Among his most notable designs were the Bucaneer Kraken series trimarans Spindrift 45 Catana 40 cats as well as a great number of other cruising racing chartercommercial and power cats and tris.
Spindrift trimaran capsize. Designed to determine if a boat has blue water capability. Following the capsize of Musandam-Oman Sail early Sunday morning the five sailors have been safely transferred to a cargo ship and are in transit back to Canada. Rdp13 Video of yesterdays dramatic capsize in Dun Laoghaire depicts the trimaran fleet start of the first inshore race in the Route Des Princes regatta on Dublin Bay.
On saturday june 22 Routes des Princes race leader Spindrift skippered and steered by Yann Guichard FRA capsized on the first leg of the first inshore race of the day off Dun Laoghaire. A shocking bit of news came out of western Europe over the weekend as current Vendée Globe champion and Banque Populaire skipper Armel le Cléach and a shorthanded crew capsized the brand-new Banque Populaire IX maxi-trimaran west of Morocco and the Strait of Gilbraltar while on a delivery from the team. They were racing against the worlds largest trimaran Spindrift 2 which is being skippered by French sailor Yann Guichard.
Famed muli-hull designer of Australia. Width of boat at the widest point in feet. Worlds largest racing trimaran Published on April 8th 2014 After three months of ambitious boatbuilding the 40-meter trimaran Spindrift 2 was re-launched this month in Lorient.
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The video posted on youtube shows the build up to the Spindrift capsize that led to a major emergency operation and the airlift of one crew man with a broken pelvis. Spindrift Capsizes At Dun. 91011 and 12 feet.
MAXI Spindrift 2 131 foot trimaran for crewed racing that would be reliable and versatile enough to be competitive in a mixed programme combining transatlantic and around-the-world races. The dangers of racing large multihull yachts in big breezes were laid bare again yesterday when the French MOD70 Spindrift capsized in waters off Dublin leaving a. Here is the video of the capsize.