Project manager, François Boucher, announced that the 100’ Finot-Conq design built in carbon/nomex at Maxi Dolphin left the yard on a truck and on a barge to reach Venetia where this
beautiful boat will be stepped with a mast from Lorima and launched mid July.

Here are some photos  from Hortense... received from the Antartic Circle...

Thank you for sharing those magnificient pictures with us...

Multihull: Peter Aschenbrenner, skipper – Paradox

“The boat is really built for ocean passages and ocean sailing, so we feel very much at home when the wind gets up in solid trade-wind conditions, like 20 plus knots and big waves. The boat acts really nicely and goes really fast. I think we are more comfortable at the high end of the range while some of the smaller boats struggle a little more. It is really the luck of the draw, because last year was lighter. The trades are pretty consistent, though, so if you come down and do a few events you will get some great sailing.

“We would like to see more multihulls; it is the perfect place to sail multihulls! These boats can be a little wet when they are powered up, but then the air and water are warm. We would like to get some more fast trimarans; it is a separate breed.”

MC 34 PATTON "Courrier Vintage" gagne le Spi Ouest France Intermarché 2013 :

Bravo !!!

The skipper has launched the new 50ft trimaran.

Lalou Roucayrol will sail from April before his racing ambitious programme with The Transat Jacques Vabre and the Route du Rhum.

Our collaboration on this project have enabled us to use a new process which lead to a 10% weigh gain.

Francis Joyon, skipper of the maxi trimaran IDEC, crossed the line of the Route de la Découverte in San Salvador - Bahamas, today Friday 15th February 2013.

Congratulations Francis !!!