Category: Yacht Racing Industry

For its second Sailing Café of the year, Bretagne Développement Innovation chose to discuss ergonomics and onboard safety in ocean racing. The focus was on Imoca boats, with Romain Attanasio, skipper of Fortinet Best Western, Matthieu Vincent, member of the Initiatives Cœur design office, and Ulysse David, who is part of the MerConcept design office for the Imoca Macif Santé Prévoyance.

Construction of the AC75 for the French challenge Orient Express Racing Team was completed at Multiplast at the end of March, after ten months of intense work. How did the yard manage this major project? What were the major challenges? Answers from Samuel Napoleoni, Cup project manager at Multiplast.

Skippered by Eric Péron, Adagio is the oldest of the six boats that set sail from Brest for the Arkea Ultim Challenge, the first round-the-world race dedicated to Ultims. With Xavier Guilbaud, naval architect at VPLP Design, who designed her, we retraced the history of this ship, which bears witness to the evolution of trimarans and their adaptation to today’s technological standards.