New Boats and Gear

MAXI BANQUE POPULAIRE XI ENTERS ITS FINAL PHASE
A titanic job for a future giant. At the CDK Technologies shipyard in Lorient, there is excitement. Armel, Ronan and the Banque Populaire Team are busy around the new 32-meter-long Ultim which is gradually revealing its shapes. While the work to be done remains substantial, ...

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Since April 2019, a total of nearly 200 people have been actively involved in the creation of Banque Populaire XI. We contacted Ronan Lucas, Team Director, to take stock of the construction and modifications made to Armel Le Cléac'h's future Ultimate…

A launch scheduled for ...

CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAXI BANQUE POPULAIRE XI: FINAL STRETCH

Since 2019, the Banque Populaire Team has been mobilized on the Maxi Banque Populaire XI construction site, which is continuing its journey. Armel's future Ultim should be launched in spring 2021! Focus with Armel, Team director Ronan Lucas and the head of the study office Gautier Levisse.


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The latest generation IMOCAs will surely deliver a new Vendée Globe record time. The British skipper of Hugo Boss, Alex Thomson suggested on Tuesday in Les Sables d’Olonne that a new mark could be “Between 59 and 70 days depending on the weather”. Armel Le Cléac’h, the winner of the 2016-17 edition took 74 days to complete his winning lap of the planet. Since ...

Lessons learned in the race by OSCAR's state of the art AI will ultimately benefit all mariners.

Press release issued by BSB Marine
2 November 2020

Short of space flight, a 40,000km non-stop singlehanded yacht race around the world represents one of the toughest human-mechanical challenges ...

First IMOCA 60 Boat Build Announced for The Ocean Race 2022-23
Newport, Rhode Island (October 5, 2020) – 11th Hour Racing Team is one step closer in its ambition to compete in and win The Ocean Race 2022-23 with the announcement that the Team is building a brand new IMOCA 60 in Brittany, France.








Skipper, Charlie Enright, and Team CEO, Mark Towill, have brought together three of the most experienced ...

WATSONVILLE, Calif., September 24, 2020 –Sailboat construction icon Ron Moore is joining forces with Yachtsman and Businessman Blaine Rorick and CFO Samuel Willner to form Moore Sailboats Inc., a new entity which will produce the all-new Alan Andrews-designed Moore 33 sailboat.

Andrews name is synonymous with a multitude of record-setting and race-winning ULDB sleds like Locomotion, It’s OK, Cheval, Alchemy, to modern TP 52’s and last ...

British Sailor Alex Thomson brings us up to speed on the completion of the final service of the HUGO BOSS boat before ...

Alex Thomson Racing completes final service of HUGO BOSS yacht ahead of Vendée Globe 2020

British sailing team Alex Thomson Racing has completed the final service of its IMOCA 60 racing yacht, HUGO BOSS, ahead of the highly anticipated Vendée Globe ...