Macif is a Ultim class maxi-trimaran launched in 2015.

Macif
Macif leaves the Port of Le Havre for the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre 2015
ClassUltim
Designer(s)VPLP design
BuilderCDK Technologies
Multiplast
Launched18 August 2015
Owner(s)Macif (French insurance company))
Racing career
SkippersFrançois Gabart
Specifications
TypeMaxi-trimaran
Displacement14.5 t (14.3 long tons; 16.0 short tons)
Length30 m (98 ft) (LOA)
Beam21 m (69 ft)
Draft4.5 m (15 ft)
Mast height35 m (115 ft)
Sail area430 m2 (4,600 sq ft) (to windward)
650 m2 (7,000 sq ft) (downwind)
CrewPascal Bidégorry (during double-handed events)

History

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Macif was designed by the naval architectural firm Van Peteghem Lauriot-Prévost with the assistance of GSea Design for calculation of the structure. The yacht is built for long distance sailing competitions and attempts at sailing records.

With the yacht, skipper François Gabart has won the Transat Jacques Vabre in 2015 (sailing dual-handed with Pascal Bidégorry)[1] and The Transat in 2016.[2] In 2017, a new around the world sailing record for circumnavigation of the world was set by François Gabart at 42 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes, and 35 seconds.[3] During this record around the world singlehanded, François Gabart covered 850.68 miles in 24 hours.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Transat Jacques Vabre History". Transat Jacques Vabre. 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. ^ "The Transat CIC History". The Transat CIC. 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Francois Gabart Sets New Round-the-World Record". Sailing World. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2020.[dead link]
  4. ^ "WSSR Newsletter No 296. MACIF. Singlehanded 24 hour record 07/01/18". www.sailspeedrecords.com.