The first racing trimaran was the former Elf III now Gitana IX Designed by GOllier - Multiplast.

Trimaran ultime foil. Its design was already based on the characteristics that were to become the hallmark of the team. Daring techniques and aesthetics were being sought. Hydroptere is dead for now.

It integrates a foiling package which should allow the boat to foil in suitable conditions. The TF10 foiling trimaran flies with a 4-point foil setup. The demand from Sodebo sponsor of veteran solo sailor and sometime Jules Verne record holder Thomas Coville was for a boat that.

The so called Z-type daggerboard foils provide the necessary lift to be able to foil. The boat was modified - with floats lengthened to 72 feet - and cross beams reinforced for the new loads. Adding to that shes also the first IMOCA 60 foiler of the new generation and 100 designed by VPLP in terms of the naval.

Email This BlogThis. The advantage of the 4-point-foil setup is that the crew does not have to pick up the daggerboards during manoeuvres. Theres a strong consensus among professional sailors that C foils in trimaran floats are an advantage for trans ocean racing especially if those races include a lot of reaching in fresh conditions.

First off Charal is the first new IMOCA 60 off the drawing board for the upcoming Vendee Globe. This new trimaran is to be part of the Ultime Collective and will be campaigned in solo and crewed form by Armel Le Cléach. 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.

This is for a big boat design ocean going approx 50ft high performance club racer spartan cruiser - similar to the lebreton Sig45 thats about the closest boat to this design i can think of. Then came the first boat entirely developed by the team. The Ultime trimaran Banque Populaire IX which has been completed by CDK technologies has been launched.