Maxi trimaran Groupama 3 under sails
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In accordance with the program and the contract between the Groupama Team and Multiplast, the maxi trimaran Groupama 3 has started her sea trials.

Since her launch June 7, 2006 at Vannes, and during a full month, the maxi multihull remains under the responsibility of the shipyard. After static tests in port, navigation allows to make ones in dynamic.

Maxi Groupama trimaran launched
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Bang on schedule, the launch of the 105 ft (31.50 m) long maxi trimaran for French skipper Franck Cammas is the 6th maxi-mulithull to have come out of the Multiplast shipyard in Vannes since the year 2000. The yard is world leader in the building of ocean-racing maxi-multihulls.
The unique experience and unrivalled savoir-faire of the Multiplast yard no doubt convinced Groupama 3's sponsors and skipper to commission the Vannes yard to undertake construction. A fine programme of major records and circumnavigations has been scheduled for the boat, events and courses where boats bearing the 'made by Multiplast' mark have an unbeaten record. The yard builds machines that can be relied upon. Gilles Ollier, Director of the Multiplast yard :

Orange II re launched
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Wednesday April 12, 2006, maxi catamaran Orange II has been relaunched, after a winter time spent on the Multiplast open area.
The multihull has been checked and prepared for her new Atlantic West to East record attempt. Bruno Peyron's boat will join soon New-York for her stand by period in order to beat Steve Fossett's PlayStation and be the quicker sailboat from Ambrose light to Lizard Point. Reference time: PlayStation (2001) – 38-m catamaran, 4d 17h 28 min 06s / Design Morrelli & Melvin