Francois Gabarts' new Macif Ultime trimaran out for first test sail

Rolex Fastnet Race, multihulls home in light and variable conditions

The largest multihulls have now all finished the Fastnet Race.  Spindrift 2 took line honours but by only 20 minutes in the last few miles the MOD70 Phaedo managed to sneak into second just edging out the Prince de Bretagne Maxi 80 that claimed third place.

An article on Spindrift 2's Fastnet Race:

http://www.sail-world.com/2015-Rolex-Fastnet-Race---Thrilling-tactical-race/137607

and one that focuses on the general multihull and monohull fleet.

http://www.mysailing.com.au/news/light-winds-forgotten-big-grins-and-tight-finishes-for-fastnet-race



Phaedo3 taking part in the Rolex Fastnet Race 2015 from Ocean Images on Vimeo.

Francois Gabart's new Ultime racing trimaran "Macif" launched at Lorient

Francois Gabart's new Ultime trimaran "Macif" has been launched an impressive gallery of photos has been posted on Facebook by "Ultim Boat".

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.675681012533478.1073741843.483745085060406&type=3

A video of the launch has also been posted:

2015 Rolex Fastnet Race gets underway in very light conditions

The race has started in very light conditions this year a strong fleet of race multihulls are competing including the MOD70's Oman Sail, Phaedo and Concise 10 in the Ultimes Spindrift2 and Prince de Bretagne Maxi 80.

http://www.sail-world.com/Record-fleet-for-46th-Rolex-Fastnet-Race/137522

The tracker is here:

http://yb.tl/fastnet2015

2015 edition of the Artemis Challenge sees Musandam Oman Sail take line honours

This year the now super experienced Musandam Oman Sail crew on their much campaigned MOD70 took the win with close competition from Team Concise on the recently purchased and rebranded Paprec recyclage MOD70.  In third place was Lionel Lemonchois on his custom trimaran Prince de Bretagne Maxi 80.  Charging up close behind was the MOD70 of Team Phaedo.

More details on the following article:

http://www.artemischallenge.com/news/view/Musandam_-_Oman_Sail_win_charity_sprint_at_Cowes_Week

and some videos of the event:

Video summing up the Transpacific world record attempt by the Lending Club team