The young French hero of solo offshore sailing completed his first solo win on board his new 100ft trimaran Macif Tuesday 10 May when he crossed the finish line off New York.
Trimaran macif record. Together with Jean-Yves Bernot his weather router the skipper of the MACIF trimaran is on the lookout for a good weather window to get underway and take on the challenge of. Ocean racing trimarans Maserati and Powerplay have made a record attempt on the Cowes-Dinard route. The new record yet to be ratified by the WSSC is 42 days 16hrs 40mins and 35secs.
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. 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. The 33-year-old Frenchman who in 2013 became the youngest ever winner of the Vendée.
Posted on 21 Jul 2019 MACIF Trimaran. During a six-month long refit the 30m MACIF trimaran was relaunched on July 31 2018. Jean-Marie Liot DPPI Macif.
In a 1956 movie Phileas Fogg played by the quintessential Brit David Niven won a bet that he could travel Around the World in 80 Days. Francois Gabart has narrowly missed out on the Transat bakerly previously OSTAR record on his 100ft trimaran Macif. French solo sailor François Gabart has set a new record for the outright 24hr speed record in his 100ft trimaran MACIF.
To break world records. Gabart and MACIF DESTROY the singlehanded 24 hour record. Watch this spectacular footage of the 130ft maxi trimaran Spindrift 2 as she sails from France on her fourth attempt to break the non-stop round the world re.
François Gabart enters a standby period as of this Wednesday 1st June with a view to attempting the North Atlantic record from West to East. His shore team announced today that subject to. French solo sailor François Gabart out to beat round the world record in under 49 days in giant trimaran French superstar sailor François Gabart has set off in the trimaran MACIF.