HAMILTON, Bermuda — New Zealand is one victory away from repossessing the America’s Cup, which is minimal assurance for Kiwi fans who watched through their fingers as Oracle Team USA put a fist through the top of its own coffin and came from very far down to win in 2013. ©NyTimes >> But there is […]
Guillaume Verdier weighs in on the monohull vs multihull debate – and the challenges of designing a boat for ‘relentless’ sailors
A closer look at Alex Thomson’s Vendée Globe foil-borne Hugo Boss The 2016/7 Vendée Globe race will go down as one dominated by two very different sailors, Frenchman Armel Le Cléac’h and Briton Alex Thomson in two critically different yachts. ©Yachtingworld.com>>
The skippers are better prepared than ever, but the new generation foil borne IMOCA 60s will require more physical and mental endurance than ever before. ©SailingWorld
Giovanni Soldini and the Maserati Multi70 team ready to return to the ocean on the world’s first trimaran featuring a centreboard with a horizontal load bearing surface on its end to boost lift and stability Giovanni Soldini and the Maserati Multi70 trimaran team are ready to tackle the 2016 racing season, thanks to their own contribution to the […]
(July 28, 2016) – Comanche, the 100 foot racing yacht owned by Jim Clark and Kristy Hinze-Clark, has successfully set a new monohull transatlantic record of 5 days, 14 hours, 21 minutes 25 seconds. Sources : SailingScuttlebutt>>
Giovanni Soldini prepares for the upcoming racing season while the Maserati Multi70 is on the water at Lorient in her sleek new livery. Atlantic testing to begin in the coming days. Maserati Multi70 is back on the water at the team’s base at Lorient in Brittany. Looking absolutely pristine, the futuristic trimaran, which stretches 21.2m in […]
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! Dans exactement un mois, Morgan Lagravière et Nicolas Lunven prendront le départ de la Transat Jacques Vabre au Havre. L’entraînement s’intensifie et l’avitaillement se prépare déjà!
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.
Communiqué de presse du vendredi 28 août 2015 Apres deux campagnes de collaboration fructueuse en IMOCA avec les deux premières places à l’arrivée du dernier Vendée Globe, VPLP et Team Verdier lancent leur troisième campagne pour le Vendée Globe 2016.
Mis à l’eau début août, Edmond de Rothschild, le 60 Pieds monocoque de Gitana Team n’avait pas encore connu de conditions musclées. Lundi 24, Sébastien Josse et Charles Caudrelier (son co-skipper pour la Transat Jacques Vabre) ont décidé de sortir la bête dans un bon coup de vent : 28 à 35 nœuds de Nord-Ouest […]
Après onze mois de construction, au sein du chantier Multiplast de Vannes, le Mono60 Edmond de Rothschild touchait l’eau pour la première fois vendredi dernier, le 7 août. Mais ce premier contact avec l’élément liquide n’était pas pour autant synonyme de premières navigations. En effet, mis à l’eau sans quille ni mât, le 60 pieds […]
En avril dernier, Jean-Pierre Dick et ses partenaires annonçaient leur retour en monocoque avec l’objectif de participer aux épreuves du championnat Ocean Masters de 2015 à 2017, avec en point d’orgue le Vendée Globe 2016. StMichel-Virbac, dessiné par Verdier VPLP, sera construit au chantier vannetais Multiplast. Le nouveau bateau sera mis à l’eau l’été prochain. […]
Tout comme pour les premiers safrans en T, cette deuxième phase de modifications est le fruit d’une étroite collaboration entre Antoine Koch et le bureau d’études du Gitana Team, l’architecte Guillaume Verdier et le Néo-Zélandais Jamie France, l’Américain Bobby Kleinschmit ainsi que la société Pure Design, ces derniers étant membres de 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.