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[huey 2]

Sail. Route du Rhum: Yoann Richomme has launched his Class40​

Published on July 07, 2022 at 1:54 p.m.

The Class40 Paprec Arkéa was launched on Wednesday July 6th. (Photo Olivier Blanchet)

While waiting for his new Imoca, Yoann Richomme had his new Class40 delivered last Wednesday to the Lalou Multi yard. At the helm of this Lombard plan, Richomme wants to defend his title on the Route du Rhum 2022.​

Winner of the 2018 Route du Rhum in Class40, Yoann Richomme will take part in the Drheam Cup, a 1,000-mile solo race between Cherbourg and La Trinité-sur-mer on July 17. Something to get straight to the heart of the matter. The objective is to shine in four months between Saint-Malo and Guadeloupe: “Even if we know that the competition will be tough with 55 competitors including 26 new boats, we are keen to do well”.

(Photo Olivier Blanchet)
Richomme is not starting from scratch in the Class40: he has notably sailed on the sister-ship of his boat, the Quéguiner - Innoveo owned by Corentin Douguet: "We have installed the same autopilot on board the Class40, we are working with the same designer of sails and sensors are also identical. There are many parallels between the two boats.”
His Imoca will be launched in early 2023.

 

[huey 2]

Dhream Cup 2022

Boat Name	Country	Skipper	Type of boat	Sail number
CLASS40
#OnEstLarge	FR	CAUWE Maxime	tyker	98
ACI	HR	IVICA Kostelić	Class 40	CRO 130
Banque du Léman	FR	KOSTER Simon	Mach 40.4	SUI 159
BLEU BLANC	FR	THOMAS Hervé	CLASS 40	149
CAISSES RÉUNIONNAISES COMPLÉMENTAIRES	FR	JOST Victor	Monocoque	109
Captain Alternance	FR	PIPEROL Kéni	Lift V2	174
Centrakor	FR	MERGUI Mikael	Lift V2	183
Chocolats Pariès - Screb	FR	DARAMY Jean-baptiste	Class 40	FRA 123
crédit mutuel	FR	LIPINSKI Ian	class40	158
CROSSCALL	FR	DUCROZ Aurelien	class40	166
DOPAMINE SAILING TEAM	FR	GUEGUEN Florian	CLASS40	FRA104
EDENRED	FR	LE ROCH Emmanuel	MONOCOQUE	FRA165
EDIGO-UNIVERRE	FR	COURBON Yves	CAPE40	FRA 168
ENERGIES POUR LE MONDE	FR	ROSSI Romain	AKILARIA RC3	FRA131
EORA	AU	HENRY Rupert	LOMBARD LIFT 2021	AUS-169
Fondation Stargardt	FR	LE PAPE Martin	Clak40	180
Groupe SNEF	FR	MACAIRE Xavier	Class40	178
HappyVore	FR	D\'ESTAIS Nicolas	Clak40	167
Inter Invest	FR	PERRAUT Matthieu	MAX 40	175
La Boulangère Bio	FR	GRASSI Amélie	Class40 : Max40	FRA170
Lamotte Module Création	FR	BERRY Luke	Class40	185
Legallais	FR	CASENAVE-PÉRÉ Pierre	Mach40.3	145
Les campings malouin impact océan	FR	MATACZYNSKI Geoffrey	Class 40	Fra 97
Naviguons contre le diabète	FR	FACON Anatole	Akilaria 40 RC3	124
Nestenn - Entrepreneurs pour la Planète	FR	BONNIER Jules	Mach40.3	FRA 153
Paprec Arkéa	FR	RICHOMME Yoann	Lift 2	182
Project Rescue Ocean	FR	TREHIN Axel	Max 40	FRA 162
QUEGUINER-INNOVEO	FR	DOUGUET Corentin	Lift V2	176
Randstad-Ausy	FR	LOUCHART Martin	Mach 40.3	FRA 155
Recycleurs Bretons - Navaleo	FR	LE BORGNE Kieran	Tyker 40 Evolution 2	FRA 88
Redman	FR	CARPENTIER Antoine	Mach 40.4	FRA161
SENSATION CLASS40	FR	LEPESQUEUX Marc	SABROSA 40	FRA140
SERENIS Consulting	FR	GALFIONE Jean	Class40	FRA163
SOGESTRAN - SEAFRIGO	FR	CHATEAU Cédric	Pogo S4	172
VICITAN	FR	LE VOURCH Didier	CLASS 40	FRA 134
VIRANGA	FR	HAMEZ Emmanuel	POGO S4	8
Volvo	BE	GERCKENS Jonas	Class40	BEL 164
YODA	FR	BOUVET Franz	Akilaria	65

 

[huey 2]

Drheam Start

 

[huey 2]

[#DC2022 1ST CLASS40

]
Xavier Macaire on Groupe SNEF, crossed the finish line of the Drheam-Cup / Grand Prix de France wide race 2022 in the first place at 17h27.
He was on the DC 1000B course in the Class40 category. A fine performance for his first solo race in his new boat

More info lus bit.ly/3v5qo0P

 

[r.finn]

Xavier is using a massive furler. Clearly he wants that process to be as easy as possible.

 

[huey 2]

https://drheam-cup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/classement-definitif-class-40.pdf

 

[bushsailor]

Drheam Start
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This is an interesting photo,
2 boats a few metres apart both skippers on the bow setting up a code sail.
They obviously trust the autopilot completely.

 

[Rail Meat]

Just in case any of you are thinking about getting one of these machines for your very own... Dragon is for sale. The ad is in the Sailing Anarchy Classifieds. Her new rig is leaving Axxon in the next couple of weeks to be shipped to the US, and she will be back in perfect nick in September.

Dragon 2.0 is in build and launching next year. As much as it pains me to sell the OG, it would be fiscal suicide to own two of these.

 

[solosailor]

Congrats on Dragon 2.0 !

 

[MPH]

Just in case any of you are thinking about getting one of these machines for your very own... Dragon is for sale. The ad is in the Sailing Anarchy Classifieds. Her new rig is leaving Axxon in the next couple of weeks to be shipped to the US, and she will be back in perfect nick in September.

Dragon 2.0 is in build and launching next year. As much as it pains me to sell the OG, it would be fiscal suicide to own two of these.

What design is the new boat?

 

[Rail Meat]

An Owen Clarke Design, engineered by Pure. Merf and Allen have augmented the design team with Peter Hobson and collectively they are producing a pretty amazing design. VPP tested against the fleet of existing scow bows across the Fastnet, TJV, RdR, Atlantic Cup and Bermuda courses using 10 years of historical weather data. Our design wins 93% of the time.

 

[MPH]

Have a drawing?

 

[longy]

Why are you replacing spar?

 

[furler49]

Our design wins 93% of the time.

No pressure then

 

[Rail Meat]

Why are you replacing spar?

Because the prior one fell down during February's RORC600

 

[Rail Meat]

No pressure then

Ha! Yeah, I can't blame the design.

 

[Rail Meat]

Have a drawing?

Yes.

Not sharing anything yet. Hull and deck design is finished. Coach roof and cabin design, as well as engineering are all underway.

 

[JL92S]

What’s this I hear about the keel failure on boat 179?

 

[Meric]

What’s this I hear about the keel failure on boat 179?

Some information in this article (in french). Skipper is safe.
The article explains how the rescue was done, no information about the circumstances of the accident (but indeed this is 179).

 

[furler49]

Looks similar to the FarrX2 ay? No sign of anything remaining. Pretty concerning and hopefully isolated to 179 as its sister ship #168 is I believe out doing it’s qualifier - likely turned around and headed for shore… note, they were finished by different yards.