Macif "Ultime" trimaran

[edouard]

There were a few press releases concerning François Gabart's future program, i.e. an Ultime trimaran, in the fall of 2013 who all basically boiled down to this:

http://www.macifcourseaularge.com/actualites/un-trimaran-aux-couleurs-du-groupe-macif-en-2015

Since then all I've seen/heard amounted to a deafening silence.

The launch was scheduled beginning 2015, which isn't that far away, any news anyone anywhere?

 

[MR.CLEAN]

We had something up a couple months ago when everything was full-on and his sponsor was still very happy, but haven't heard much since then. That usually means that everything is going very well.

 

[edouard]

^Jockey. May this thread become zee place where spies post their "illegal" pics, vids or whatever

 

[GauchoGreg]

Clean, didn't you tease us in the past week or so about a RTW race in the plans? Don't know if you were talking of the big solo race that Gabart et al were planning, or if it is a different, crewed race (The Race?). Can you share anything more?

 

[couchsurfer]

Clean, didn't you tease us in the past week or so about a RTW race in the plans? Don't know if you were talking of the big solo race that Gabart et al were planning, or if it is a different, crewed race (The Race?). Can you share anything more?

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......''in a few days'' :mellow:

 

[jb5]

According to some note I saw in Seahorse recently the boat is still in build.

The RTW race was announced maybe a year ago but I have not seen much since. Sodebo, Macif and BP. Not sure who else would be in and have any chance of winning under normal circumstances. I think it had stops/stages.

In terms of RTW I wonder if any of these boats could be used to challenge Francis Joyon record. Seems a bit unlikely.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

Clean, didn't you tease us in the past week or so about a RTW race in the plans? Don't know if you were talking of the big solo race that Gabart et al were planning, or if it is a different, crewed race (The Race?). Can you share anything more?

That was more than six months ago, and no one has been talking about it though I'm hearing that we'll know a lot more in about three weeks. Consensus is that Francois is going to be the driver of whatever race they come up with, because he's got the deepest sponsor pockets and they need something more than just record chasing to get max ROI.

I'd pay attention starting on the 6th of December...

 

[nkb]

Gabart's boat is going well and due to be delivered mid 2015 (june-ish I think). I believe the RTW race is due to take place in 2017, its definitely not planned to have stages/stops. I think there will definitely be more than 3 boats on the start line. And all of them capable of beating Joyon's record given the right weather conditions.

 

[GauchoGreg]

Clean, didn't you tease us in the past week or so about a RTW race in the plans? Don't know if you were talking of the big solo race that Gabart et al were planning, or if it is a different, crewed race (The Race?). Can you share anything more?

That was more than six months ago, and no one has been talking about it though I'm hearing that we'll know a lot more in about three weeks. Consensus is that Francois is going to be the driver of whatever race they come up with, because he's got the deepest sponsor pockets and they need something more than just record chasing to get max ROI.

I'd pay attention starting on the 6th of December...

Did you get a chance to talk to Bruno about future plans for The Race? Seems you were going to see him sometime over the past year and you indicated you wanted to talk to him about it. I would love to see another big crewed RTW race. It's been a LONG time since the last one (The Quest?).

 

[popo]

Gabart said today at the RdR's press conf that he will be back next edition with the maxi tri

 

[rock]

some news of Gabart new tri...... link

 

[Presuming Ed]

http://www.macifcourseaularge.com/actualites/le-groupe-macif-l%C3%A8ve-le-voile-sur-son-futur-trimaran-macif

 

[LeoV]

And Macif is signing in sailors, I know one name, but not sure what his sailing function will be. So no name calling.

 

[Bruno]

Interesting build, looks like 2 panels glued to frames with a molded bottom

 

[Icedtea]

And Macif is signing in sailors, I know one name, but not sure what his sailing function will be. So no name calling.

Signing in sailors? Is this not a solo machine?

 

[ctutmark]

Interesting build, looks like 2 panels glued to frames with a molded bottom

In post #11 it looks like the upper skin in the pic is still above the frames for the center hull. Would expect the edges to mate when the skin was set on the frames

 

[LeoV]

And Macif is signing in sailors, I know one name, but not sure what his sailing function will be. So no name calling.

Signing in sailors? Is this not a solo machine?

The boat needs people, even for a solo trip you need a boatcaptain, testing sailors and shoreteam.

 

[edouard]

And Macif is signing in sailors, I know one name, but not sure what his sailing function will be. So no name calling.

Signing in sailors? Is this not a solo machine?

The boat needs people, even for a solo trip you need a boatcaptain, testing sailors and shoreteam.

That, and Macif has a whole "skipper Macif" program which goes beyond François Gabart and IMOCA/Ultime.

 

[jb5]

And Macif is signing in sailors, I know one name, but not sure what his sailing function will be. So no name calling.

Signing in sailors? Is this not a solo machine?

The boat needs people, even for a solo trip you need a boatcaptain, testing sailors and shoreteam.

All the more reason why IDEC is so impressive. Don't see too many of these sorts involved on IDEC.