Arkea-Paprec is the second IMOCA of the latest generation to be launched. After 7 months of assembly in Port-La-Forêt, the red and blue monohull is out of its hangar this Thursday, July 18 . We can feel that this is a boat where a lot of work has been done on the centering of the masses and the lowering of the center of gravity with the use of the gauge in its smallest details. The image of the extremely clear cockpit which breathes lightness.
Highly anticipated on the Rolex Fastnet Race, for its first full-scale test, the duo Sébastien Simon and Vincent Riou has abandoned due to a short circuit that blew all the energy on board.
Alex Thomson made the buzz by publishing pictures of his new IMOCA Hugo Boss (the 7th of the name) before its time. In addition to its tapered bow, its black hull contrasting with its fluorescent pink appendages, it is its roof cap that is the talk of the town. This VPLP design has a fully enclosed helm and maneuvering station, an architecture that Vincent Lauriot-Prévos explains to us t.
THE IMOCA Apivia euros skippered by Charlie Dalin euros was launched in Lorient on Monday, August 5. Designed by Guillaume Verdier, this 60-foot Open has been designed around its "Dali" type foils with a hull designed to fly, but also to limit braking, and preserve the average speed and a narrow and spatulate bow. The cockpit, particularly covering, will ensure that the skipper will be able to sail dry. He will be accompanied by Yann Eliès in the Transat Jacques Vabre.
The work sites
Thomas Ruyant's IMOCA aDvens is under construction at Lorient La Base and will be launched at the end of August. This hydrofoil IMOCA was built in Italy at Persico on Verdier plans. She will participate in the Transat Jacques Vabre in duo with Antoine Koch, architect and sailor.
The new boat of Japanese skipper Kojiro Shiraishi euros DMG Mori euros is a VPLP design built from the Charal mold at the Multiplast yard in Vannes. It should be launched for the 2019 Transat Jacques Vabre. Her former IMOCA was bought by Benjamin Dutreux, who had her repatriated to Belgium.
The IMOCA Corum designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian is currently under construction for Nicolas Troussel, who will be on board for the 2020 Vendée Globe. The boat, which will be quite similar to Arkea-Paprec and whose project manager is Michel Desjoyeaux (Mer Agitée), will be launched in January 2020.
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The IMOCA MACSF has new colors and design and has benefited from technical transformations which will be revealed during its launch in August.
L'Occitane en Provence will embark with Armel Tripon for his Vendée Globe project. Few information are delivered on the boat but according to Michel de Franssu, manager of the Black Pepper shipyard - which ensures the construction of the IMOCA - the boat should be launched next September.
