{"id":8354,"date":"2026-05-13T11:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.multiplast.eu\/?p=8354"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:39:25","slug":"newsletter-05-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.multiplast.eu\/en\/newsletter-05-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter 05-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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“Argo should allow us to continue writing the History of great records”<\/h3>

The American team\u00a0Argo<\/strong>\u00a0officially announced in mid-April\u00a0the launch of an Ultim-sized multihull<\/a>\u00a0(32 meters long and 23 meters wide), with the ambition, starting in 2029, of taking on a whole\u00a0series of ocean records<\/strong>. For the design, the team called on VPLP Design, while\u00a0Multiplast was entrusted with the construction<\/strong>. Explanations from its CEO, Yann Penfornis.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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How did this trimaran project come about?<\/strong>
Quentin Lucet\u00a0(partner architect at VPLP Design)<\/em>\u00a0had told me about it two years ago, and at the time, with a heavy heart, I told him that we would not be able to do it because we were too busy with the AC75 and the Imocas. The nature of projects meant that this one was pushed back in time, and when Quentin came back to us in January to ask whether we wanted to respond to the tender for this Ultim-sized trimaran,\u00a0we obviously said that the project interested us.<\/strong>\u00a0First because working again on a boat whose ambition is to take on the great records was something that particularly motivated us, and secondly because\u00a0the proposed schedule this time fit perfectly into Multiplast\u2019s industrial planning<\/strong>, in the sense that we will have almost completed our Imoca cycle:\u00a0DMG Mori<\/em>\u00a0has already been delivered,\u00a0Paprec<\/em>\u00a0will be nearly finished by the end of the year, and we will be in the final phase of constructing her sistership,\u00a04CAD<\/em>, Benjamin Dutreux\u2019s boat<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How did the project then take shape?<\/strong>
We first met Chad\u00a0(Corning, who heads Team Argo)<\/em>\u00a0two days after the arrival of\u00a0Sodebo Ultim 3<\/em>\u00a0in the Jules Verne Trophy<\/strong>; it was the ideal moment to talk about large record-breaking boats built at Multiplast, since Thomas Coville and his crew had just earned us the shipyard\u2019s seventh Jules Verne Trophy! Then, throughout the month of February,\u00a0the team in charge of estimates at Multiplast and Samuel Napoleoni<\/strong>, who is overseeing the project, worked extensively to be able to present a strong proposal at the beginning of March. At the end of that meeting, it was agreed that we would receive an answer by the end of the month,\u00a0and it arrived just a few hours before April 1st<\/strong>, on March 31st around 9 p.m.! As a side note, I received Chad\u2019s email right in the middle of a Sailorz Film Festival screening in Vannes, during the film about Charlie Dalin\u2019s victorious Vend\u00e9e Globe. I took it as a sign of destiny, and it gave us a wonderful opportunity to offer a beer during the intermission to the VPLP team, who were sitting a few seats ahead of us!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How attached is Multiplast to this type of boat?<\/strong>
An old ad from the 1980s described\u00a0Multiplast as being\u00a0“the shipyard of records”<\/em><\/strong>. I believe the shipyard has held the Atlantic record six times, and the Jules Verne Trophy has always been part of its history, since we built the first holder,\u00a0Commodore Explorer<\/em>, and the latest,\u00a0Sodebo Ultim 3<\/em>, but also\u00a0Orange<\/em>,\u00a0Geronimo<\/em>,\u00a0Orange II<\/em>, and\u00a0Groupama 3<\/em>, which became\u00a0Idec Sport<\/em>, all of which also broke the record. We hope that being chosen by Argo for this project will allow us to\u00a0continue writing this long history<\/strong>. Gilles Ollier\u00a0(founder of Multiplast)<\/em>, who is one of my mentors, long said that these multihulls were not designed to be sailed solo because a single skipper cannot exploit 100% of the machine\u2019s potential. The advantage of working on a crewed boat from the design stage is that the human factor will not be limiting, as can be the case for an Ultim that has to race the Route du Rhum. Everything is designed around the crew, and that is incredibly enjoyable!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How will you organize the teams to build this trimaran?<\/strong>
