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| Multi50 craned out at Lorient Submarine Base, Brittany, photo courtesy Maitre Jacques team |
Showing posts with label Maitre Jacques. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maitre Jacques. Show all posts
Thursday, 20 February 2014
The Multi50 Maitre Jacques has been craned out for repairs to the damaged float bow
During the recent Transat Jacques Vabre the Multi50 Maitre Jacques suffered float damage. It has now been sailed and motored back to Lorient under its own power and is being craned out for repairs ready for the 2014 season.
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Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Multi50 update, severed float bow recovered and returned to Maitre Jacques team by fishing boat
Thanks to the following article on vsail.info:
http://www.vsail.info/2014/02/04/multi-50-maitre-jacques-broken-float-washes-up-after-three-months-adrift-in-the-atlantic-ocean/
It seems that Jose Salvador Alvarenga isn’t the only castaway to make the news today. The El Salvador national claims to have been adrift on the Pacific Ocean for nearly 13 months, after setting off from Mexico and washing up a few days ago on a remote atoll in the Marshall Islands, roughly 6,700 miles away.
Nearly three months ago, on November 3rd, 2013, the Multi 50 Maitre Jacques trimaran sustained heavy damage on her starboard float while she was taking part in the Transat Jacques Vabre, the double-handed race from Le Havre to Itajaí, Brasil.
Early in the afternoon of November 3rd, the two French co-skippers, Loïc Fequet and Loïc Escoffier, were sailing in big seas at speeds of between 20 and 28 knots on starboard tack in 25 knot winds and 4-5 meter waves, when they suddenly heard two cracks and realised that the front section of the their trimaran’s starboard float was damaged.
read more here
http://www.vsail.info/2014/02/04/multi-50-maitre-jacques-broken-float-washes-up-after-three-months-adrift-in-the-atlantic-ocean/
It seems that Jose Salvador Alvarenga isn’t the only castaway to make the news today. The El Salvador national claims to have been adrift on the Pacific Ocean for nearly 13 months, after setting off from Mexico and washing up a few days ago on a remote atoll in the Marshall Islands, roughly 6,700 miles away.
Nearly three months ago, on November 3rd, 2013, the Multi 50 Maitre Jacques trimaran sustained heavy damage on her starboard float while she was taking part in the Transat Jacques Vabre, the double-handed race from Le Havre to Itajaí, Brasil.
Early in the afternoon of November 3rd, the two French co-skippers, Loïc Fequet and Loïc Escoffier, were sailing in big seas at speeds of between 20 and 28 knots on starboard tack in 25 knot winds and 4-5 meter waves, when they suddenly heard two cracks and realised that the front section of the their trimaran’s starboard float was damaged.
read more here
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| The recovered float bow next to the repatriated Maitre Jacques, photo courtesy vsail.info |
Saturday, 13 July 2013
Cowes-Dinard St Malo race, Maitre Jacques attempts to break course record but unfavourable conditions intervene
The Maitre Jacques team were hoping to break the record in the RORC Cowes-Dinard St Malo race but a lack of suitable conditions prevented that from happening.
From the following entry on the Maitre Jacques FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/Trimaran.Maitre.Jacques?hc_location=stream
The rough bing translate below.
No wind, no record
Loïc Féquet and his team cut the line of the Cowes-Dinard a little before 7: 00 this morning after about 17 hours of travel from the Isle of Wight. Weather conditions have not allowed the team Maître Jacques win new record time on this 165-mile course but this technical navigation has, as always, proved instructive.
The breeze was not the venue of this edition of the Cowes-Dinard. The team of Maître Jacques took these very technical conditions to work on the settings of the boat and maneuvers. By 5-10 knots of wind and a powerful current, the team has chained the gybes in the Solent before negotiating the crossing of the English channel.
Loïc Féquet, skipper master Jacques: "it's been a super workout. We had not had conditions like that still race this year. It made the mile to work, it's perfect! The go to Raz Blanchard was 8 knots of current, it was an incredible pot, which raised a very rough seas: a beautiful experience... And after, it was 24 - 28 knots all the time, too, it is always interesting to do same out of the race! »
The team master Jacques will be again in the starting blocks in 15 days for the Trophée du Port de Fécamp in Saint Quay Portrieux.
