Yvan Bougnon, some photos of his new catamaran project intended for circumnavigation

Yvan Bourgnon has been involved in some incredible multihull adventures over the years including racing solo the ORMA60 trimaran Brossard and sailing a modified Nacra beach cat around cape horn.  He has just uploaded some photos of his current catamaran project which is under construction. 

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SMA 1er, intended for the circumnavigation, render Yvan Bourgnon

You can read about the upcoming attempt on http://yvan-bourgnon.fr/ 

 

And a rough bing translate on the objectives of the attempt:

 

Carry out the first World Tour with a non-habitable sailboat on a category of sport of 6.3 meters long. This would lead on another first: the World Tour on a boat less than 6.5 meters.

 

• Demonstrate to the public that we can achieve human-sized challenges without being obliged to spend vast sums, deliver adventure at the centre of the debates.

 

• Departure: 5 October 2013 of Sables D'olonne for an adventure of 11 months with stopovers and 50,000 kms to the counter!

 

• No assistance, no gps (navigation to the sextant): return to simple values of navigation

 

• Selected crew: Vincent Beauvarlet, former champion of the young world of windsurfing

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Round the world plan, photo courtesy of Yvan Bourgnon