16/08/07
Since her launch July 18, 2007 at Multiplast yard, Brit Air has reached Port-la-Forêt harbour (South Brittany) where he get her 180° righting test. Thus, mast has been dropped before 90° and 10° new righting tests. Sea trials will come after.
24/07/07
Having cross the starting line at Ambrose light at 18h 02' 55" Gmt Thursday July 19 near New York bay, maxi trimaran Groupama 3 has literally run the 2 925 miles of the Atlantic passage. She has set a new reference time of 4d 03h 57' 54".
23/07/07
After nine months of work at ten o’clock local time on Wednesday 18th July 2007, the launch took place of the 60-foot (18.28m) Imoca monohull Brit Air designed by Finot-Conq and built by Multiplast for the Breton skipper Armel Le Cléac'h.
11/07/07
Mid-October 2006, built of the Brit Air Imoca 60-footer monohull was launched at the Mutliplast shipyard in Vannes / France.
11/07/07
Mid-October 2006, built of the BRIT AIR Imoca 60-footer monohull was started at the Mutliplast shipyard in Vannes / France.
20/04/07
Having taken twelve months to build, the 60’ IMOCA monohull Generali that Yann Elies will sail in the next Vendee Globe, has just been launched at the Multiplast yard in Vannes. While the yacht is the 8th monohull to be built by the yard, this is however the first prototype with a canting keel and a 4.5-m draught.
22/01/07
Building got underway in May 2006 on the IMOCA 60’ monohull for the French skipper Yann Elies. Multiplast is building the yacht for Elies’ entry in the Vendée Globe 2008. Deck and hull have just been assembled in the yard in Vannes, in southern Brittany.
21/09/06
The 2003 Solitaire du Figaro winner Armel Le Cléac’h and his sponsor Brit Air have chosen the Multiplast yard to build their new Imoca 60’ monohull for the 2008 Vendée Globe. Designed by the Finot Group, the boat will start to take shape in Vannes (southern Brittany, France) in early October 2006.
12/09/06
Depending of the production start of the ExclusivE 76, long-distance top of the range cruising catamaran created for the ExclusivE Marine company – for whom moulds are currently under construction in the shed of Vannes (France) -
Multiplast and the Gilles Ollier Design Team are present on the Cannes International Boat Show with ExclusivE Marine, 13 to 18 September 2006 (Stand Riv 35).
06/07/06
What an incredible cavalcade the maxi catamaran Orange II put on across the North Atlantic. Multiplast and the Gilles Ollier Design Team can add another prestigious trophy to their achievements board. They now hold all of the major sailing records possible with the Atlantic record, the round the world record, the greatest distance covered in 24 hours and the Mediterranean.
05/07/06
With that amazing mileage, Bruno Peyron and Orange II went to write a new page of the offshore racing era. They so demonstrate once again the reliability and high performance of that maxi catamaran design by the Gilles Ollier Design Team and built by Multiplast.
03/07/06
Sunday July 2, 2006, at 11.00.06 Gmt, Bruno Peyron and his crew of 11, have crossed the starting line of the North Atlantic Record aboard maxi catamaran Orange II. Time reference: 4d 17 h 28' 06'.
30/06/06
In accordance with the program and the contract between the Groupama Team and Multiplast, the maxi trimaran Groupama 3 has started her sea trials.
07/06/06
Bang on schedule, the launch of the 105 ft (31.50 m) long maxi trimaran for French skipper Franck Cammas is the 6th maxi-mulithull to have come out of the Multiplast shipyard in Vannes since the year 2000. The yard is world leader in the building of ocean-racing maxi-multihulls.
13/04/06
Wednesday April 12, 2006, maxi catamaran Orange II has been relaunched, after a winter time spent on the Multiplast open area.
10/04/06
With Generali for the French skipper Yann Elies – objective Vendée Globe 2008 – in the month of April this year, building will get underway at the Multiplast yard of the 60-foot high-tech Groupe Finot design monohull. Generali will be made of Nomex carbon sandwich, oven-cured just as all of the latest prototypes to have come out of the yard over the past few years.
