Born on January 9, 1957, in Paris, Marc Van Peteghem studied at Southampton Solent University from 1977 to 1979 where he became a naval architect.

Poulain's hull similarity to Morrison's Exmouth Challenge design in which Yvon Fauconnier won the OSTAR 1984 is obvious on inspection.

Lauriot-Prévost says: "Because in the meantime, the winner of the OSTAR 1984, it was Umupro Jardin ... (Phil Morrison design, first name was Exmouth Challenge).

[12] In 2004, Marc Van Peteghem meets Yves Marre and begins to work with him on a catamaran ambulance[13] for Bangladesh,[14] built in TaraTari Shipyard.

[15] In 2010, he decided with Yves Marre, Alain Connan and Gerald Similowski to create NGO Watever which assists underprivileged populations living on the shores of oceans and rivers.

[20] In 2010, Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot Prevost received the Prix Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe from the French Académie des Sports for their life's work.