Crew master Jacques for the Cowes-Dinard: Loïc Féquet, Benoit Champanhac, Julien Deniel, Yves Sallé and Gilles Buekenhout.
And a Sail-World article on the race is here:
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Cowes-Dinard-St-Malo-Race---170+-ready-to-set-sail/111807
update from the RORC facebook page Maitre Jacques came in first followed closely by the 100' maxi ICAP leopard
https://www.facebook.com/RoyalOceanRacingClub?hc_location=stream
Cowes-Dinard St Malo Race Update: Multi 50, Maitre Jacques is the first boat to finish the race at 05:41:55, narrowly ahead of ICAP Leopard who finished at 05:50:04. The majority of the fleet now seem to be moving again after a frustrating night stuck south of Portland. Tonnerre de Breskens, Pleomax and Monster Project are now heading south past the Channel Light Vessel.
From the following entry on the Maitre Jacques FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/Trimaran.Maitre.Jacques?hc_location=stream
The rough bing translate below.
No wind, no record
Loïc Féquet and his team cut the line of the Cowes-Dinard a little before 7: 00 this morning after about 17 hours of travel from the Isle of Wight. Weather conditions have not allowed the team Maître Jacques win new record time on this 165-mile course but this technical navigation has, as always, proved instructive.
The breeze was not the venue of this edition of the Cowes-Dinard. The team of Maître Jacques took these very technical conditions to work on the settings of the boat and maneuvers. By 5-10 knots of wind and a powerful current, the team has chained the gybes in the Solent before negotiating the crossing of the English channel.
Loïc Féquet, skipper master Jacques: "it's been a super workout. We had not had conditions like that still race this year. It made the mile to work, it's perfect! The go to Raz Blanchard was 8 knots of current, it was an incredible pot, which raised a very rough seas: a beautiful experience... And after, it was 24 - 28 knots all the time, too, it is always interesting to do same out of the race! »
The team master Jacques will be again in the starting blocks in 15 days for the Trophée du Port de Fécamp in Saint Quay Portrieux.
Crew master Jacques for the Cowes-Dinard: Loïc Féquet, Benoit Champanhac, Julien Deniel, Yves Sallé and Gilles Buekenhout.
And a Sail-World article on the race is here:
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Cowes-Dinard-St-Malo-Race---170+-ready-to-set-sail/111807
update from the RORC facebook page Maitre Jacques came in first followed closely by the 100' maxi ICAP leopard
https://www.facebook.com/RoyalOceanRacingClub?hc_location=stream
Cowes-Dinard St Malo Race Update: Multi 50, Maitre Jacques is the first boat to finish the race at 05:41:55, narrowly ahead of ICAP Leopard who finished at 05:50:04. The majority of the fleet now seem to be moving again after a frustrating night stuck south of Portland. Tonnerre de Breskens, Pleomax and Monster Project are now heading south past the Channel Light Vessel.
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Multi50 update, Maitre Jacques team deliver their Multi50 in preperation for the upcoming Record SNSM
Update from the Maitre Jacques FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/Trimaran.Maitre.Jacques?hc_location=timeline
Here is the rough bing translate:
https://www.facebook.com/Trimaran.Maitre.Jacques?hc_location=timeline
Here is the rough bing translate:
For the record SNSM Loïc Féquet and Loïc Escoffier left Saint-Malo on Wednesday: Cape Saint Nazaire and the Record SNSM 2013. The weather conditions announced for this event should not, however, allow to get record chronos... Regardless, the challenge is that more interesting: how to do more with less! The Team master Jacques will also take advantage of each moment past seas to always work again and for the Transat Jacques Vabre.
Four days of the launch of the Record SNSM, the two Loïc Fequet and Escoffier, future duo "Master Jacques," from the Transat Jacques Vabre 2013 takes advantage the conveying of Saint-Malo in Saint-Nazaire to refine their preparation and validate the last work done aboard the Multi 50 red and white.