03/03/06
" In recognition of the design, development and construction of high performance composite multihulls ", the Gilles Ollier Design Team and Multiplast have been awarded the 2006 small craft medal by the highly prestigious Royal Institution of Naval Architects of England.
03/03/06
End of February, the ultimate big carbon piece of the maxi trimaran Groupama 3 has been setting up, the main sail traveller beam.
03/03/06
Le vainqueur du record du tour du monde à la voile devrait être remis à l’eau fin mars, après un hivernage passé sur le terre-plein du chantier Multiplast.
03/03/06
Round the world under sail record holder must go back to the water end of March, after winter time spent at Multiplast yard.
08/12/05
The idea of a very first short-distance race aimed exclusively at maxi-multihulls first saw the light of day one year ago. It is intended that in June 2007, the fleet will line up on the start in Le Morbihan, bound for Iceland and run a course of around 3200 miles / 6000 km. From the time the idea first sprung to mind, it has been supported by skippers and owners.
27/09/05
The construction of Groupama 3 got underway at the Multiplast yard some nine months ago. Groupama 3, is the 6th maxi-multihull nearly 100 feet (30 m) long to have been built by the yard since the year 2000. At the time of writing, mid-September 2005, the yard is halfway through the maxi-multi build process, the assembly of the main hull and forebeam being scheduled for the end of October.
10/08/05
After having taken the top three palces in The Race1 and then having beaten the word 24 hour record2 and the absolute round the world record3, the maxi catamarans desgined by the Gilles Ollier Design Team and built by the Multiplast shipyard have enabled the French team of architects and builders to accumulate a data base and body of experience which are unique in the world.
19/07/05
According to the build schedule of the 103 ft long (31.50 m) maxi-trimaran which got underway in the Multiplast yard in December 2004, the central hull has just been assembled. A high precision operation.
11/07/05
Car Ner 16 from Pescarolo/PlayStation Team finish 2nd at 24 Hours Le Mans 2005, with all carbon fibres bodies made by Multiplast.
05/04/05
Saturday April 9, 08h 01' Gmt. After a circumnavigation of 62d 21h 01' 22" covering 23020 nautical miles setting out from and returning to Doha (Qatar) via the Horn and the Cape of Good Hope, the maxi catamaran Doha 2006 has taken a clear win in the first edition of the Oryx Quest, a success story in which the boat’s reliability has played a major part. An exceptional first trimester in 2005 for the Gilles Ollier Design Team and Multiplast.
31/03/05
News of Orange II’s technical performance has travelled the world. After 27 000 miles at sea in the incredible time of 50 days, the maxi catamaran completed her circumnavigation without having sustained any damage. Orange II’s reliability and high average speed were the guiding principles throughout her design and construction and were noted by all commentators. Edited extracts…
25/03/05
Construction of Franck Cammas’s new maxi-trimaran Groupama III is well underway at the Maultiplast shipyard. Two and a half months into the project, Yann Pennfornis in charge of the construction, talks about how things are going. Secretary of State for the Sea, François Goulard was visiting the yard along with the CEO of Groupama, Jean-Luc Beaucherel.
15/03/05
Wednesday 16th March 2005 à 03h23’ French time (02h23GMT), Orange II crossed the finishing line to take the round the world record under sail in 50d 16h 20' 04" at an average speed of 22,20 knots over the official course of 21600 miles, knocking more than 7 days off the time set by Cheyenne in 2004 and quite 13 days off the time set by Geronimo in the Jules Verne Trophy.
14/03/05
Since the start of the race February 5, and a close battle with trimaran Geronimo alongside Australian West coasts, Doha leads in that atypical round the world. She actually sails in South Atlantic towards Cape of Good Hope, last but one important mark before Mauritius Island and back in Persian Gulf.
14/03/05
Wind is back for Orange II abeam Azores Islands. The maxi catamaran sailing now full speed towards the finishing line of that anthological round the world. Orange II is awaited on the line Wednesday February 16 in the morning.
