Declining the know-how of Marsaudon Composites upwards
After the success of the TS 42 and TS 50, renamed ORC 42 and ORC 50, the shipyard Marsaudon Composites from Lorient wished to continue its momentum by declining the program towards a larger size. Thus was born the ORC 57, the flagship catamaran of the range, which takes up the fundamentals of the shipyard, while sticking to the necessarily even more demanding demands on a sailing boat of this size. To achieve this, the manufacturer has teamed up with a new architect for the 57-foot multihull, Marc Lombard, as the shipyard's manager Damien Cailliau explains: "Among the architects who approached us when we took over the shipyard to design our new model, he was the one who responded best. The idea is always to make fast boats, while being able to take care of the interior a little, without harming the speed. These are boats that you notice. There are not five of them in the harbor. It's kind of the philosophy of Muscle cars, highly motorized cars."
Careful and light construction
True to the philosophy of the range, the ORC 57 is lightweight, with a displacement of 11.9 tons. To achieve this, the catamaran is built in infusion, with a fiberglass and vinylester resin sandwich on a PVC foam core, whether for the hull, deck or bulkheads. Carbon reinforcement beams reinforce the rigidity.
The fittings are also designed to limit weight. The structural and fitting functions are coupled to pass the lighting or provide storage.
A bodybuilt sail plan
To ensure the performances expected by the boaters of a "muscle-cat", the sail plan is imposing. The 22.85 meter mast accommodates a 107 m² mainsail and an 84 m² J1 genoa. Downwind, a head gennaker of 200 m² or a large spinnaker of 315 m² boost the catamaran's performance.
For upwind performance, 2 large daggerboards allow easy heading.
Collecting miles
The program of an ORC 57 is definitely not to make circles in bay. The boat, designed with a comfortable height under the basket of 1.07 meters, is intended to be able to face beautiful sea conditions, in safety. Approved for 12 people in category A and equipped with 2x200 L of fresh water, it can take its crews on fast offshore cruises.
