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.
Lagoon 3rd generation
This third generation, which includes the 440, 500, 420, 400, 421, 620, 560 and 450, featured an innovation new to the Lagoon range: the 440 was the first cruising catamaran to offer a modest flybridge, while the 560 was given what we would consider today to be a flybridge proper.
Lokeya
VPLP’s collaboration with the Saint Malo skipper and fisherman Franck-Yves Escoffier has been twofold, designing the 50’ trimarans Crêpes Whaou! 2 and 3, with which he won the Route du Rhum and the Transat Jacques-Vabre, as well as the 40’ aluminium fishing catamaran Lokeya (name derived from the first names of his three sons, Loïc, Kevin and Yannig).
TAJ
Launched in 2003, this classic 77’ catamaran was designed for sailing primarily in the Mediterranean and the West Indies.
Ciliam
When VPLP launched Ciliam in 2003, the idea was to produce a fast sailing catamaran which was comfortable both inside and out. With this in mind, instead of a traditional coachroof, the firm decided on a superstructure which covered the entire main deck, a veritable innovation in those days. The result was an extremely spacious […]
Géant
Géant was the last trimaran of the 2000–02 generation designed by VPLP for skipper Michel Desjoyeaux, who had the 2002 Route du Rhum in his sights. The deadline was tight and the discussions between the architects and the recent victor of the Vendée Globe were very productive. There was nothing revolutionary about her structure, it being an assemblage of parts made in the moulds of her six predecessors.