Speed, speed
To program these two days and two nights of drive: work on polar boat speed (graphical representation of the speed of the boat based on its look, the strength of the wind and the State of the sea, its sail combinations and their settings). These data are valuable benchmarks for the sailors in constant search for optimization of their speed.
Faster with less wind?
For the record, the two Loïc meet two of the crew of the Team master Jacques faithful: Pierre Hingant and Arnaud Le Gal; Franck-Yves Escoffier will complement this fine team of sailors.
On paper, the weather conditions expected on this Record SNSM 2013 should not allow the Team master Jacques to do better than in 2011 (more than 20 knots with peaks at 26.5 knots), Loïc and his team have worked for two years but their boat has won yet in potential and ease... Their performance will be to monitor closely.
The of this record SNSM 2013 will kick off Sunday at 17 h, the record to beat is that of Lionel Lemonchois in 2011 in 17 h 01'35 ".
Loïc Féquet, skipper master Jacques: "with a westerly breeze, will be hard to do better than two years ago (in 2011, the conditions were ideal: a steady Southwest breeze that allowed crews to navigate to the"reaching"outward and return, Editor's note)." It will leave in 15-20 knots from the West Sunday afternoon; It will ease then, but it will always be wind.
Our goal is still to work for the Transat Jacques Vabre. Keep a pace of more than 24 hours: we have succeeded on the ArMen Race (won by Maître Jacques last may, Editor's note) must be confirmed here. » Record to beat Multi 50 (course of 360 miles two AR between St Nazaire and Ste. Marine): Prince de Bretagne / Lionel Lemonchois - 17 h 01'35 "(2011)
Crew master Jacques on the Armen Race: Loïc Féquet, Loïc Escoffier, Pierre Hingant, Arnaud Le Gal and Franck-Yves Escoffier.
Four days of the launch of the Record SNSM, the two Loïc Fequet and Escoffier, future duo "Master Jacques," from the Transat Jacques Vabre 2013 takes advantage the conveying of Saint-Malo in Saint-Nazaire to refine their preparation and validate the last work done aboard the Multi 50 red and white.
Speed, speed
To program these two days and two nights of drive: work on polar boat speed (graphical representation of the speed of the boat based on its look, the strength of the wind and the State of the sea, its sail combinations and their settings). These data are valuable benchmarks for the sailors in constant search for optimization of their speed.
Faster with less wind?
For the record, the two Loïc meet two of the crew of the Team master Jacques faithful: Pierre Hingant and Arnaud Le Gal; Franck-Yves Escoffier will complement this fine team of sailors.
On paper, the weather conditions expected on this Record SNSM 2013 should not allow the Team master Jacques to do better than in 2011 (more than 20 knots with peaks at 26.5 knots), Loïc and his team have worked for two years but their boat has won yet in potential and ease... Their performance will be to monitor closely.
The of this record SNSM 2013 will kick off Sunday at 17 h, the record to beat is that of Lionel Lemonchois in 2011 in 17 h 01'35 ".
Loïc Féquet, skipper master Jacques: "with a westerly breeze, will be hard to do better than two years ago (in 2011, the conditions were ideal: a steady Southwest breeze that allowed crews to navigate to the"reaching"outward and return, Editor's note)." It will leave in 15-20 knots from the West Sunday afternoon; It will ease then, but it will always be wind.
Our goal is still to work for the Transat Jacques Vabre. Keep a pace of more than 24 hours: we have succeeded on the ArMen Race (won by Maître Jacques last may, Editor's note) must be confirmed here. » Record to beat Multi 50 (course of 360 miles two AR between St Nazaire and Ste. Marine): Prince de Bretagne / Lionel Lemonchois - 17 h 01'35 "(2011)
Crew master Jacques on the Armen Race: Loïc Féquet, Loïc Escoffier, Pierre Hingant, Arnaud Le Gal and Franck-Yves Escoffier.
read more here
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Multi 50 update, Maitre Jacques first sailing next week
From the Maitre Jacques facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Trimaran.Maitre.Jacques
rough bing translate below:
First sailing next week
A week after its launching, the ultimate developed end aboard the trimaran Maître Jacques. Next week, as soon as the weather - particularly robust these days - permitting, the two Loïc will begin their double for the Transat Jacques Vabre training.
