The central hull of the new MACIF trimaran arrived at MerConcept in Concarneau France last week.
Macif foiling trimaran. For Macif J boards check this post. We are going to begin two months of sailing with just one foil. This will not prevent us from working on various points.
Ironically the boat will likely be launched with a different name on it. An Ultime trimaran in the fall of 2013 who all basically boiled down to this. Check out 5 fastest trimarans in the worldSubscribe to our channel.
The most radical of the new Ultime trimarans the incredible Gitana 17 is designed to foil at over 50 knots and cross up to 900 miles a day crewed by just one solo skipper. Dinghyracing foiling speed sailingThe F101 is an all new foiling trimaran aimed specifically at those sailors that for whatever reason thought foiling. If Macif stays put in terms of central T foil we will have an interesting matchup between the giant Trimaran Foilers in coming crossings records attempts to see which conf pays weighting additional lift vs drag in calm weather.
Im going to continue my endeavours with the Flying. Currently being built the new appendage will be delivered in mid-July but this will not prevent François Gabart from training. Im going to continue my endeavours with the Flying Phantom.
2017 Single-handed round the world record in 42 days 16 hours 40 minutes and 35 seconds Winner of The Bridge with crew in 08 days 00 hours 31 minutes and 20 seconds. To achieve these speeds MACIF has embraced the use of foiling wholeheartedly. Gabarts Macif Tri does not features one also confirmed by Gabart at the time.
With the TF10 foiling trimaran sailing and foiling can be reached by any sailor. The MACIF trimaran will continue to remain without a starboard foil for a few weeks. The hull was built at the Multiplast facility in Vannes and will eventually be fitted out with a main central daggerboard foil and a t-rudder.