Hybridization: how to decarbonize the shipping industry
The shipping industry is gradually coming round to the idea of new propulsion solutions, in particular wind-assisted systems.
VPLP Design at the <br> Route du Rhum 2022
The 12th edition of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe gets underway on 9 November with a record 138 solo skippers taking the starting line. Naval architecture firm VPLP Design, for whom the quadrennial solo transatlantic race is of huge importance, has designed twenty-nine* of the competing boats.
Newsletter Route du Rhum 2022 special edition
The 12th edition of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe gets underway on 6 November with a record 138 solo skippers taking the starting line. Naval architecture firm VPLP Design, for whom the quadrennial solo transatlantic race is of huge importance, has designed twenty-nine* of the competing boats.
Newsletter Autumn 2022
APERIO, THE LATEST CONCEPT BOAT BY VPLP DESIGN It’s become a tradition at VPLP Design to release a new concept boat during the Monaco Yacht Show, the international show dedicated to superyachts, and this year is no different! For the 2022 edition (28 September – 1 October) VPLP is proud to present Aperio, a forty-six-metre catamaran which features two […]
VPLP Design in a good position in the decarbonization race
Naval architecture firm VPLP Design, founded by Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot Prévost, has always focused on innovation, performance and creating designs adapted to the constraints and demands of the sea. The company enjoys an international reputation in offshore racing. For many years now VPLP has been supporting the shipping industry by designing new kinds of professional vessels and promoting new technologies that allow the sector to change and decarbonize faster. Standing shoulder to shoulder with the ship-building sector, VPLP is playing its part in the invention of tomorrow’s maritime transport. In this article we talk to Simon WATIN, chairman of VPLP Design, who also oversees the firm’s maritime transport projects.
Herve Devaux, <br>a winning partnership with VPLP Design for over 35 years
We met Hervé when he was working as a structural engineer at ACX in Brest. It quickly became apparent during our many discussions and brain-storming sessions that his plan to set up his own business was a very sound idea. That decision was taken in the 1980s in front of Montparnasse train station in Paris, and so began our collaboration on the earliest designs produced by VPLP. From Olivier de Kersauson’s trimaran Poulain and its subsequent versions to François Gabart’s latest boat, ours was a fruitful partnership of almost four decades which included innumerable highs, such as the Hydroptère and USA 17.
New tools for structural design analysis at VPLP Design
PW50, the latest Ocean Fifty renamed today as Ciela Village, afforded VPLP Design the opportunity to test its new structural design tools using the finite element method. This is a key investment, enabling the firm to be more imaginative and incisive in the preliminary design stage. Nicolas Baral, head of structures, and engineering coordinator Xavier Guisnel talk us through the benefits.
Maxi Banque Populaire XI : <br> Comprehensive revision of the structural design
Launched on 27 April after a two-year build at CDK Technologies, the Maxi Banque Populaire XI impresses with carefully crafted aerodynamics and significantly larger foils. Based on Banque Populaire IX, Armel Le Cléac’h’s latest Ultim rises more easily but is also heavier… Xavier Guilbaud, naval architect in charge of the project at VPLP Design, walks us through this paradox.