VPLP Design team wishes you a
Happy New Year 2023
VPLP Design wish you a Happy New year 2023
Route du Rhum 2022:
A wealth of new data
The Naval Architect studio VPLP Design was well represented in five of the six categories of this twelfth and latest edition of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe.
Hybridization: how to decarbonize the shipping industry
The shipping industry is gradually coming round to the idea of new propulsion solutions, in particular wind-assisted systems.
VPLP Design at the
Route du Rhum 2022
The 12th edition of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe gets underway on 9 November with a record 138 solo skippers taking the starting line. Naval architecture firm VPLP Design, for whom the quadrennial solo transatlantic race is of huge importance, has designed twenty-nine* of the competing boats.
Newsletter Route du Rhum 2022 special edition
The 12th edition of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe gets underway on 6 November with a record 138 solo skippers taking the starting line. Naval architecture firm VPLP Design, for whom the quadrennial solo transatlantic race is of huge importance, has designed twenty-nine* of the competing boats.
Newsletter Autumn 2022
APERIO, THE LATEST CONCEPT BOAT BY VPLP DESIGN It’s become a tradition at VPLP Design to release a new concept boat during the Monaco Yacht Show, the international show dedicated to superyachts, and this year is no different! For the 2022 edition (28 September – 1 October) VPLP is proud to present Aperio, a forty-six-metre catamaran which features two […]
VPLP Design will be happy to meet you at the Monaco Yacht Show 2022
VPLP Design will be happy to meet you at the Monaco Yacht Show 2022.
Euromaritime 2022: Launch of the 24 m city version of the Fast Foiling Ferry (F3)
The Fast Foiling Ferry or F3 (pronounced “F Cube”) is the fruit of a technical and commercial partnership between Alwena Shipping, MerConcept and VPLP Design. It’s an innovative ship concept which lays the groundwork for achieving energy transition in the sea transportation sector.The F3 was originally developed in 2020 as a versatile 30 m catamaran for transporting passengers and came in two versions.
VPLP Design in a good position in the decarbonization race
Naval architecture firm VPLP Design, founded by Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot Prévost, has always focused on innovation, performance and creating designs adapted to the constraints and demands of the sea. The company enjoys an international reputation in offshore racing. For many years now VPLP has been supporting the shipping industry by designing new kinds of professional vessels and promoting new technologies that allow the sector to change and decarbonize faster. Standing shoulder to shoulder with the ship-building sector, VPLP is playing its part in the invention of tomorrow’s maritime transport. In this article we talk to Simon WATIN, chairman of VPLP Design, who also oversees the firm’s maritime transport projects.
Herve Devaux,
a winning partnership with VPLP Design for over 35 years
We met Hervé when he was working as a structural engineer at ACX in Brest. It quickly became apparent during our many discussions and brain-storming sessions that his plan to set up his own business was a very sound idea. That decision was taken in the 1980s in front of Montparnasse train station in Paris, and so began our collaboration on the earliest designs produced by VPLP. From Olivier de Kersauson’s trimaran Poulain and its subsequent versions to François Gabart’s latest boat, ours was a fruitful partnership of almost four decades which included innumerable highs, such as the Hydroptère and USA 17.