28/02/05
After Indian Ocean eaten in a little bit more than 9 days, Orange II hit an new Pacific Ocean record and pass off Cap Horn in 8 days and 18 hours since South end of Tasmania.
21/02/05
With Orange II sailing around the world for her second attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy, on the half way mark, Multiplast can register new time references on the RTW course.
08/02/05
Express sailing for maxi catamaran Orange II which has crossed Cape of Good Hope longitude in less than 15 days. She improves of 2d 6h 16' the reference time hold by Cheyenne which confirm the abilities of that 37-meter long multihull.
04/02/05
This is the first non-stop round the world sailing race starting from the Middle East in Doha (Qatar) exactly. The race was imagined by British sailor Tracy Edwards and will line up four famous maxi multihulls, two of which were built by Multiplast : Doha 2006 et Geronimo.
25/01/05
Monday January 24 at 10h 03' 07" Gmt, maxi vatamaran Orange II has crossed the starting line near Ushant for her second attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy and the RTW record under sails.
06/12/04
Franck Cammas, current holder of the ORMA World Championship title and his partner Groupama have just commissioned the Multiplast yard to build 105 ft maxi trimaran to plans from the Van Peteghem / Lauriot-Prévost team.
03/12/04
In the wake of Orange II built in Multiplast’s brand new production unit in Vannes, the shipyard remains the favourite for ocean-racing multihulls. Idec, Magic Cat, Geronimo and Foncia follwed one another as other Multiplast teams worked on sites beyond the yard – in Lorient on Orange II or in the south of France for fitting all carbon spheres for helicopter flight simulators.
28/08/04
Since 25 August 2004, Orange II has been the holder of the second best world performance for the Atlantic record of 4d 17h 59min 18s, just 31 minutes and 12 seconds astern of Steve Fossett’s PlayStation. Bruno Peyron and his crew have just proven that the American’s extraordinary time can be beaten.
24/08/04
Orange II, on her Atlantic record attempt, is the first world sailing boat to overtake the mythical 700 miles step in 24 hours. Exactly 706.2 miles with an average speed of 29.42 knots ! (under ratification by the Wssrc).
30/04/04
April 29 at 13.17 Gmt, Olivier de Kersauson' trimaran Geronimo crossed the finishing line of her non stop round the world record attempt with crew, improving Bruno Peyron' Orange time reference by a little bit more than half a day.
05/04/04
After many days in very roughly seas, on day 41 on his attempt on the Trophée Jules Verne, Geronimo has rounded Cape Horn, with 10 hours ahead Trophée Jules Verne holder Orange I / Bruno Peyron, but 48 hours behind the new record holder Cheyenne.
26/02/04
The both maxi multihulls built by Multiplast have started again on February 26 for a true duel around the world on the Trophée Jules Verne…
24/02/04
Just 48 hours for Multiplast was all that was that needed to effect repairs to Orange II’s crash box, still quayside in Lorient (Atlantic coast). On a 24/24 hour relay, the yard’s teams worked in rotation to enable the maxi catamaran to set off again as quickly as possible…
23/02/04
On Thursday 19 February at 11.00 Gmt, Orange II announced the damage to its starboard bow – the crash box having disappeared during the night – and its return to Lorient (Atlantic coast). Multiplast Yard and the Gilles Ollier Design Team put together a skilled group whose rapid intervention should enable Orange II to be ready to set off again as soon as possible.
11/02/04
Launched on 22nd December 2003 at the Multiplast shipyard in Vannes, the official naming ceremony of Orange II took place on 11th February in La Trinité-sur-Mer just a short distance from her birthplace. The naming honours being carried out by Olympic fencing champion Laura Flessel, and five times World Formula 1 Champion Alain Prost. After having spent a month and a half of sea trials and preparation, Orange II is ready to conquer the Jules Verne Trophy.
