SYD the simulator everywhere
In development at VPLP Design since 2017, the Simulation Yacht Dynamics (SYD) modelling system was recently used for projects involving France’s Olympic sailing team for the Paris 2024 Games. SYD also contributed to the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli challenge for the America’s Cup (see above) and the powership Farwind. Xavier Guisnel, engineering coordinator, tells us […]
Vendée Globe: to every team their goal
With 13 boats taking the starting line, including 9 designed in collaboration with Guillaume Verdier, VPLP Design will once again be well represented in the Vendée Globe when it gets underway on 10 November for this, it’s tenth edition. Ambitions vary depending on the skippers and the generations of IMOCAs. Now that the Défi Azimut-Lorient […]
VPLP Design and the Vendée Globe, a history of victories and innovations
Forty sailors will be lining up at the start of the tenth Vendée Globe on 10 November. Among them, 13 (*) will be sailing an IMOCA designed by VPLP Design (including 9 in collaboration with Guillaume Verdier). The history between the naval architecture firm and the solo round-the-world race began back in 2008. Since then, […]
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 […]