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Tuesday, 01 March 2011 19:16 | |
VPLP Enters the World of Class’40: The first monohulls could be launched this summer; the moulds are already under construction. It is the start of a new adventure for VPLP, Van Peteghem-Lauriot Prévost...
The first monohulls could be launched this summer ; the moulds are already under construction. It is the start of a new adventure for VPLP, Van Peteghem-Lauriot Prévost. The naval architects and engineering group, designer of record-breaking maxi trimarans, of the America’s Cup and ocean races, of Orma and Multi 50 multihulls and of IMOCA 60 monohulls, is now turning its sights to Class’40 because “It is a very active class that will allow us to express our architectural ideas.” The monohull will be built at the Larros shipyard where Marc Guillemot’s Safran monohull was launched, among others. Bertrand de Broc felt so interested in the project so he became technical adviser beside the architect and the shipyard. Why embark on such an undertaking now? “The Class 40 is very interesting, it’s a dynamic class in which there’s a lot of play. This is very motivating for all the young architects in the firm who are working on this project.” Quentin Lucet, one of these young architects: Is it possible to optimize a Class’40 even more? Vincent Lauriot-Prévost: “We have kept the weight prescribed by the rule to a minimum, and the stiffness of the canvas to the maximum authorized by this same rule. The result is a boat that can be adapted to the calendar of the class, able to navigate around the world, in transatlantic races and up and down costal routes. It is an off shore monohull and we have not compromised the comfort of the skipper either.” The objective of the Larros shipyard is to launch the VPLP/Black Pepper for the.
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