Prince de Bretagne Maxi 80, out of the water for a round of minor modifications

The Prince de Bretagne team have lifted out the Maxi 80 trimaran to make some modifications.  The main focus apparently is the installation of a new daggerboard.  There will also be some tweaks integrated from Lionel Lemanchois's observations on sailing the boat in it's sea trials.

the original article (in French) is here:

 http://www.princedebretagne-mer.com/actualites/252-chantier-express-pour-maxi-80-presse

and the rough Google Translate below:

As expected for a long time, the Prince de Bretagne team released the Maxi80 water to return to the site. At 9 am on Thursday, the crane already in position, the maneuvers could begin prior to the dismasted boat lift to go to the garage. The program for this update dry: a check-up after the first few months of browsing, odds and minor changes or installing a larger drift (daggerboard?) ...This is not a beach catamaran for all operations to remove the trimaran 24.30 meters of water and go home, warm and dry in the premises of the team were conducted smoothly. "Here, we're at home, the boat dock is just across the yard and offices, and it is true that it makes this kind of operation quite easy," says Lionel.

"Performance Objective"

"This is his first time to dry for six months. Were few niceties to above, and small changes to the mast, he adds. We will also install a larger drift, which also recovered the old platform 60 feet. This was prepared in recent weeks. It will replace the more typical for the first wide by this greater drift (daggerboard) with a trim tab (small movable flap), which should enable us to
gain in light airs and close on the next race formats such as Route des Princes which takes place in several stages crew.'' The goal is clearly the performance. "

"A boat that was"
 
Within ten days, Prince de Bretagne find his element. First, there is the baptism in Roscoff in late April 27 and early May, the time comes the first races: the Tour de Belle Ile and ArMen Race from La Trinité-sur-Mer Grand Prix Guyader Douarnenez, and finally the Princes Highway, which will take the crew Maxi80, for three weeks from June 7, take a tour of Europe in Valencia in the Bay of Morlaix, via Lisbon, Dublin and Plymouth."It will be an Express project, and it is true that we can not wait to rub competition. Currently, we are all quite happy, you do not encounter major problems of structure, the boat well born and go fast air, and this is what we wanted! So far so good, even if it means we get to confront other boats for references " concludes his skipper, obviously in a hurry to go to the site ... For as quickly back into the water ...

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