11/02/04
Launched on 22nd December 2003 at the Multiplast shipyard in Vannes, the official naming ceremony of Orange II took place on 11th February in La Trinité-sur-Mer just a short distance from her birthplace. The naming honours being carried out by Olympic fencing champion Laura Flessel, and five times World Formula 1 Champion Alain Prost. After having spent a month and a half of sea trials and preparation, Orange II is ready to conquer the Jules Verne Trophy.
23/01/04
Till the end of January, Orange II is doing sail trials in the surroundings of La Trinité-sur-Mer (Atlantic). First navigation has been nice, with even good news on the up wind performances…
22/12/03
After 14 months in the build shed and more than 90 000 man hours, the new maxi catamaran designed by the Gilles Ollier Design Team and built by Multiplast, was launched on Monday 22nd December 2003 in Vannes (French Atlantic coast) in the presence of her skipper, Frenchman Bruno Peyron.
03/10/03
Although the fact that Multiplast was to build a new maxi multihull has been known since last year, no detailed information had seeped through since then. Today Multiplast reveals the first images of the giant and the philosophy behind its construction, in its brand new production unit located in Vannes.
28/04/03
In order to keep up with a developing market – the construction of big high-tech yachts and industrials components made of composite materials – Multiplast is setting up its new production unit in the Port of Vannes (French Atlantic coast). The company’s working surface area will be increased more than two-fold in a building located just 200 metres upstream from the current yard, in the heart of a nautical centre in the full throes of development.
20/03/03
Thursday morning 20 March 2003, at 4 h 58 min and 11s GMT (5h 58'11" French time), the 34-m maxi trimaran Geronimo built by Multiplast and designed by Marc Van Peteghem & Vincent Lauriot-Prevost, crossed the finishing line of the Jules Verne Trophy near Ushant island after 68 days 1 hour 58 minutes 2 seconds at sea.
18/03/03
Geronimo is expected on the Jules Verne Trophy finishing ligne, between Ushant Island (F) and the Lizard Point (UK), in the middle of this week.
10/03/03
Monday 10th March, after 58 days on the sea, Olivier de Kersauzon's maxi - trimaran has got a little advantage over Orange (few hours).b>
28/02/03
At 3h00 UTC, Friday 28th February 2003, Geronimo was 1636 miles from the Equator (by 30°W). In the same time, Orange was 2120 miles from this same point.
21/02/03
Thursday 20th February 2003 - 19h.16'.13''GMT - Geronimo rounds Cape Horn and sets a new record time from Ushant to the mythical point.
14/02/03
20/12/02
Since her stop in winter 2002, Geronimo start again at the conquest of the Jules Verne Trophy and hope to beat maxi catamaran Orange.
10/09/02
September 10, 2002 : at 06:52.29 local time (05:52:29 Gmt) Tracy Edwards' maxi-catamaran Maiden II (ex Club Med) skippered by Brian Thomson, crossed the finish line on their Round Britain and Ireland record attempt, smashing the existing record by more than 24 hours.<
04/07/02
After a 10 month build at the Multiplast yard and a launching at the end of June in Vannes, the trimaran Gitana 10 has sailed for the first time in the bay of La Trinité-sur-Mer (Atlantic/France).
21/06/02
World sailing record for maxi-catamaran Maiden II (formerly Club Med)designed by the Gilles Ollier Design Team and built by the Multiplast yard of Vannes (France.
13/06/02
1. Fra 69 sails
2. Maiden II (ex Club Med) claims new record
3. Orange in hands of Ellen MacArthur
2. Maiden II (ex Club Med) claims new record
3. Orange in hands of Ellen MacArthur
05/05/02
07h00 Gmt, Brest in in Brittany. Orange proceeding towards the Jules Verne finishing line
05/05/02
With this victorious circumnavigation in a little under 64 days, that's to say 6 days less than the previous record held by the trimaran Sport Elec, Orange brings home the Jules Verne Trophy and the boat ends her second voyage round the world in 14 months.
19/03/02
It was at the Yacht Club de France (Paris) that Baron Benjamin de Rothschild unveiled what will be the tenth yacht in the Gitana saga, a 60 ft (18.28 m) trimaran whose construction is being finished at the Multiplast yard.
