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Launch of the new Maxi Trimaran Banque Populaire XI: the Ultim class epitome of audacity!

Wednesday, 28 april 2021

16 metric tons, 32 meters in length, and 23 meters wide: the Banque Populaire XI is the fruit of 24 months of construction work performed by 150 mostly French and locally based companies.

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The construction of this new 16 metric ton, 32m long, 23m wide, and 37m high ‘Ultim’ class racing trimaran to be skippered by Armel Le Cléac’h  required the expertise of 150 companies to ensure its completion in 24 months despite the health crisis!

 A synthesis of high technology and fine craftsmanship, this giant of the seas was recently launched on April 27 in Lorient (Brittany). An epitome of audacity, with its S-shaped foils about twice the size of those fitted to previous generations (an application of advanced research in aerodynamics as used in Formula 1 racing cars), Banque Populaire XI  is the result of a technological, technical, human and logistical feat  that makes it the latest jewel in the crown of the nautical industry and of competitive sailing in general.  

Team Banque Populaire drew on the expertise of no fewer than 150 mostly French and locally based companies for the vessel’s design and construction . As a major player in ocean racing both as sponsor and ship-owner, Banque Populaire used this opportunity to support craftsmen, engineers and architects, true to its DNA as a bank working closely with all types of entrepreneur. This initiative also enables the bank to demonstrate its active involvement in promoting the status of all those contributing to the ‘blue economy,’ a sector embracing all economic activities related to the marine environment.

Another challenge now awaits the team with the first trial runs for Armel Le Cléac’h and his co-skipper Kevin Escoffier in preparation for the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandy Le Havre race in November later this year.   THE BANQUE POPULAIRE XI MAXI TRIMARAN IN FIGURES

• 32 meters in length, 23 meters wide, weighing 16 metric tons
• 24 months in the making4,500 hours of preparatory work (design, architecture, plan, simulation carried out by the VPLP firm of naval architects) 
• 300 production blueprints
• 150 companies involved
• 150,000 hours of work (including more than 100,000 hours for the CDK Technologies shipbuilding facility alone) 

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Maxi-trimaran

Release date : 26th August 2008

Architect : VPLP

Weight: 21 tonnes

Number of crew aboard: 11

Maximum speed: 90 km/h

4th fastest round the world reference time in 47d, 10h

Length : 37 meters

Width : 23 meters

Air draught : 40 meters

Water draft : 5,5 meters

Mainsail : 351 m2

Size J0 : 461 m2

Size J1 : 284 m2

Size J2 : 179 m2

Size J3 : 80 m2

Central daggerboard : 1

Rudders: 3, including 2 lateral T-rudders

Her history

An extraordinary trimaran

Launched in 2008, the largest racing trimaran ever built joined the Sails of Change (previously Spindrift) fleet in 2013, having secured the round the world record in the hands of Loïck Peyron and his crew of 13 sailors. Renamed and repackaged, this giant of ocean racing went on to smash the Discovery Route record in 2013 between Cadiz, Spain and San Salvador, Bahamas, and gain renown in several legendary races including the Rolex Fastnet Race, the Route du Rhum and the Transat Québec-Saint-Malo.

Designed for crewed sailing, the maxi-trimaran was converted to a solo configuration in 2014 for skipper Yann Guichard to race the Route du Rhum, which he finished in second place. This was one of the most ambitious sporting challenges of the 21 st century: one man at the helm of the world’s largest offshore racing trimaran originally designed to be sailed by 14 sailors – an extraordinary demonstration of technical and human skill. His achievement has become part of the legend of what is known as the queen of transatlantic races.

Objective Jules Verne Trophy

In crewed configuration, the major goal centres on the legendary Jules Verne Trophy. The crew completed the course in 2016 notching up the second fastest time in history (third fastest time today*) and making crew member Dona Bertarelli the fastest woman to sail around the world. In 2019, on a third attempt at breaking the Jules Verne Trophy record, the team on the maxi-trimaran set a new Ushant-Equator Record in a time of 4 days 19 hours and 57 minutes. In 2020 and 2021, Multiplast made several improvements to the maxi-trimaran with the aim of maximising her future performance and she stands in readiness to return to the record hunting fray in her most optimised form ever.

*Fourth best time ever, including the solo record attempt posted by F. Gabart.

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Underway for the ARKÉA Ultim Challenge

Published on January 7th, 2024 by Editor -->

As a new chapter in ocean racing history was opened with the start of the inaugural ARKÉA ULTIM CHALLENGE-Brest as a winter chill and modest NE’ly wind was scarcely enough to lift the giant ULTIM multihulls on to their foils as they got underway on January 7 In Brest, France.

Tom Laperche (SVR Lazartigue) made the dream start, as after arriving a day earlier following six weeks of repairs, Laperche hit the line at speed before building a narrow lead.

Considering the weather forecast for the six solo skippers in the first ever solo multihull race round the world on 32mx23m giant ULTIM trimarans, it is agreed that François Gabart’s 2017 mark of 42 days 16 hours was not in imminent danger. The fleet could be more than two days behind the record time when they get into the big south.

Much of the passage down to the Equator will be upwind, slowed first by a low pressure trough off Portugal and then by a big Atlantic depression to be negotiated later this week. As yet there is no sign of any fast trade-winds sailing before they pass into the Southern Hemisphere.