For these two skippers "amateurs" captured by their professional life on land, every moment availability to navigate is operated as a workout full. Thus, all races of the season, even if they are played in crew, are also precious moments of preparation and research progress. These training program: test of the sails, identification of different settings, maneuvers, etc.
So, in total, with trips planned in April, 5 weekends in coastal races (Grand Prix Guyader, Armen Race, Cowes - Dinard, Trophée du Port de Fécamp and trophy Prince de Bretagne), this programme 2013, and 30 days of Route des Princes two Loïc will spend approximately 60 days at sea to prepare for their Chair into a double.
https://www.facebook.com/Trimaran.Maitre.Jacques
rough bing translate below:
First sailing next week
A week after its launching, the ultimate developed end aboard the trimaran Maître Jacques. Next week, as soon as the weather - particularly robust these days - permitting, the two Loïc will begin their double for the Transat Jacques Vabre training.
For these two skippers "amateurs" captured by their professional life on land, every moment availability to navigate is operated as a workout full. Thus, all races of the season, even if they are played in crew, are also precious moments of preparation and research progress. These training program: test of the sails, identification of different settings, maneuvers, etc.
So, in total, with trips planned in April, 5 weekends in coastal races (Grand Prix Guyader, Armen Race, Cowes - Dinard, Trophée du Port de Fécamp and trophy Prince de Bretagne), this programme 2013, and 30 days of Route des Princes two Loïc will spend approximately 60 days at sea to prepare for their Chair into a double.
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| Photo courtesy of Pierrekcontin/maîtrejacques.fr |
Friday, 5 April 2013
Multi50 update, Team Actual spruce up their Multi50 trimaran for the new season and Maitre Jacques relaunch video.
Team Actual are giving their Multi50 trimaran a tidy up for he new season. It will soon be out of the shed and ready for the new season.
Maitre Jacques have also released a video of the relaunching of their Multi50 trimaran fresh from it's update and refit.
http://vimeo.com/62932818
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| Photo, Team Actual |
http://vimeo.com/62932818
Friday, 29 March 2013
Multi50 Maitre Jacques relaunched in Saint Malo for upcoming season
Launching of Master Jacques trimaran Thursday in St Malo
An update from the Maitre Jacques Multi50 team with the relaunch of their updated Multi50 trimaran at Saint Malo.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/multi50
and the rough Google translate:
After four months of work, the 50-foot trimaran Master Jacques was released this morning shed CCI Saint-Malo, where he made such a nose of her bows ... The big red and white bird hit the water in the middle of the afternoon on Thursday. He is ready for his third season in the colors of Master Jacques: objective podiums!
As every year since he took over the Master Jacques Multi 50 (ex Crêpes Whaou 2 Franck-Yves Escoffier) in 2010, Loïc Féquet organizes a project to optimize its trimaran. This winter, the bulk of the work was, on the one hand, laying bare hulls to complete the installation of a new design and, secondly, the creation of new bows ...
Bridges the Master Jacques are now sharper on the front. Its inverted bows will crack the best waves ... Designed by the architectural firm VPLP, these new "nose" were made by Lawrence Gourmelon (Strat & Gite in St Malo). Ultimately, it is the whole silhouette of this platform of 2005, which has a new look, more elegant!
Lighter, more reliable, means of communication ... The rest of the work was to lighten the boat (interior fittings, rigging hardware), add the electronics on board, install a satellite antenna for the transmission of video race and a wind turbine and a second autopilot. A revision of the steering system was also performed.Finally, the new set of sails is 3Di (a very stable material) and the mainsail will be lighter, despite its more than 2 m2 of former ...
