GP70: Ocean cruising equilibrium
Are speed and comfort compatible with a blue-water catamaran? That’s the question the GP70 was designed to answer. Mathias Maurios, Partner Naval Architect and head of VPLP’s Cruising Division, explains how this atypical sailboat is pioneering a new concept. “We started out with the demanding specifications of the owner who wanted a fast, high-performance ocean-going […]
The innovative ecodesign of les P’tits Doudous
The hull and the deck of Les P’tits Doudous have just come out of their moulds at the Duqueine Atlantique shipyard. To mark this important stage in the construction of Armel Tripon’s new IMOCA, Quentin Lucet, Partner Naval Architect at VPLP Design, and Katia Merle, structural engineer and ecodesign specialist, talk us through the firm’s collaboration with the Nantes-based skipper since 2021. […]
Lagoon and VPLP Design:
a collaboration spanning 40 years
Over the last forty years, yacht-builders Lagoon have established themselves as the very embodiment of the cruising catamaran. Since the launch of their first model the Lagoon 55, more than 7,000 units comprising almost forty different models have been marketed throughout the world. Marc Van Peteghem, architect and founder of VPLP Design, and Mathias Maurios, partner […]
Arkea Ultim Challenge-Brest :
new requirements, new ambitions
VPLP reviews the technical aspects of the race, which proved highly instructive, as the prospects it opens up for the future of the race.
Outremer 52,
European Yacht of the year 2024
The Outremer 52 received the Multihull of the Year 2024 award at the European Yacht of the Year Awards. Along with the 5X and 55 designed by the VPLP agency, this is the fifth time that the Outremer shipyard has earned this title, often compared to the “Oscars of the sailing industry”.
VPLP Design Team wishes you a Happy New Year 2024
Toute l’équipe VPLP Design vous souhaite une bonne année 2023.
The Vendée Globe 2028
starts now !
Drawing on the lessons learned from The Ocean Race and the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie–Le Havre, the architects at VPLP Design continue to research and refine their vision of the ideal IMOCA for the next but one edition of the Vendée Globe. Partner naval architects Quentin Lucet and Antoine Lauriot-Prévost, the latter having sailed on Justine Mettraux’s Teamwork.net for the boat’s return […]
XAVIER GUILBAUD:
“Ultims can go fast
and stay damage-free”
Following the 16th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie–Le Havre, Xavier Guilbaud joined the crew of SVR Lazartigue for the return trip to Concarneau. VPLP Design’s partner naval architect talks about this two-handed transatlantic crossing and gives his assessment of the Arkea Ultim Challenge–Brest, the first solo round-the-world race for Ultims which starts out from Brest on […]
Sun Fast 30 One Design,
yacht of the year 2024
Currently in mass production at the Jeanneau yard in Nantes Cheviré, the Sun Fast 30 One Design has been named 2024 sailboat of the year by French sailing monthly Voile Magazine during the Journées de la Régate et de la Course au large, an event organized by Yacht Club de France on 15–16 December to […]
GUNBOAT 80,
a conspicuous racing debut
Launched in early June for Irvine Laidlaw, a Scottish baron, the first Gunboat 80 made her regatta debut in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup (3–9 September, Porto Cervo). Xavier Guilbaud, Partner Naval Architect at VPLP Design, and Benoît Lebizay, Managing Partner at Gunboat, were aboard to present this exceptional catamaran. She’s the eighth Gunboat to be launched since the brand was picked up […]
