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https://www.theoceanrace.com/en/news/12627_The-Ocean-Race-Europe-will-promote-international-sport-the-Green-Deal-and-European-spirit.html The ocean race Europe, scheduled to start late spring 2021. Imoca minimum crew limit reduced to 4 (including at least one female) or 5 (with at least 4...

Yep, that feels sped-up to me aswell

For the base settings maybe, but since it can be adjusted offshore, my bets are on screws or hydraulic ram to set the position of the top bearing.  Edit: hydraulic ram must be with hand pump since it can't be power assisted by rule

I confirm: foil settings are done manually. 

They have a quite refined software aswell (mathematic model of the boat dynamic, her interaction with wave, wind etc). Madintec also advertises to have a quite sofisticated signal treatment to cancel noises on wind sensor and inertial sensor. They also provide on shore data analysis to fine tune...

I don't know if luck is the only thing to blame to be honest. There are some thing you can do to remove some unknown factor from the equation. Loosing the mast inside Brest Harbour or discovering that your new rudders stall over 30kt 20 hours after the start of your TJV attempt is not bad luck... 

Maybe they will do proper testing that time... 

The energical cost should also be considered... If the number of active surface is tripled, so is the consumption (roughly) of the auto pilot. Given that the class is moving towards the objectif of limiting/banning the use of fossile fuel, I don't think that an active control of the lifting...

According to Desjoyeaux, they just kept the global shape of the hull (the deck aswell, I suppose). Bulkheads are announced to be different. The lamination process from Mer Agitée could also be different so the final weight will differ. For the french understanding members, I strongly advise you...

I don't think so, the central hull is clearly longer than the imoca. The picture is shot with a wide angle lens so it's a bit misleading. In fact, ultimboat on Facebook claims it's the old race for water. 

Nice look on the MOD70 hanging from the ceiling. I wonder if it would fit in my living room... 

I am pretty sure that the technical regulation will evolve in favor of Gitana if her Jules Verne campaign is successful. A race without the fastest competitor is pointless when your class is called Ultim'. The image of the fastest boats around the globe is too important. Maybe a rule concerning...

IMOCA class published, on 27/11/2019, Class rule 2021 that includes specific rules for a crewed IMOCA measurement certificate. https://www.imoca.org/en/imoca/official-documents Specific rules for CMC (crewed measurement certificate) aim mainly security equipment (liferaft, lifeline, desal...

Only the keel fin, the keel pin and the ram assembly are OD. Keel fins are supplied by AMPM. The RAM assembly is supplied by Hydroem. https://ampm-meca.fr/ http://hydroem.fr/ You can find all the infos on the class rule. (there is a quite thorough chapter concerning the design rule of the...

True (cf: press conference from april 2019), not enough fact checking. Winter 2020 is dedicated to RTW record, solo or crewed.

Luckily for them, 32/23 class RTW race during 2020/2021 winter could start from mediterranean coast (said the speaker at the arrival of Gitana) so they should have an other "peacefull" try next year.

They're lucky to own the boat without any sponsor, some would have slam the door / fire some people for a long time !

Given their stand-by ends on December the 15th because after that, they prefer to train on the tf35 on the Léman lake, I doubt they will go again this year. 

I didn't thought about that possibility, maybe they will communicate on that later...

The boat is ready, so is the crew they said ! No need to train and test the machine. I think rudder stall is typically something you can detect and solve beforehand !