Performance gains and safety are expected ... The Multi 50 Master Jacques is ready for the season, for the Transat Jacques Vabre and even for the Route du Rhum 2014!
Program particularly rich
The goal now for Loic and his team, to navigate up and, indeed, the 2013 racing calendar is particularly intense: two pre-season tests, a new European race with the Route des Princes, the Cowes- Dinard and Trophies Multi50 this summer and the Transat Jacques Vabre double, which revives a journey to Brazil, via the equator, a first for the crew Maître Jacques ...
Loïc Féquet skipper, Master Jacques, "I would firstly like to thank all the volunteers and the sailing team who came to help the weekend to complete the project so that everything is ready now for the launching.
This season, the main objective is of course the Transat Jacques Vabre. We finished second in 2011, it is necessary that we stay on the podium. It does not work optimization for nothing! This project has also been designed as for the Route du Rhum ...
For the Transat Jacques Vabre, the duo remains the same, we start with the known therefore on potential growth possible. We will navigate as possible with Loïc this year, race and race off, depending on our respective schedules. The technical and human side, we put all the chances on our side to fight with the boats and the latest professional skippers.
Trophies for events and pre-season, again, the crew remains the same, always with a big motivation and commitment of the entire team. We know that we can win, especially in certain weather.
An update from the Maitre Jacques Multi50 team with the relaunch of their updated Multi50 trimaran at Saint Malo.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/multi50
and the rough Google translate:
After four months of work, the 50-foot trimaran Master Jacques was released this morning shed CCI Saint-Malo, where he made such a nose of her bows ... The big red and white bird hit the water in the middle of the afternoon on Thursday. He is ready for his third season in the colors of Master Jacques: objective podiums!
As every year since he took over the Master Jacques Multi 50 (ex Crêpes Whaou 2 Franck-Yves Escoffier) in 2010, Loïc Féquet organizes a project to optimize its trimaran. This winter, the bulk of the work was, on the one hand, laying bare hulls to complete the installation of a new design and, secondly, the creation of new bows ...
Bridges the Master Jacques are now sharper on the front. Its inverted bows will crack the best waves ... Designed by the architectural firm VPLP, these new "nose" were made by Lawrence Gourmelon (Strat & Gite in St Malo). Ultimately, it is the whole silhouette of this platform of 2005, which has a new look, more elegant!
Lighter, more reliable, means of communication ... The rest of the work was to lighten the boat (interior fittings, rigging hardware), add the electronics on board, install a satellite antenna for the transmission of video race and a wind turbine and a second autopilot. A revision of the steering system was also performed.Finally, the new set of sails is 3Di (a very stable material) and the mainsail will be lighter, despite its more than 2 m2 of former ...
Performance gains and safety are expected ... The Multi 50 Master Jacques is ready for the season, for the Transat Jacques Vabre and even for the Route du Rhum 2014!
Program particularly rich
The goal now for Loic and his team, to navigate up and, indeed, the 2013 racing calendar is particularly intense: two pre-season tests, a new European race with the Route des Princes, the Cowes- Dinard and Trophies Multi50 this summer and the Transat Jacques Vabre double, which revives a journey to Brazil, via the equator, a first for the crew Maître Jacques ...
Loïc Féquet skipper, Master Jacques, "I would firstly like to thank all the volunteers and the sailing team who came to help the weekend to complete the project so that everything is ready now for the launching.
This season, the main objective is of course the Transat Jacques Vabre. We finished second in 2011, it is necessary that we stay on the podium. It does not work optimization for nothing! This project has also been designed as for the Route du Rhum ...
For the Transat Jacques Vabre, the duo remains the same, we start with the known therefore on potential growth possible. We will navigate as possible with Loïc this year, race and race off, depending on our respective schedules. The technical and human side, we put all the chances on our side to fight with the boats and the latest professional skippers.
Trophies for events and pre-season, again, the crew remains the same, always with a big motivation and commitment of the entire team. We know that we can win, especially in certain weather.
