It was built at the Boatspeed facility in Somersby, NSW, Australia as was B&Q Castorama and the sister ship the Iren's designed Sodebo. http://www.mysailing.com.au/news/racing-multihullsex oman air built in Oman, sister ship to Francis Joyon trimaran. This one is hanging in Marsadon Composites Lorient, France and broke up in the Route du rhum because of a structural failure.
Nigel Irens like I said was correct, Oman Air is correct as well... but what it really is, is Thomas Coville's old boat, the Pizza Express: https://youtu.be/JjtZ9PHfQBc
You are thinking of the former Sodebo Maxi that was sold to Yves Le Blevec and Group Actual.Nigel Irens like I said was correct, Oman Air is correct as well... but what it really is, is Thomas Coville's old boat, the Pizza Express: https://youtu.be/JjtZ9PHfQBc
No, that's not the boat, I've added a link to YouTube: https://youtu.be/JjtZ9PHfQBc this is what the boat looked like originally, it was commissioned by Thomas Coville for single handed round the world racing and launched as Sodebo.You are thinking of the former Sodebo Maxi that was sold to Yves Le Blevec and Group Actual.
Last year Yves went for a Wrong-Way RTW record but his trimaran Team Actual Ultim broke up and was lost in the Southern Ocean just south of Cape Horn last December.
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?/topic/194191-team-actual-west-ward-tour/&tab=comments#comment-6032558
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Since that time, Le Blevec and Group Actual have purchased the current Sodebo Ultim. I believe they take possession of the boat after the next Route du Rhum this fall.
The trimaran in the OP's photo is Oman Air that broke up during the 2012 Route du Rhum, and has been in storage ever since.
http://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%20ORMA/Max%20Oman.htm
The boat in your video is Sodebo Maxi and sailed by Thomas Coville. Sodebo sold that boat to Team Actual, skipper Yves Le Blevec.No, that's not the boat, I've added a link to YouTube: https://youtu.be/JjtZ9PHfQBc this is what the boat looked like originally, it was commissioned by Thomas Coville for single handed round the world racing and launched as Sodebo.