A boat with giant dimensions
This giant trimaran and the largest maxi multihull ever built. Designed by Pascal Bidégorry, designed by VPLP Architects and built by CDK Technologies and its suppliers, it is 40 meters long, 23 meters wide, has 800 m2 of sail and can reach a top speed of 90 km/h.
It was launched for the first time in August 2008 in Lorient. The objective of the project was to build a crew multihull to achieve records and therefore a very fast trimaran in very light to medium wind conditions at all speeds.
In 2009, he won the record for crossing the North Atlantic under sail in 3 days, 15 hours, 25 minutes and 48 seconds, beating Franck Camas' record by 12 hours. During the journey, he also beat the record for the number of miles covered in 24 hours with 880 miles the first time and 908.2 miles a few hours later. Spindrif 2 belonged to Pascal Bidégorry then Loïck Peyron in 2011.
It will be the first time that the giant of the seas will be led by a single man, Yann Guichard. On board, nothing will be left to chance since each manoeuvre is exhausting, it takes 30 minutes to drop a reef and one hour to change a headsail. " I won't have the right to the slightest problem, the slightest mistake. I approach this challenge with great humility." confides the skipper.
| Name | Maxi Spindrift 2 |
| Type | Maxi ocean trimaran |
| Length of the central hull | 40 meters |
| Length of floats | 37 meters |
| Width | 23 meters |
| Displacement | 21 tons |
| Draught | 5.10 meters |
| Air draft | 41 meters |
| Mainsail | 365 m2 (450 kg) |
| Gennaker | 440 m2 |
| Reacher | 292 m2 |
| Staysail | 166 m2 |
| CRO | 72 m2 |
I let you discover in video this giant of the seas. Fun and playful, she uses metaphors to realize the impressive dimensions of Spindrift 2.