As I mentioned, it is\u00a0Samuel Napoleoni<\/a>, who worked on the AC75 of the French K-Challenge team and\u00a0has just completed\u00a0DMG Mori<\/em>, who is taking charge of the project. He obviously will not be alone because there are many sub-projects on a boat like this: the crossbeams, the central hull, the floats. Twenty-five years ago, on a boat like\u00a0Orange II\u00a0<\/em>for example, we designed the plans, the platform, the appendages, the mast, the boom, the beams, absolutely everything! Today, this is a sector in which many players have specialized, and on our side,\u00a0we are delighted to focus solely on manufacturing the platform<\/strong>, which is already a very major undertaking. We are going to fully commit ourselves for two years, knowing that since construction will not begin before December, we have time to anticipate things properly. This is also one of the strengths of this program, which is not built around a race start date. Such a schedule\u00a0<\/strong>allows VPLP, the designers, to\u00a0<\/strong>properly plan the work for a year and then\u00a0allows Multiplast to build calmly during the following two years.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Will you have to adapt your tools for the construction of this future\u00a0Argo<\/em>?<\/strong>
No, because of our history,\u00a0we already have extensive resources in place<\/strong>. I believe that in total, we have built 25 hulls for this type of boat\u00a0(central hulls and floats for trimarans and catamarans)<\/em>. So our production tools already exist, and such a construction does not require building another hall.\u00a0However, it does require very precise space organization<\/strong>, because a multihull of this size takes up a great deal of room, but we are now highly experienced with this type of process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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IN BRIEF<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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RACING.<\/strong>\u00a0The winter of 2025-2026 provided Multiplast with the opportunity to add to\u00a0its record book<\/strong>:\u00a0Sodebo Ultim 3<\/em>, built in Vannes, got things underway at the end of January by claiming the\u00a0Jules Verne Trophy<\/strong>\u00a0in 40 days, 10 hours, and 45 minutes, improving by just under 13 hours the time set in 2017 by\u00a0Idec Sport<\/em>. The following day, the latter, with Alexia Barrier and seven female sailors on board, completed the same course in 57 days, 21 hours, and 20 minutes, setting the\u00a0first benchmark time for an all-female crew<\/strong>\u00a0and marking another historic moment for this trimaran launched by Multiplast in 2006 (two-time Jules Verne Trophy holder, three-time Route du Rhum winner). Finally,\u00a0MACSF<\/em>, the former\u00a0Geronimo<\/em>\u00a0launched in 2001 and also built by Multiplast, with Guirec Soud\u00e9e at the helm, broke\u00a0the reverse around-the-world record<\/strong>\u00a0in 94 days, 21 hours, and 58 minutes, with the Breton becoming the first person to complete this course on a multihull.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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RACING.\u00a0<\/strong>After more than 40,000 hours of manufacturing,\u00a0DMG Mori<\/em><\/strong>, Kojiro Shiraishi\u2019s new Imoca\u00a0was delivered in mid-March<\/a>\u00a0to the DMG Mori Sailing Team and will be officially unveiled on June 4 in Lorient. According to Jeremy Mazzolini, head of the design office,\u00a0“it was interesting to develop this complex structure with Kojiro\u2019s team, and we were also very pleased to collaborate once again with Guillaume Verdier, who lived up to his reputation as an architect who is innovative in both shapes and structural optimization.”<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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TRANSPORT.<\/strong>\u00a0Orient Express Corinthian<\/em><\/strong>, the very first luxury cruise ship from the Accor Group, equipped with three SolidSail rigs and sails made of fiberglass and carbon fiber panels manufactured at Multiplast,\u00a0was inaugurated<\/a>\u00a0on April 29 at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique site in Saint-Nazaire. During the sea trials, the vessel reached a speed of 12 knots under sail alone, without engine assistance, and the first commercial voyages are currently beginning in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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AERONAUTICS.<\/strong>\u00a0Multiplast has just completed the construction of a new series of\u00a0six bellmouths<\/strong>, air intakes ordered last autumn by Safran Aero Boosters and intended for the LEAP aircraft engine test benches used by Airbus and Boeing (see our December 2024 newsletter<\/a>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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DEFENSE.<\/strong>\u00a0Having been involved for more than 15 years in the manufacture of\u00a0radomes<\/strong>\u00a0for Thales (radar panels designed to protect them from environmental damage,\u00a0see our December 2024 newsletter<\/a>), Multiplast is about to complete the production of the hundredth piece in this series for Ground Master 200 radars.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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RACING.<\/strong>\u00a011th Hour Racing<\/em><\/strong>, the former\u00a0Malizia<\/em>\u00a0of Boris Herrmann (built at Multiplast), now sailed by Italian-American Francesca Clapcich,\u00a0was relaunched at the end of March<\/a>\u00a0in her new colors. She finished fifth on May 8 in her very first solo Imoca race, the 1000 Race. In the same race, Corentin Horeau took second place aboard\u00a0MACSF<\/em>, the former\u00a0Paprec Ark\u00e9a<\/em>\u00a0of Yoann Richomme, launched by Multiplast in February 2023.