd (Mini 6.50 - Proto)