In late 2013, the members of Gitana Team embark on an adventure that is as thrilling as it is complex: overhauling the Multi70 Edmond de Rothschild, a 70-footer initially built to race in crewed configuration on a one-design circuit, in a bid to become the first flying offshore trimaran. It is an ambitious project.
A dramatic finale to Australia’s Sydney to Hobart sailing race saw the American yacht Comanche mount an unlikely comeback to claim victory. ©BBC>>
There’s going to be new skipper in the 2016 Vendée Globe and his boat will probably be prepared by the twice winner of the event. With just over a year to go to the start of the Vendée Globe, Andrea Mura’s brand new VPLP-Verdier designed boat was put up for sail and has already found […]
Let’s see a new line of breathtaking photos ! Isn’t it ? ©Yvan Zedda / BPCE
Transat Jacques Vabre : M-1!
The new HUGO BOSS yacht came out the shed today, after a 2 year process of design and build she is preparing to go into the water for the first time.
Press release 28 August 2015
Launched on 7 August in Vannes, after an eleven-month build at the Multiplast yard, le Mono60 Edmond de Rothschild was able to put in her first tacks just ten days later offshore of the team’s base in Lorient. However, on Monday of this week, thanks to a boisterous low off the north-west tip of Brittany, […]
After an eleven-month build at the Multiplast yard in Vannes, the Mono60 Edmond de Rothschild hit the water for the first time last Friday 7 August. However, this initial contact with the liquid element was in no way synonymous with the start of sea trials. Indeed, launched without a keel or a mast, the 60-footer […]
Last April, Jean-Pierre Dick and his sponsors announced their return to monohull racing with the goal of taking part in the Ocean Masters events between 2015 and 2017, the highlight of which will be the Vendée Globe 2016. Designed by Verdier VPLP, StMichel-Virbac will be built at the Vannes Multiplast boatyard. The new boat will […]
As with the first T-foil rudders, this second phase of modifications is the fruit of a close collaboration between Antoine Koch and Gitana Team’s design office, naval architect Guillaume Verdier and New Zealander Jamie France, American Bobby Kleinschmit as well as the Pure Design company, the latter being members of Team New Zealand. ©SeaSailSurf >>
The birth of an efficient, innovative boat is the not result of one man’s work. The architects, both VPLP and Cabinet Verdier, realised this in 2005 when they co-signed the paternity of the first Safran IMOCA. Collaboration is at the heart of the design, serving competitive sailing. Some of the VERDIER – VPLP architects who attended […]
In the IMOCA class, the transition to foils was a logical evolution.
Comanche is a striking new watch designed for line honors and record breaking attempts. Only-results will justify its weight in carbon fiber. By Sean Mc Neill @Sailing World >>
Comanche s’est finalement incliné face à Wild Oats à Hobart. Mais le nouveau chasseur de records a démontré son énorme potentiel dans le vent moyen et fort. Il reste encore à travailler sur ses performances dans le vent faible.
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Avec la fin de la Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe, la classe IMOCA se projette maintenant vers l’avenir avec au sommaire, l’imminence de la Barcelona World Race, puis à l’horizon 2016 le prochain Vendée Globe. © Imoca Ocean Masters
Louis Burton, skipper of the IMOCA 60 Bureau Vallee in the last Vendee Globe, has taken over production of the Guillaume Verdier-designed Class 40, previously known as the Tyker Evolution 3 when it was built by FR Nautisme. ©DailySail >>