Sail trials for Orange II

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Till the end of January, Orange II is doing sail trials in the surroundings of La Trinité-sur-Mer (Atlantic). First navigation has been nice, with even good news on the up wind performances...
Gilles Ollier :" the boat is right. With 15/18 knots of wind, we have reached 20 knots close wind (quite 3 knots better than the Club Med generation, winner of The Race 2001we have also done)". She also sailing quicker on a hull with only 13/14 knots of wind."It's right for the speed - less drags-, but it is a little bit more difficult to handle", says the project manager Jean Maurel.Orange II must be ready for the Trophée Jules Verne mid February, the absolute round the world record under sail hold since 2003 by Orange I in 64d 8h 37'24".

Orange II launched !

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After 14 months in the build shed and more than 90 000 man hours, the new maxi catamaran designed by the Gilles Ollier Design Team and built by Multiplast, was launched on Monday 22nd December 2003 in Vannes (French Atlantic coast) in the presence of her skipper, Frenchman Bruno Peyron.
Although the boat is a concentration of technology, she is above all else a work of art in the image of her engineers, designers and builder who created her ", affirmed Bruno Peyron several minutes before slings on the crane tightened. An affirmation with which all of those involved at the Multiplast yard would readily agree, after having spent almost a year nd a half around the "machine".

A new giant catamaran at the Multiplast shipyard

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Although the fact that Multiplast was to build a new maxi multihull has been known since last year, no detailed information had seeped through since then. Today Multiplast reveals the first images of the giant and the philosophy behind its construction, in its brand new production unit located in Vannes.
Four years ago, the Gilles Ollier Design Team gave birth to three catamarans, sisterships 110 feet (33.40 m) long, namely Club Med, Innovation Explorer, Team Adventure. It was where an exciting new adventure began. Working on these enormous boats was all the more difficult a challenge, because "The Race" was the first non-stop race around the world on machines of this type. The architects worked intensively, discovering speeds never before attainted on ocean-racing multihulls

Sail trials for Orange II

Orange II launched !

A new giant catamaran at the Multiplast shipyard

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