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Team Gitana
The new Gitana 11 goes in at the deep end
After spending ten months in one of the technical sheds of the racing stable created by Baron Benjamin de Rothschild back in 2000, Gitana 11 slunk out of the shadows late morning this Monday 7th September. However it was necessary to wait until late afternoon, once the tide permitted, to see the 77 foot trimaran afloat. Among the members of (...) -
Tour de France à la voile
The M34 will replace the Farr30 from 2011
This morning at LaSeyne-sur-Mer, just befre the postlogue of the Tour de France à la voile 2009 - the race around France-, William Borel, the director of race announced the choice of the one-designed monohull which will succeed to the Farr 30 Farr 30 #farr30 in 2011. The M34 M34 #M34 project, built by the Archambault and designed by the (...) -
ex-ORMA
Multi One Design 70’ has new ambitions around the world
The launch of the MOD 70’ series announces the great return of the oceanic one-design multihulls and aims to attract the best sailors in the world that will be able to fight on equal terms. A press conference will be held on Friday 2 October 2009 in Lausanne (...) -
Class 40
Fastsailing presents a new 40’
Fastsailing from Holland presents au new Class40 Class40 #Class40 design : "The boat is developed as a custom design boat; all the different design aspects will be discussed with the client to achieve a high performance vessel suited to the client desires." -
IMOCA
Dominique Wavre : "the Class needs to continue evolving"
The decisions taken in the IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA AGM have been taken with the aim of ensuring reliability of the boats, skipper safety and maintaining a competitive level within the older generation of boats. There was a noticeable and general consensus that these were the priorities facing the IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA (...) -
Oman Sail
Arabian 100’, the mega one-designed multihull
Currently being built in Australia and destined to be the first ever modern ocean racing boat to be assembled in the Middle-East, the first Arabian 100’ trimaran will, when she hits the water in the winter of 2009, become part of a select group of the longest sailing trimarans ever built! She will join the Oman Sail Racing Team fleet as (...) -
STP 65
Udo Schütz presents a brand new Container
The industry had been speculating, the experts were certain and now she is here: Udo Schütz, founder of Schütz GmbH & Co. KGaA and pioneer of honeycomb technologies prevalent in aircraft construction, is ready to show off a brand new boat. -
Team BMW Oracle Racing
Dogzilla set sails on the Rosario Strait
One week after being launched, BMW ORACLE Racing’s new 90-foot multihull yacht hoisted sail here for the first time today and began its shakedown in 6-8 knots of breeze over four hours of testing on the Rosario Strait. -
BMW Oracle Racing
US team’s 90’ trimaran hits the water
BMW ORACLE Racing’s new 90-foot multihull yacht touched water for the first time on Monday in Anacortes and the trimaran was commissioned with the traditional bottle of champagne smashed across the bow. -
Storm Trysail Transpac 65 Class
First tests in Sydney Harbor for Moneypenny
The newest STP65, Moneypenny, designed by Reichel/Pugh and built by McConaghy’s Boat Yard in Australia, was launched the second week of April and has tested in Sydney Harbor with "fine results," according to its owner Jim Swartz (San Francisco, Calif.). "It feels very nimble," he grinned, clearly pleased that the rocket ship performance (...)