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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AERONAUTICS.<\/strong>\u00a0Construction of the very first float for the future\u00a0FF72<\/strong>\u00a0water bomber aircraft on behalf of Positive Aviation (see our May 2025 newsletter<\/a>)\u00a0is underway. The composite parts of this first float will then be sent to Airbus\u2019 Technocentre in Nantes, where assembly will take place. The first flight\u00a0is scheduled for the end of the year<\/a>; the FF72 will be presented at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget in June 2027, and the first customer delivery is planned for the 2028 season.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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RACING.<\/strong>\u00a0A double win for\u00a0Elvest<\/em><\/strong>! The Ocean Fifty skippered by S\u00e9bastien Rogues and built by Multiplast in 2022-2023 made a flying start to the\u00a0Ocean Fifty Series<\/strong>\u00a0season by winning Acts 1 and 2 in early May in Sainte-Maxime and then Ajaccio. Next up, this time solo with Matthieu Perraut at the helm, is the Drheam-Cup from July 9 to 18.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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An astronomical meridian for Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9<\/h3>

At the end of May, Multiplast will install\u00a0a carbon astronomical meridian<\/strong>\u00a0on one of the buildings of Paris Cit\u00e9 University, on the Grands Moulins campus in the 13th arrondissement. An unusual project requiring millimeter-level precision adjustments.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Designed by the Lemoal Architectes firm and produced by Multiplast, this large-scale meridian – 12 meters high and 3.50 meters wide – will be mounted at the end of May\u00a0inside a niche on one of the southeast-facing facades of Paris Cit\u00e9\u00a0University<\/strong>. It consists of a large carbon-epoxy panel engraved with\u00a0a giant figure eight representing the path of the sun across the sky throughout the year, as well as its trajectories during the solstices and the equinox.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“It makes it possible to\u00a0tell the time, the day, and the month at the moment of solar noon<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>explains\u00a0Sylvain Chaty<\/a>, Vice President Delegate for Culture, Science and Society at Paris Cit\u00e9\u00a0University and an astrophysicist by training.\u00a0When the sun is low in winter, the sunspot appears rather high up, and when it is high, the spot appears lower down. The idea was to create\u00a0an object that is at once aesthetic, educational, and historical,\u00a0<\/strong>linking back to the first sundials dating from the time of the Sumerians, 5,000 or 6,000 years ago.”<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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If Multiplast won the tender,\u00a0“it was largely thanks to\u00a0the choice of material, carbon, because it does not expand with heat and therefore maintains the meridian\u2019s precision<\/strong>\u00a0throughout the year, but also thanks to their \u201cliving heritage company” label, which aligns well with the values of the University,\u00a0<\/em>continues Sylvain Chaty. According to our research, this would also be the first meridian ever made of carbon, since traditionally they are either engraved in stone or painted.”<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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On the Multiplast side,\u00a0J\u00e9r\u00e9my Mazzolini<\/a>, head of the design office, is delighted with this collaboration, which enabled the company to broaden its expertise:\u00a0“It was interesting to understand the technical and astronomical challenges of this ancient object<\/strong>\u00a0in order to meet its precision requirements\u00a0through the use of a relatively modern material such as carbon and fairly advanced engineering techniques.”<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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After scanning the facade of the Grands Moulins building in Paris, the Multiplast team had\u00a0a large carbon panel machined at\u00a0<\/strong>Ouest Composites<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(a member of the Carboman group, like Multiplast) using its large-scale numerically controlled machine.\u00a0<\/em>Then, based on the coordinates of the analemma projection (the figure-eight path followed by the sun across the sky throughout the year) calculated by\u00a0Denis Savoie<\/strong>, astrophysicist and world expert on meridians and sundials,\u00a0“we created the digital model of the meridian in our 3D design tools<\/strong>,”\u00a0<\/em>specifies J\u00e9r\u00e9my Mazzolini.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Installed in April, the fixings had to be adjusted with precision, he continues:\u00a0“The parallel alignment with the facade and<\/em>\u00a0the vertical positioning of the piece require\u00a0millimeter-precise adjustment to guarantee the accuracy of the meridian<\/strong>. The oculus, the perforated disk through which the sun\u2019s rays pass, is adjusted using a laser tracker, and its tripod support system positioned 2.50 meters away from the panel also required\u00a0an engineering challenge and millimeter-level precision adjustment<\/strong>.”