The MACIF trimaran skipper left his home port of Port-la-Forêt on Friday evening to make his way to the round the world starting line located between the Créach lighthouse in Ouessant Ushant and the Lizard Point.

Macif trimaran around the world. It hasnt sunk in yet but I know its a. MACIF Round the world sailing records An astonishing new solo 24-hour record has been set by French sailor François Gabart. When François Gabart sailed his giant trimaran Macif across a line between Englands Lizard Point and Oussant in France on December 17 after 42 days at sea the 35-year-old Frenchman not only set a new singlehanded round-the-world record he cemented his place among the great sailors of all time.

851NM 354Knots average speed on a foiler Maxi Tri sailing SoloCrazy stuff. MACIF trimaran on standby for Solo Round the World 21102017 François Gabart and team will be on standby as of Sunday with a view to attempting the single-handed round the world record both his and his vehicle the MACIF trimaran ready. François Gabart and Gwenolé Gahinet are laying everything on the line by trying to sail up the Atlantic by the west Posted on 28 Nov 2019 MACIF crew.

The MACIF trimaran in on standby for a single-handed round the world record attempt - photo Vincent Curutchet ALeA Macif Weather routing team important to the skipper François Gabart has been using the services of Jean-Yves Bernot from the start of the project to help analyse weather conditions to choose a departure date and will use them again for tactical choices in relation to his route. The Massive Macif 100 Trimaran. On his first attempt at the around-the-world record Gabart smashed the standing time of 49 days previously set by Thomas Coville the skipper of the Sodebo Ultim.

The single-hander covered 851. Gabart is widely recognized as one of the best if. 25 28 May.

On standby since 22 October François Gabart cast off today Saturday 4 November at 1005 French time UTC1 to take on the challenge of the single-handed round the world record. MACIF trimaran 2017 provisional programme. The goal of the MACIF trimaran crew is to push her as hard as they can.

Posted on 31 Jul 2019 Gahinet to co-skipper MACIF with Gabart A dynamic duo enter the Brest Atlantiques in November The MACIF trimaran will be skippered by the round the world single-handed record holder and co-skippered by the co-holder of the Jules Verne Trophy in the race that sets off in a loop from Brest. Related Articles Trimaran MACIF takes option to spice things up Currently lying third in the Brest Atlantiques After 23 days of racing the MACIF trimaran is third in the Brest Atlantiques and the finish should be in just over a week in Brest. Start of the standby period for the single-handed round the world record attempt.