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Multi50 update, Multi50 Maitre Jacques nearly ready for relaunch
From the following article on the Maitre Jacques Multi50 blog:
and the rough google translate:
First coats of paint yesterday on the hulls of Multi50 Master Jacques. After weeks of sanding, red and white trimaran takes its colors ..
This precision work was done masterfully by Laurent Gourmelon (Strat & Gite St Malo), while the long and careful preparation (sanding, sanding and sanding again) were by Julien Deniel, trainer of Team Master Jacques. Loïc coordinated everything, Julien and helped to implement the masking.
There are still the slip to go on deck. The antifouling will be completed on Thursday. Sunday, the whole Team Master Jacques (Loïc Féquet, Loïc Escoffier, Benedict Champanhac Pierre Hingant, Arnaud Le Gall and of course Deniel Julien) was given an appointment in Saint Malo, in the shed to retrieve the threads trampoling . And next Monday: installation of new interior colors Master Jacques!
The launch is scheduled Thursday 27 or Friday, March 28, weather permitting.
read the original article (in French) here
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Multi50 team Maitre Jacques release their program for the 2013 season.
The Multi 50 team Maitre Jacques have released their program for the 2013 season. They are going to relaunch their revamped Multi 50 trimaran in March. The article can be found over here:
http://voile.maitre-jacques.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=249&catid=48&Itemid=53
here is their program of races.
Race program 2013 Master Jacques trimaran
January-March : site technical
Late March : launch
3-6 May : Grand Prix Guyader - Douarnenez - crew - coastal path and speed runs
May 9-10 : Armen Race - The Trinity / sea - crew - coastal route
1st-June 30th : Route des Princes - Marseilles / Valencia / Dublin / Plymouth / Morlaix - crew
July 12-14 : Cowes - Dinard crew
30 July-1 September Trophy Prince de Bretagne - Saint Quay Portrieux - crew - coastal voyages and banana
September 6-8 : Trophy Port of Fecamp - Fécamp - crew - coastal voyages and banana
3-24 November .: Transat Jacques Vabre - Le Havre / Itajai (Brazil) - double
The Team Master Jacques
Preparer : Julien Deniel
Crew Awards : Féquet Loïc Loïc Escoffier, Champanhac Benoît, Pierre Hingant, Arnaud Le Gall
Duo Transat Jacques Vabre : Loïc Loïc Escoffier and Féquet (2 nd edition of 2011)
http://voile.maitre-jacques.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=249&catid=48&Itemid=53
here is their program of races.
Race program 2013 Master Jacques trimaran
January-March : site technical
Late March : launch
3-6 May : Grand Prix Guyader - Douarnenez - crew - coastal path and speed runs
May 9-10 : Armen Race - The Trinity / sea - crew - coastal route
1st-June 30th : Route des Princes - Marseilles / Valencia / Dublin / Plymouth / Morlaix - crew
July 12-14 : Cowes - Dinard crew
30 July-1 September Trophy Prince de Bretagne - Saint Quay Portrieux - crew - coastal voyages and banana
September 6-8 : Trophy Port of Fecamp - Fécamp - crew - coastal voyages and banana
3-24 November .: Transat Jacques Vabre - Le Havre / Itajai (Brazil) - double
The Team Master Jacques
Preparer : Julien Deniel
Crew Awards : Féquet Loïc Loïc Escoffier, Champanhac Benoît, Pierre Hingant, Arnaud Le Gall
Duo Transat Jacques Vabre : Loïc Loïc Escoffier and Féquet (2 nd edition of 2011)
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Multi 50 trimaran "Maitre Jacques" in the shed for new paint and preperation for Route du Rhum 2014
Second week of paint preperation for the trimaran Maitre Jacques. Julien Deniel, the painter of the team worked for 15 days on the hull. Markings have been removed to allow for meticulous sanding of the floats.
Painting of the hull, which is original from the 2005 launching of the boat will then be completely redone and in February, the trimaran will be repainted with the new corporate colors of sponsor Maitre Jacques.
Julien joined the team Maitre Jacques in November and will take over a large part of the technical preparation of the trimaran to the Route du Rhum 2014. Invaluable for Loïc.
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