Spindrift Racing win first event of the DIAM24 trimaran season (SpiQuest France)

SpiOuest France - Victory for Spindrift - The... by virtualregatta

And a gallery of photos on photographer Phillipe Plisson's blog featuring the DIAM24 trimaran teams in action:

http://www.philip-plisson-blog.com/2015/04/spi-2015-les-trimarans-diam-24-entrent-en-scene.html?utm_source=flux&utm_medium=flux-rss&utm_campaign=photography

Tour de France à la Voile 2015, DIAM24 trimaran replaces monohull with 31 entries submitted for the 2015 event

From the following article on mysailing.com.au

http://www.mysailing.com.au/news/over-thirty-boats-entered-for-the-tour-de-france-la-voile-2015

Over thirty boats entered for the Tour de France à la Voile 2015

06 Dec 2014

It’s been four months since the finish of the last edition in Nice and the annoucement of the Tour de France à la Voile new boat, the Diam 24. And the trimaran builder, Vianney Ancelin, has had his order book full. Furthermore, the entry list for the 2015 edition has been filled in just a few hours. A big success for Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O) which aimed to gather a large fleet with this new Diam 24 trimaran. The 31 entries have been revealed today at the Nautic (Paris Boat Show) and the race director Jean-Baptiste Durier has announced the line-up and the venues of what is set to be an remarkable edition.

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DIAM 24 one design trimaran chosen to replace M34 monohull for 2015 Tour de France à la Voile

From the following article on Vsail:

http://www.vsail.info/2014/07/27/diam-24-a-new-boat-for-the-tour-de-france-a-la-voile/

After the Ecume de Mer (1978), the First 30 (1979 to 1981), the Rush Royale (1982 and 1983), the Sélection 37 (1984 to 1991), the JOD 35 (1992 to 1998), the Farr 30 (1999 to 2010) and the M34 (2011 to 2014), from next summer 2105, the Diam 24 will be the new boat of the Tour de France à la Voile,

Like the previous boats, the Diam 24 is one-design boat. But the true revolution that A.S.O chose to establish lies in the fact that the Diam 24 is a 7.25m trimaran ! This sport boat was designed by VPLP and built in Port La Forêt (France) by Vianney Ancelin. Since its launch at the Paris Boat Show in December last year it has already seduced many renowned French sailors.

A circuit has also been created including various events like the Grand Prix Guyader, the Grand Prix de l’Ecole Navale, and the Raid Emeraude in Saint-Lunaire. Michel Desjoyeaux, François Gabart, Vincent Riou and Sidney Gavignet are just some of the the first people who have shown their interest in this multihull.

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DIAM 24 trimaran, Vincent Riou and PRB team take out first in class at Grand Prix Ecole Navale

Vincent Riou and his PRB team have once again stamped their dominance on the DIAM24's with successive first place at the Grand Prix Guyader and Grand Prix Ecole Navale.  Second place was taken out by Bruno Jourdren with Bernard Stamm finishing on the podium in third.

http://www.vendeeglobe.org/fr/actualites/breve/14340/riou-et-stamm-sur-le-podium-du-grand-prix-de-l-ecole-navale.html

Here is a rough bing translate of the article:

The 13th edition of the Grand Prix of the Ecole Navale ended Sunday in Crozon peninsula. Vincent Riou (PRB) won the event in the series of the diam. 24 One Design, while Bernard Stamm (Poujoulat chimneys), is awarded the 3rd place of the event. Vincent Riou (RPB): " balance sheet is good since we won! What is nice is that it was seven boats. It's starting to put a little play, especially because there are people who are now in the game, as Bruno Jourdren which began during the Grand Prix Guyader and which have made significant progress"
and race by race results are here:

http://www.gpen.fr/en/results-diam-24-pxl-93_98.html

a gallery of photos of the DIAM24's in action can be found on Jacques Vapillon's facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.678933748847125.1073741873.126986587375180&type=1

DIAM 24 trimaran, Ryan Breymaier article on Sailing Anarchy examines this new one design racing trimaran

From the following article on Sailing Anarchy by Ryan Breymaier:

http://sailinganarchy.com/2013/12/23/son-of-mod/

We promised you Ryan Breymaier’s look at the newest racing trimaran on the market, and here it is; it’s the Diam 24, a ‘mini MOD-70′ from the desk of the guys who gave you some of the biggest big boat racing successes of the past decade. Be sure to check out what Breymaier’s up to lately over here.

 

Imagine a Melges 24-sized boat that sails 14 knots upwind instead of 7, and 30 downwind instead of 18.  And all without any nerve-damaging hiking at all!

 

Meet the Diam 24; a beautifully built, impressively simple trimaran designed by multihull masters VPLP and built in Port La Foret, France, about 10 minutes from my house.

 

Vianney Ancelin is the man behind the project; I met him about 5 years ago while looking for a place to keep my newly acquired beach cat. Turns out that my Diam F-18 was built by him, and his factory is right next to a beautiful launch ramp, while his parking lot is full of small multihulls, Tornados, F-18s, A-Cats, Multi 23s, whatever you can imagine, all within minutes of my front door.

 

Anyway, Vianney’s trapezing days at the helm of an F-18 are over, and he had always dreamed of building an easily launched, easily sailed trimaran; something to race, to raid, or just to island hop through the Glenans.

 

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new VPLP designed DIAM24 one design trimaran 12 boats ordered so far

The new DIAM24 trimaran is designed to offer competitive high performance one design racing in an easily transportable package.  It also will be a functional and fun daysailor.

http://www.vplp.fr/news/11/60/DIAM-24-One-Design.html

More information is available at the following website:

http://www.diam24onedesign.com/?lang=en