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#Mod70 #Foiler
C Foil on starboard, L foil on port for Gitana Team’s trimaran
The forms below the waterline, the size of the floats… at first glance, the Multi70 Multi70 #multi70 Edmond de Rothschild is the same boat as that which set sail from Saint Malo last November in the Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum ! Indeed, true to its initial plan, the team opted to adapt the original platform, even though (...) -
#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 (...) -
#Foilers
Gitana Team : Sébastien Josse want to make fly the Multi 70’ as a GC32
Back in January, the racing stable founded by Baron Benjamin de Rothschild welcomed a newcomer to the Gitana fleet: the GC32 GC32 #GC32 Edmond de Rothschild. This 32-foot catamaran, equipped with L-foils and lifting surfaces on the float rudders, epitomises the revolution taking place in the watersports world, that of flying (...) -
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 (...) -
#MOD70 #MonoMaxi
RORC Caribbean 600 : Phaedo^3 has broken the multihull race record
Lloyd Thornburg’s MOD 70, Phaedo3 crossed the finish line of the 7th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 at 20:35:30 AST on 24th February 2015 in an elapsed time of 1 day, 9 hours, 35 minutes and 30 seconds -
#RdR2014
Route du Rhum : Erwan Le Roux wins the Multi 50 Class
When he crossed the finish line at 18:13:55 TU/19:13:55 CET / 14:13:55 hrs local this Thursday 13th November Erwan Le Roux (FenetreA-Cardinal) won the Multi50 class of the 10th edition of La Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum -Destination Guadeloupe. -
#RdR2014
Route du Rhum : Sébastien Josse takes 3rd in Guadeloupe
On crossing the finish line of the Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum – Destination Guadeloupe in third position, on Tuesday 11 November at 03:47:09 GMT, Sébastien Josse has entered the major league in terms of epic multihull sailors. At the helm of the Multi70 Multi70 #multi70 Edmond de Rothschild, a 21-metre trimaran (...) -
#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, (...)