However, none of these latest generation, cutting-edge, giant foiling trimarans have ever been sailed at max speed across the southern Indian and the Pacific oceans, so any initial deficit could still be overturned before Cape Horn.

But first, the leaders should pass Cape Finisterre, off the NW corner of Spain, early on the second day after a relatively straightforward passage of Biscay. But the first major weather hurdle is off the Portuguese coast which will be the precursor to the big Atlantic depression.

“It is quite tricky for the skippers because they have a thalweg (a trough) which they have to cross to the other side of, that means a transition zone of the wind from the north to the wind from the east,” noted Spanish weather ace Pep Costa.

Australia-based Will Oxley, who is in the weather routing cell for Thomas Coville’s Sodebo, notes how the Elephant in the room is the large front and low pressure the fleet it due to encounter on January 10.

“All the set-up revolves around when and where will we interact with the system?” said Oxley. “As we know, the weather routing programs know no fear and left to their own devices, they are happy to send the Ultims into 6m swells and 45 knot gusts, so we need to manage that carefully.”

Details: https://arkeaultimchallengebrest.com/en

The Ultim Class trimarans have a maximum length of 32 meters and a maximum width of 23 meters.

The solo speed record around the world was set in 2017 by François Gabart (FRA) on the 30m Macif trimaran in a time of 42d 14h 40m 15s for an average speed of 21.08 knots. This yacht has been rebranded and will be raced by Marchand.

Entrants: • Charles Caudrelier (FRA), Maxi Edmond de Rothschild (2017 Verdier 32/23) • Thomas Coville (FRA), Sodebo Ultim 3 (2019 VPLP/others 32/23) • Tom Laperche (FRA), Trimaran SVR-Lazartigue (2021 VPLP 32/23) • Armel Le Cléac’h (FRA), Maxi Banque Populaire XI (2021 VPLP 32/23) • Anthony Marchand (FRA), Actual Ultim 3 (2015 VPLP 30/22) • Éric Péron (FRA), Trimaran Adagio (2014 VPLP 31/21)

Five rules from the Sailing Instructions: • The start line is kept open for 168 hours and the finish line is closed after an elapsed time of 100 days after the start time, that is to say 16th April 2024.

• The skippers can communicate and exchange with their teams on shore, so they have the freedom to get weather information and be routed by their team on shore and get technical help and advice to help with technical problems.

• The solo skippers can stop but there are two distinct operations. A technical stop is unassisted and requires the sailor to drop anchor, take a mooring, or tie up alongside an anchored or moored boat with no external help. There is no time penalty for a technical stop. But for a technical stopover (escale technique) where one or more crew or technical team come on board to help, there is a mandatory 24 hours minimum. This does not apply to the start port of Brest where all means are authorized to reach or leave the port within a radius of 50 miles.

• For the first time in ocean racing, zones where there are known to be a high concentration of whales and sea mammals are determined. Establishing these zones should both protect the marine wildlife and reduce the chance of a collision. These zones are around the Azores, the Canaries, south of South Africa, the Kerguelens, and parts of the Antarctic.

• There are ice exclusion zones to protect the skippers and their boats.

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Thursday, december 14, 2017, actual, the maxi trimaran, capsized at the horn.

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The Chilean navy has rescued Yves Le Blevec with an helicopter. Congratulations for a job well done!!! A night on those frozen water would not be an agreeable prospect for Le Blevec.

Great rescue video added to the post.

Here in Chile the rescue was covered by all the tv, newspapers, etc.

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World’s coolest yachts: Maxi Trimaran MACIF

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We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. Dee Caffari nominates the Maxi Trimaran MACIF

The round the world record breaking sailboat , MACIF was launched in 2016 for French solo sailor and Vendée Globe winner François Gabart.

He set a solo round the world record of 42d 16h in it in 2017.

The Ultime was then re-fitted with more advanced and powerful foils to keep the boat competitive with the rest of the Ultime fleet. It has since been sold with François Gabart launching a new, super-high tech Ultime in 2021 .

“This is a boat only a handful of people have ever been aboard but it’s a boat all the cool kids would really love to sail,” says Dee Caffari .

“It’s the coolest yacht in the world because it’s very, very fast and because François Gabart set the 24-hour record of 851 miles all on his own.

“And he is very cool himself!

“My first step in these boats was when I was working as a nipper for Mike Golding.

“I had a chance to go sailing on Club Med [Grant Dalton’s 110ft cataraman, winner of The Race round the world in 2000/1] in the Solent.

“It was all a bit beyond me. I didn’t understand what was going on, but I thought that was the coolest boat ever.”

Make sure you check out our full list of Coolest Yachts.

Maxi Trimaran MACIF stats rating:

Top speed: 45 knots LOA: 31m Launched: 2016 Berths: 1 Price: €15m Adrenalin factor: 100%

Dee Caffari

Dee Caffari, 45, is the holder of the record for the first woman to sail non-stop round the world in both directions.

She finished 7th in the 2008/9 Vendée Globe and has raced round the world six times in total, most recently as skipper of Turn the Tide on Plastic in the 2017/8 Volvo Ocean Race .

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