<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Finally, tradition dictates that a meridian should include a motto, and\u00a0Paris Cit\u00e9 University chose to engrave this quote by Diderot<\/strong>\u00a0from 1767:\u00a0“Everything vanishes, everything perishes, everything passes: only time endures.”<\/em>\u00a0The whole structure was then painted white-grey to blend in as seamlessly as possible with the facade.\u00a0“Between the design, machining, lay-up, painting, as well as the installation and adjustment of this large-scale piece,\u00a0many different areas of expertise were called upon for this achievement<\/strong>,”\u00a0<\/em>concludes J\u00e9r\u00e9my Mazzolini.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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How Multiplast ensures workplace safety<\/h3>

Prevention, organization, and anticipation<\/em><\/strong> are at the heart of Multiplast\u2019s safety approach. For each of its projects, the company plans ahead for access and possible workstation arrangements in order to secure and improve working conditions.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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“We make sure that the safety culture is not driven solely by management but is truly shared by all employees so that they embrace it on a daily basis,\u00a0<\/em>introduces\u00a0Arnaud Buan<\/a>, Hygiene, Safety and Environment Manager at Multiplast for the past six years.\u00a0In particular, we encourage\u00a0collective vigilance<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0care for one another\u00a0<\/strong>in order to move toward zero accidents and to report risky or dangerous situations.”<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Prevention\u00a0<\/strong>is one of the first pillars Arnaud Buan relies on to improve workplace safety.\u00a0“Regarding chemical risks linked to the use of resins, we of course have collective protective equipment (extraction systems, air renewal, ventilation\u2026), but there is still\u00a0work to be done on risk awareness to change habits<\/strong>, so that wearing personal protective equipment (masks, gloves, goggles) becomes systematic,”<\/em>\u00a0he explains.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Particular attention is also paid to operators\u2019 postures in order to improve their working conditions.\u00a0“They handle large parts and sometimes work in confined spaces and with\u00a0constrained positions for which we must find solutions,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>explains Arnaud Buan.\u00a0As we are often working on prototypes,\u00a0the tasks are not repeated and automated<\/strong>, as they might be in other industries. There are regularly new situations that require adaptation and on which we work upstream with the design office.”\u00a0<\/em>For the construction of certain Imocas, he explains for example that\u00a0“<\/em>the sequencing of the manufacturing stages was redesigned<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0so that the deck could be closed at the very last moment to facilitate movement inside the hull”;<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In order to anticipate all aspects related to organization and safety before projects begin,\u00a0Multiplast also created a new position\u00a0<\/strong>in July 2025:\u00a0Thomas Lemp\u00e9ri\u00e8re<\/a>, Production Industrialization Coordinator, acts as the link between the design office and the operators in order to\u00a0put in place everything the team will need to work safely<\/strong>.\u00a0“Depending on the position, height, and ergonomics of the mold, I anticipate scaffold heights, think about stairways for access, and carry out simulations of body postures to make the employees\u2019 work easier,”\u00a0<\/em>he explains.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Well placed to understand these issues, since he joined Multiplast 27 years ago, first as an operator and then as a team leader, he adds:\u00a0“I also install equipment such as cutting tables and lighting. Today, all this work no longer has to be done in parallel with production, and\u00a0on the day the project begins, the operators arrive in a space that is already safe and operational<\/strong>. I then support the project launch to assess its feasibility and safety and to pass on my experience.”<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Currently,\u00a0a team of six operators is also undergoing training<\/strong>\u00a0“to meet a need for greater safety control and to help bring more peace of mind into daily work situations, by thinking for example about operating procedures for turning over large-scale parts,”\u00a0<\/em>Arnaud Buan also points out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OCEAN RACING “Argo should allow us to continue writing the History of great records” The American team\u00a0Argo\u00a0officially announced in mid-April\u00a0the launch of an Ultim-sized multihull\u00a0(32 meters long and 23 meters wide), with the ambition, starting in 2029, of taking on a whole\u00a0series of ocean records. 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