{"id":20243,"date":"2017-01-29T10:58:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T09:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/projet\/figaro-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T14:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:45:41","slug":"figaro-3","status":"publish","type":"projet","link":"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/en\/racing\/figaro-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Figaro 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a call for tenders, the job of designing the third generation of Figaro Beneteau boats was entrusted to VPLP, whose winning bid focused on creating \u201c<\/span><b>a gateway to ocean racing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. Figaro\u00a03 adheres faithfully to the VPLP motto of <\/span><b>lightness and power<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9997\" style=\"width: 699px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/figaro-3-course-beneteau-vplp-768x511-1.jpg\" alt=\" width=\"699\" height=\"466\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Alexis Courcoux &#8211; Rivacom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her designers gave her a powerful, chined hull with a buoyant bow to compensate for the <\/span><b>lack of ballast tanks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, unlike the Figaros\u00a01 and 2. And that was already a minor revolution! A concentrate of innovations, the Figaro\u00a03 by VPLP features foils which exit the sides at deck level, while the lifting surface extends below the hull.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"BENETEAU FIGARO 3\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jyPJ3GuDH2U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At a speed of 14 knots, the foil generates a lift of 500\u00a0kg and <\/span><b>increases performance by 15%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Despite the addition of the foils, the Figaro\u00a03 weighs in at 100\u00a0kg to 150\u00a0kg lighter. Production is based in the Chevir\u00e9 plant of Groupe Beneteau\u2019s Racing Division (formerly Jeanneau Techniques Avanc\u00e9es).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/figaro-3-course-beneteau-vplp-design-768x511-1.jpg\" alt=\" width=\"701\" height=\"467\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Alexis Courcoux &#8211; Rivacom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Figaro regulars have a lot of changes to get used to: fixed bowsprit, asymmetric spinnaker, gennaker\u2026 After a period of adaptation, the skippers rapidly got the hang of this powerful but sensitive boat which is <\/span><b>more physically demanding<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than previous generations. In 2021 the Figaro Beneteau\u00a03 <\/span><b>successfully passed the transatlantic test<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because all of the eighteen boats taking the line of the Transat en double Concarneau\u2013Saint-Barth\u00e9lemy arrived safely in the West Indies.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a call for tenders, the job of designing the third generation of Figaro Beneteau boats was entrusted to VPLP, whose winning bid focused on creating \u201ca gateway to ocean racing\u201d. 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