VPLP Design team wishes you a Happy New Year 2019
VPLP and the Route du Rhum
This year VPLP Design is celebrating 35 years in business, while the Route du Rhum hits 40. With only a few days to go before the boats cross the starting line, it’s the perfect opportunity for Vincent Lauriot-Prévost to reflect on the shared history between the firm and the legendary transatlantic race whose seven previous winners were all designed by VPLP. Race starts November 4.
For a decarbonized shipping industry
Invited to MovinOn, the sustainable development summit which took place in Montreal in early June, Marc Van Peteghem took the opportunity to sketch out VPLP Design’s vision for the future of maritime transport. Here follows what may be considered VPLP’s manifesto on a subject that has held the firm’s attention for many years.
VPLP’s pool of engineers is expanding
In recent years the firm has been developing a veritable engineering department. The aim is to develop in-house the modelling and digital simulation tools that have become ubiquitous in the design of sea-going vessels, from racing thoroughbreds to cruising yachts and even working boats.
40, 50 et 78… Lagoon pumps up the volume
After the launch of their 39, 42, 52 and 77 footers, Lagoon continues to invest in its product portfolio with the release of the Lagoon 40, the Lagoon 50 and the SEVENTY8. The new models have been going on display for the very first time at Cannes Yachting Festival. Lagoon and VPLP design have been collaborating since 1987.
An autumn full of racing!
VPLP designs will be making a lot of noise this autumn. While some of the firm’s designs are waiting for a favourable weather window to make another record-breaking attempt, and others are setting out for Brazil in the coming days, new ones are on the drawing board and on the stocks… Vincent Lauriot-Prévost and Quentin Lucet give us the latest news.
Evidence, the best of both worlds
Building on the successful launch of Oceanwings, VPLP design today reveals its brand new concept: the wing-yacht Evidence. Interview with Marc Van Peteghem.
The atelier des tropiques
Here’s a project that VPLP holds dear: the Atelier des Tropiques. It all started more than two decades ago when French sailor and painter Titouan Lamazou first mooted the concept of an ocean-going artist’s studio.
A brand new IMOCA on a shoestring!
Competitors need to start preparing for the 2020 edition of the Vendée Globe right now. But available secondhand boats are few, and building a new IMOCA is getting ever more costly and complicated. With this in mind, VPLP design has teamed up with CDK and Antoine Mermod to provide a solution that is reliable, competitive and significantly cheaper.
Quentin Lucet, designer at our Vannes office, tells us more.
VPLP Design launches Oceanwings®: The Reefable and Furlable Automated Wingsail
Drawing on extensive experience in the field of rigid sail development, VPLP Design is proud to present a two-element wingsail which is furlable, reefable and entirely automated. Oceanwings® is a veritable disruptive innovation to ensure a simpler and more responsible approach to the sea and the elements.
