Jules Verne Trophy for Orange
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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.
Indeed, after her brilliant second place in The Race 2001 with Loïck Peyron at the helm, his big brother Bruno has just confirmed on Orange the incredible performance of the maxi-catamarans designed by the Gilles Ollier Design Team and built by Multiplast. Gilles Ollier: "This boat is a veritable metronome. Two non-stop circumnavigations via the three capes! Twice 65 days with only minimal problems!

The trimaran Gitana 10 unveiled

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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.

Preamble

Oranges's mast repaired

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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.
As soon as the mast was declared "repairable" by the yard technicians, who still had the original moulds, the technical choice of rebuilding a 4-metre section was very quickly confirmed. Then a genuine race against the clock begun.