Newsletter 12 2025
OCEAN RACING Benjamin Dutreux: “It’s the dream project!” Three days before the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre, in which he took 9th place with Arnaud Boissières, Benjamin Dutreux presented his new Imoca project on October 23rd in Le Havre, supported by his title partner 4CAD, which involves a new boat, an Antoine Koch design built at Multiplast. The […]
Newsletter 10 2025
OCEAN RACING Jacques Caraës: “A great adventure” After a long career as a sailor and then race director, Jacques Caraës became team manager of the DMG Mori Sailing Team this summer. The main objective is to support Kojiro Shiraishi in the next edition of The Ocean Race on a new Verdier design, currently under construction at Multiplast. Interview. Jacques Caraës with […]
Newsletter 05 2025
AERONAUTICS Positive Aviation chooses Multiplast for FF72 floats To replace the Canadair water bomber aircraft used to fight forest fires, French aircraft manufacturer Positive Aviation has launched the FF72 project, which involves modifying ATR 72s to fit them with floats manufactured by Multiplast. We take a closer look at this innovative approach. Positive Aviation is a […]
Newsletter 2024 12
Newsletter 12-2024 ____________________________________________________________________ DEFENSE How Multiplast beacame a specialist in the construction of radomes and radars Commissioned by the Thales group, Multiplast has manufactured dozens of civil and military radomes, radars and sonars since 2010. Franck Martin, the shipyard’s naval architect, explains how.
Newsletter 10-2024
Newsletter 10-2024 ____________________________________________________________________ OCEAN RACING Imoca are not experiencing the crisis Eight Imocas from the Multiplast shipyard are set to line up line up at the start of the Vendée Globe on November 10th but already some teams are already looking well beyond this race to the next cycle, indeed three new boats […]
Newsletter 05-2024
Newsletter 05-2024 ____________________________________________________________________ AMERICA’S CUP Samuel Napoleoni: “The building of the AC75 was a real catalyst for skills” After ten months of intense work the build of the AC75 for the French challenger Orient Express Racing Team was completed at the end of March at Multiplast. How did the facility deliver this major project? […]
Newsletter december 2023
Newsletter de 12-2023 ____________________________________________________________________ OCEAN RACING Yoann Richomme : “We chose the right design” Second in the Transat Jacques Vabre (with Yann Eliès) then winner of the solo Retour à La Base, Yoann Richomme had a remarkable 2023 season despite his Imoca Paprec Arkéa was only launched last February. The skipper analyses how […]
Newsletter 10 2023
Newsletter de 10-2023 ____________________________________________________________________ COMPETITION The Sun Fast 30 OD is already proving a big attraction After being shown first in Cherbourg in July as part of the Rolex Fastnet Race, the first example of the Sun Fast 30 One Design, developed in collaboration with Jeanneau, made some test sails in August in La […]
Newsletter 03 2023
Newsletter de 03-2023 ____________________________________________________________________ COMPÉTITION America’s Cup: the race against time is on Multiplast have been chosen by the French Orient Express Team challenge, which was, officially annouced, at the beginning of February, to build the hull and deck of the French AC75.
Newsletter 12 2022
Newsletter de 12-2022 ____________________________________________________________________ OFFSHORE RACING Primonial, a new Ocean Fifty takes shape Back home in Brittany after, his third place in the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, Sébastien Rogues has been able to return his primary focus to the building of his next Ocean Fifty, the construction of which has been entrusted to Multiplast. […]