27/02/02
Twelve days instead of the 18 planned were in the end all that was necessary to repair the mast of the maxi-catamaran Orange. A result obtained thanks to impressive mobilisation and organisation on the part of Multiplast.
18/02/02
Since Saturday February 16th, the day Orange’s mast came into the boatyard’s workshop after it broke at its top section, a whole team was set up in order to carry out the repairs promptly.
15/02/02
After arriving on schedule this Friday 15th February at 0830 GMT at the Multiplast yard in Vannes, Bruno Peyron’s maxi-catamaran Orange could not have her mast unstepped straight away.
14/02/02
While sailing under gennaker and single reefed main, the catamaran Orange had the tip of her mast snap about 1 metre from the top, half an hour after crossing the starting line of the Jules Verne Trophy off the island of Ushant (Brittany).
13/12/01
It was in the prestigious surroundings of the Paris Maritime Museum on December 12th 2001 that the American Steve Fossett was awarded the official trophies crowning his extraordinary time on the Atlantic crossing last October 10th. As for Gilles Ollier, architect and builder of the catamaran Jet Services V, ex-holder of the record, he handed over the design trophy to Gino Morelli and Pete Melvin, the “fathers” of Steve Fossett’s catamaran PlayStation.
26/10/01
Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show
For 6 consecutive years, Multiplast and the Gilles Ollier Design Team have exhibited at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (Florida, USA), the world’s leading show for superyachts. The president Gilles Ollier, Franck Martin one of the Gilles Ollier Design Team’s 4 naval architects and David Palmer exports manager will be on site to present the latest activities of the yard and the projects in the pipeline, both racing and cruising. From November 23 – 29, 2001. Booth # 742 - Builders & Designers Tent - Bahia Mar location
For 6 consecutive years, Multiplast and the Gilles Ollier Design Team have exhibited at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (Florida, USA), the world’s leading show for superyachts. The president Gilles Ollier, Franck Martin one of the Gilles Ollier Design Team’s 4 naval architects and David Palmer exports manager will be on site to present the latest activities of the yard and the projects in the pipeline, both racing and cruising. From November 23 – 29, 2001. Booth # 742 - Builders & Designers Tent - Bahia Mar location
International America’s Cup Class
For the 4th time in its history, Multiplast has once again been selected for the construction of the French challenger for the America’s Cup. Indeed, after F1, Ville de Paris and 6e Sens (semi-finalist in the Louis Vuitton’s Cup 2000 – in NZ), the yard confirms its position as a leader in the building of these ultra-sophisticated yachts. Apart from its accumulated know-how, Multiplast has several modular ovens for curing large composite structures, the biggest of which at 50 m (164 ft) long – unique in Europe – can take two IACCs under construction simultaneously.
60 ft Gitana X
As Geronimo left the yard at the end of July this year, Multiplast immediately started the new 60 ft Open class trimaran Gitana X. Already, this early fall, construction is well underway. The hull and floats are being laid up, the molds for the mast have been finished as have the beam molds. Launching is scheduled for spring 2002, which will enable Gitana X to compete in the international 60 ft multihull circuit (Orma). The concept which presided over the design and building of this new trimaran is biased more towards Grand Prix type events.
Geronimo
After having undergone sea trials lasting two and a half months and having clocked up more than 7000 miles, Olivier de Kersauson’s giant trimaran, Geronimo, is currently being prepared and fitted out for the Jules Verne Trophy, the non-stop round the world crewed record. The 34 m long trimaran should be crossing the starting line this winter in pursuit of the 71-day record which her skipper has held since 1997.
29/09/01
Olivier de Kersauson’s giant trimaran will finally be called Geronimo after the famous Apache Indian chief, because she will “never give in to anything”. After a 12 month construction at the Multiplast yard, Geronimo designed by the talented duo of naval architects Marc Van Peteghem & Vincent Lauriot Prévost, will now set forth to hunt all the Great Records.
