USA17 (BMW Oracle Racing 90)
In 2007 Russell Coutts approached VPLP to design USA 17, the fastest racing sailing boat to contest the America’s Cup. Little did the team know that the project would take three years of relentless modifications, improvements and developments to produce a trimaran featuring 35 m floats and a 68 m pivoting wing mast! Proof of the pudding came in 2010 with victory over the Swiss catamaran Alinghi in both races of the 33rd America’s Cup in Valencia (Spain).
SIG 45
SIG is a range of luxury cruising catamarans designed to be fast, innovative and easy to handle. The intention is to make 60’ and 80’ versions available, but so far only the 45s have made it into production.
MACSF
Safran then Groupe Quéguiner then Monin then MACSF
Imagine / MS Amlin
Groupe Bel puis Le Souffle du Nord puis Killcullen Team Ireland puis V & B – Mayenne
Multi23
The Multi23 is a 23’ production trimaran manufactured in China by Torpen International Boats. Easy to dismantle and built in vinylester (infusion) with carbon-fibre beams and appendices, the result is an affordable dayboat which can be sailed single-handed.
Friendship Ambulance
This boat is the fruit of a meeting in 2004 between Marc Van Peteghem and Yves Marre, co-founder of the NGO Friendship which provides assistance to the vulnerable populations of Bangladesh. Initially, the organization had shipped out a French barge to turn it into a floating hospital.
Groupama 3
Groupama 3 then Maxi Solo Banque Populaire VII then Lending Club 2 then IDEC Sport
Lightspeed 32
he LIGHTSPEED 32 features all the latest sailing, engineering and construction innovations. She was developed by a team including former US Olympic 470 skipper Kristina Stookey, Alinghi’s chief engineer Dirk Kramers and the boatbuilders of the America’s Cup Class, as well as Stewart Wiley and Ted Brown of Al Fresco Composites.
Drekan Groupe
Crêpes Whaou! 2 then Maître Jacques then Ciela Village then Drekan Groupe
Groupama 2
Groupama 2 was the last ORMA class trimaran to be built, and the most titled. Skippered by Franck Cammas, she won most of the Grand Prix from her launch in 2004 until the end of the ORMA circuit, as well as the Transat Jacques Vabre in 2007.
