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.
It’s been a memorable winter!
The winter of 2016–2017 will forever be a high point in the history of VPLP Design. In the space of just a few weeks, between 25 December and 26 January, Thomas Coville broke the solo round the world record, Armel Le Cléac’h sailed to victory in the Vendée Globe, and Francis Joyon and crew won the Jules Verne Trophy. These three major achievements have one thing in common: the boats involved were all designed by VPLP (in collaboration with Guillaume Verdier for Banque Populaire VIII). Vincent Lauriot-Prévost, Xavier Guilbaud and Quentin Lucet talk about this fantastic winter and what the future holds for the firm.
The 12 tasks of the Vendée Globe
Quentin Lucet, Daniele Capua and Xavier Guisnel are responsible for IMOCA design at VPLP. In collaboration with Guillaume Verdier and his team they produced twelve of the boats sailing in this year’s Vendée Globe. Let’s hear what they have to say about them.
“Initiating a revolution in yacht design”
Having designed 12 of the 29 boats taking the Vendée Globe starting line on Sunday 6 November, VPLP Design is undeniably the most prolific of all the naval architects taking part in this eighth edition – sharing the top spot with Team Verdier, of course! Vincent Lauriot-Prévost looks back over an exceptional adventure in yacht design.
Ultimes: Banque Populaire IX takes shape
While Banque Populaire team are finalizing their preparations for the upcoming Vendée Globe, which will see skipper Armel Le Cléac’h at the helm of a VPLP/Team Verdier design, the team’s next project is gradually taking shape at Keroman Technologies in Lorient. Maxi Solo Banque Populaire IX is her name, and works to assemble her have already begun. “The two halves of the centre hull arrived from Green Marine in late August; while the starboard float and the aft beam will be arriving from Port-la-Forêt shipyard CDK in the coming weeks,” explains Xavier Guilbaud, head of project at VPLP’s Vannes office. “We expect Lorient to deliver the port float and the fore beam early next year, in time plenty of time for a summer launch.”