21/09/01
10th August 2001 – 1130 GMT – Atlantic Record Attempt – Off Nova Scotia (Canada)
Launched at more than 28 knots (52 kph) in a thick fog, the 32 m (105’) maxi catamaran Team Adventure hit an unidentified floating object. The shock was extremely violent. No injuries among American Cam Lewis’s crew, but the multihull was severely hit. Last week, Yann Penfornis of the Multiplast yard which built the boat, went to Vinalhaven, Maine (USA), the port where Team Adventure took refuge after the incident.
Launched at more than 28 knots (52 kph) in a thick fog, the 32 m (105’) maxi catamaran Team Adventure hit an unidentified floating object. The shock was extremely violent. No injuries among American Cam Lewis’s crew, but the multihull was severely hit. Last week, Yann Penfornis of the Multiplast yard which built the boat, went to Vinalhaven, Maine (USA), the port where Team Adventure took refuge after the incident.
08/09/01
Since launching last July 22nd in Vannes (France), Olivier de Kersauson’s 34 metre trimaran designed by the duo Van Peteghem/Lauriot Prévost, has been busy on sea trials and working up.
25/07/01
Just forty-eight hours after having been launched at the Multiplast yard, the 34-metre platform now has her mast, a 39-metre one hundred percent carbon rotating wing-mast. Olivier de Kersauson’s new trimaran has now looks every bit the record hunter she is designed to be.
22/07/01
Hanging from the end of an enormous crane, Olivier de Kersauson’s new 34-metre trimaran hit the green waters of the Golfe du Morbihan (Britanny) thismorning July 22th, at 10.00 local time.
18/07/01
With the new 34 m maxi trimaran for French skipper Olivier de Kersauson, this will be the fourth composite racing yacht of more than 33 metres that Multiplast has launched in some 27 months (after the catamarans for The Race).
26/04/01
1/ The Race: Rendezvous of the Giants!
2/ A 34 m trimaran for Olivier de Kersauson
3/ In the 60 Ft trimaran league
2/ A 34 m trimaran for Olivier de Kersauson
3/ In the 60 Ft trimaran league
11/06/00
Less than 1 month after launching, the maxi-catamaran Club Med designed by the Gilles Ollier Design Team and built by Multiplast, has beaten the world record for the greatest distanced sailed in 24 hours.
19/05/00
Named and launched on May 8th, the maxi-catamaran Club Med co-skippered by the New Zealander Grant Dalton received her mast at the beginning of the week and has sailed for the first time.
06/05/00
After 5 years thought, design and some 60,000 man-hours of work achieved in one year, Club Med was introduced to her watery element on Monday May 8th 2000. Co-skippered by the New Zealand skipper Grant Dalton, she is the first of 3 maxi-catamarans* specially built by Multiplast for The Race.
04/04/00
After a great campaign on the other side of the world, the IACC 6e Sens is on the way home by cargo between Auckland (NZ) and her base in Lorient (South Brittany, France).
Titre_photo1: Fibre de Cristal - Baccarat
04/04/00
The Polish crew of the 85-ft catamaran Polpharma-Warta is preparing the construction of a taller and lighter wing mast. The installation of the new rig will require several modifications on the platform.
04/04/00
The last half-hull of Cam Lewis's (USA) catamaran is under construction in Cherbourg (Normandy, France). Team Adventure, which will be launched in September 2000, sets herself apart from Club Med and "Code One" with more vertical transoms and steering wheels positioned farther forwards.
04/04/00
Multiplast finishes joining the hulls of its 2nd maxi catamaran for The Race under the trampoline of Club Med. As soon as the latter leaves the yard, the giant "Meccano" set that is "Code One" will start being put together. Launching is scheduled for July 2000.
04/04/00
Assembled in February 2000, Club Med’s platform is currently receiving its finishing touches. Work on spars, appendages and sails is progressing in parallel. The 33-m (110-ft) catamaran, to be co-skippered by Grant Dalton (NZ), will be completely finished within a month.
24/01/00
At the recent Paris Show last December, the American skipper Cam Lewis signed a contract to build a 33m maxi catamaran for The Race, in the name of his syndicate Team Adventure.
