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#Multicoque
Gitana Team launches the construction of a maxi-multihull
This new craft, which will measure between 31 and 35 metres, boasts ambitious specifications. The maxi-multihull will initially be geared up for a round the world via the three capes and she will have to be able to be helmed in crewed as well as solo configuration. However, the singularity of this new Gitana will actually lie in her versatile (...) -
#Record
Newport to Bermuda : Laplanche and Breymaier establish new World Sailing Speed Record in 23 hours, 9 minutes, 52 seconds
Renaud Laplanche, co-skipper Ryan Breymaier, and the crew of the 105’ trimaran Lending Club 2 have today established a new world sailing speed Speed #speedsailing record Record #sailingrecord for the 635-nautical mile course from Castle Hill Lighthouse, in Newport, Rhode Island, to Kitchen Shoal Beacon in Bermuda. The new record (...) -
Trimaran IDEC
Francis Joyon : "I’m certain that the trimaran is in safe hands with Guo Chuan"
A new chapter opens for Francis Joyon with the sale of his legendary trimaran, aboard which he smashed the major solo records, including the round the world record Record #sailingrecord , for which he set a new time of 57 days. Launched in 2007, IDEC SPORT is said to be simple, reliable and a good performer. She will now continue her career (...) -
#RdR2014
Yann Guichard : "I am so happy now to be in Guadeloupe"
When he crossed the finish line off Pointe-a-Pitre Guadeloupe at 18:18:46 hrs UTC/19:18:46 CET/14:18:46 hrs local time this Monday 10th November, Yann Guichard, solo skipper of the world’s biggest racing trimaran Spindrift 2, finished in second place in the 10th edition of La Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum -Destination (...) -
#RdR2014
Loïck Peyron : "It is a very nice victory but a team victory"
Thirty two years after the first of his seven attempts, French ocean racing star Loick Peyron won the mythical Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum -Destination Guadeloupe this Monday morning (TU) when he crossed the finish line of the solo race from Saint-Malo France to Pointe-a-Pitre at 04:08:32 TU/05:08:32 CET/00:08:32 local The lone (...) -
Route du Rhum
Yann Guichard : "you get used to the size of the boat"
« Solo sailing a trimaran the size of Spindrift 2 requires complete physical commitment, » says Yann Guichard, who recently sailed from the Azores to La Trinité-sur-Mer, alone at the helm of the world¹s largest racing multihull. With two months to go before the start of the Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum -Destination Guadeloupe, (...) -
Isle of Wight
Prince de Bretagne take the eighth Artemis Challenge win in a time of four hours, 16 minutes and 35 seconds
Some of the hottest professional names in sailing and the sport’s rising stars jostled for position alongside royalty, rugby and rock ‘n’ roll stars in the Artemis Challenge – the 50-mile race around the Isle of Wight (Thursday, 7th August). -
Ultimes
Francis Joyon : "I’m hopeful that I can win"
It’s now official: in just under three months from now, on 2nd November, Francis Joyon will be setting off on his fifth Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum between St-Malo and Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe). Currently preparing for this race, the skipper of the IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran is not leaving anything to chance, which is (...) -
Spindrift Racing
Dona Bertarelli : "After the changes we made, Spindrift 2 is behaving as expected"
Spindrift 2 has had its first sail after the winter optimisation, spending a night at sea criss-crossing the Bay of Biscay. The control was there straight away and the boat ran like clockwork. The 2014 season has begun and it has started well for Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard’s (...) -
Route de l’Amitié
Francis Joyon has set off Bordeaux for a new record
A bord du maxi trimaran IDEC, le navigateur français Francis Joyon a coupé aujourd’hui mardi 8 avril 2014 à 14 heures, 33 minutes TU (16 heures, 33 minutes HF) la ligne de départ du parcours de la Route de l’Amitié, The French sailor, Francis Joyon crossed the starting line of the Friendship Route in the Gironde Estuary aboard the (...)
Maxi multicoques de la classe Ultimes
Le terme "G-Class" a été inventé par Bruno Peyron pour définir cette catégorie hors norme de multicoques et monocoques géants et "no limit" avant qu’ils ne soient définis comme "ultim".