Now five, the spectacular flying maxi-trimarans take off again between Le Havre and Fort-de-France.
«When you’ve tasted flying, the rest seems bland …“Since his victory in the Transat Jacques Vabre 2017 and the last appearance of maxi-trimarans on the famous” Route du Café “, Thomas Coville’s life as a sailor has changed a lot. Like that of his playmates in the Ultimate class, actors of a real oceanic revolution at the helm of their sea giants (32 meters long) now flying.
Placed on their foils, rudders and central center fin with load bearing planes, the latest generation multihulls rise out of the water at twelve knots of wind. To reach incredible average speeds on such mastodons, beyond 40 knots. After a stormy start, with a lot of breakage and a reasonable postponement of the first solo round-the-world race for 2023, they are ready for (re) take-off.
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To pioneer Edmond de Rothschild, launched in 2017 and helmed by Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier, were added Sodebo Ultim 3 de Coville (2019) then Banque
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