24/01/00
The two first half-hulls of the 33 m (108 ft) maxi-catamaran 'CODE 1' arrive in Vannes (Brittany, France) by 'abnormal load' delivery from Cherbourg (Normandy, France).
Titre_photo1: Multiplast will exhibit the first radar antenna ever to be made of carbon fibre at the “Journées Européennes du Composite” (JEC Composite Show)
24/01/00
A delegation from Multiplast was present on the opening day of the London Boat Show for the Volvo Ocean Race press conference.
27/10/99
After undergoing a complete refit at the Multiplast yard during 3 ½ months, Magic Cat was put back onto the water on Tuesday Oct. 26, 1999. Designed by the Gilles Ollier Design Team and launched by Multiplast three years ago, this 76 ½ foot catamaran is now as good as new.
27/10/99
Three technicians from the Multiplast yard flew off to Auckland on Sunday Oct. 24, 1999, to take part in the optimisation of 6e Sens, the French challenger in the America’s Cup 2000, between two Round Robins of the qualification series.
18/10/99
Multiplast Composite yachts will again be exhibiting at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in Florida between October 28 and November 1.
11/10/99
When we announced the construction of Code Zero last March, we reported the signature of an option for another catamaran also destined for The Race, Code 01. This turned last month (September 1999) into a firm order.
24/08/99
Multiplast is finishing starboard half-hulls of Code Zero, a 33-m (108-ft) catamaran designed by the Gilles Ollier Design Team for The Race. The tooling for the crossbeams is also underway.
23/08/99
When he created Multiplast in 1981, Gilles Ollier became one of the first French naval architects to integrate design and production. Since then, boatyard and design team have grown side by side. The latter now includes two other architects and a network of scientific consultants.
21/08/99
After 2 months of working up in Lorient, the French challenger for the America's Cup leaves for Auckland on Aug. 21 aboard a freighter ship. Multiplast built the hull of 6e Sens and assembled the boat.
28/07/99
Multiplast to grow in order to accommodate vessels up to 50 metres (160 ft).
16/07/99
The 82-foot catamaran designed by the Gilles Ollier Design Team has returned to the Multiplast shipyard for a full tune-up, after three years of charter sailing in the Caribbean.
Titre_photo1: "OURSON RAPIDE" : 60 pieds destiné à la grande croisière rapide
19/06/99
Le 15 juin 1999, Multiplast a lancé à Vannes l'unique challenger français pour l'America's Cup 1999/2000. Le défi Bouygues Telecom-Transiciel a ainsi pris livraison de son Class America (80 pieds / 24,4m) avec une semaine d'avance sur le planning prévu.
18/03/99
Tuesday March 16th. Gilles Ollier confirms the signing of a second maxi-catamaran for THE RACE, with the possibility of a third on option.
09/03/99
Polish skipper Roman PASZKE signs design study contract for THE RACE, in Disneyland Paris on Tuesday March 2nd
13/01/99
MULTIPLAST COMPOSITE YACHTS WILL BE PRESENT AT THE 99 DÜSSELDORF BOAT SHOW TO BE HELD FROM 16 TO 24 JANUARY 1999
20/10/98
Multiplast to exhibit at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show - Oct 29 - Nov 3 1998
23/09/98
Petit Navire, the revolutionary Open 60+ follows the trimaran Banque Populaire in the MULTIPLAST yard for repairs after dismasting.
15/09/98
Following a collision in the Royan Grand Prix, the Françis Joyon's 60 ft trimaran Banque POPULAIRE is in the Multiplast yard for repairs.
06/09/98
Grand Prix de La Trinté - 5 masts out of 8 built by MULTIPLAST
06/09/98
Brocéliande enters the Multiplast yard for repairs after Grand Prix de La Trinité.
17/08/98
New North Pacific record set by catamaran Explorer in 14 days, 17 hours, 22 min, 50 sec, beating the American Steve Fossetts previous record, set in August 95, by 2 days.
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