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The race fleet is divided into three classes: the Multi50, MOD70 and the Maxi 80.
These multihulls are very fast and virtually no craft can keep up with them. They are faster than most high-speed ferries.
MOD70
Virbac-Paprec 70
Skipper: Jean-Pierre Dick.
Edmond de Rothschild
Skipper: Sébastien Josse.
Oman Air-Musandam
Skipper: Sidney Gavignet.
Spindrift
Skipper: Yann Guichard.
These one-design trimarans have recorded speeds of more than 50 knots and one of them, Spindrift, crossed the Atlantic in under five days last year.
The launch of the MOD 70 in 2009 and 2011 brought the return of the oceanic one-design multihulls and attracted the best sailors in the world to compete on equal terms.
The class's predecessor, the Orma 60ft trimarans, made the names of Frances greatest sailors, like Lionel Lemonchois (skippering the Maxi 80 in the Route des Princes) and Loïck Peyron, who visited Plymouth during the America's Cup World Series in 2011.
Length overall 21.2m.
Beam 16.8m.
Draught 4.50m.
Mast height 29m.
Displacement 6.3 tonnes.
Sail area 409 m2.
Multi50
FenêtréA-Cardinal
Skipper: Erwan Le Roux.
Rennes Métropole - Saint-Malo Agglomération
Skipper: Gilles Lamiré.
Arkema – Région Aquitaine
Skipper: Lalou Roucayrol.
Actual
Skipper: Yves Le Blevec.
What makes the Multi50 class distinctive is the way it brings together, in the same fleet, famous sailors, veteran skippers and enlightened amateurs.
A dozen boats compete in the events which make up the Multi50 annual circuit.
Max length: 15.24m (50ft).
Max beam: 15.24m.
Max height: 23.77m (78ft).
Sail area 310m2 (409m2).
Canting masts are forbidden.
Only six sails on board allowed (including a storm sail and a mainsail).
It is forbidden to use certain expensive materials like titanium, and the use of carbon is also limited for some parts.
Ultimate: Maxi 80
Prince de Bretagne
Skipper: Lionel Lemonchois.
Length: 24.38m (80ft).
Beam: 18.20m.
Height: 30.20m.
Sail area: 305m2 (400m2).
There is only one yacht in the biggest class, though the organisers hope to attract more in future years.
Lionel Lemonchois is ambassador of the Breton Producers' Association and on this tour he will be their standard bearer.
The course
Distance: 3,045 miles.
Leg one: Valencia-Lisbon
The fleet left Valencia on Spain's Mediterranean coast on June 9.
The larger classes first headed north towards Benicarlo and the Multi 50s made a beeline due west for the Straits of Gibraltar.
The course then headed north to Lisbon, for a three-day stopover.
Leg two: Lisbon-Dublin/Dún Laoghaire.
Dún Laoghaire, a town six miles from Dublin, is known as the Gateway to Ireland.
The course is 990 miles for the Ultimates and MOD70 classes, and 900 miles for the Multi50.
The first two classes made a small detour to the Fastnet Rock lighthouse before heading on to Dún Laoghaire.
The Multi50s took a direct route to Dublin Bay.
Leg three: Dún Laoghaire-Plymouth
450 miles for the Multi50 class, who will make landfall in England after a detour around Fastnet Rock. 980 miles for the Ultimate and MOD70 classes, which will try to break the record for circumnavigating Ireland (1 day, 20 hours and 42 minutes) before heading to Plymouth.
Leg four: Plymouth-Morlaix
A 101-mile sprint to join the flotilla of the Entre Terre et Mer Festival on Sunday, June 30, in the Bay of Morlaix.
The race committee may extend the route to 260 miles, with a loop to the Isle of Wight, depending on the weather.
The multihulls will finish their tour of Europe's coastlines among hundreds of boats taking part in the Morlaix festival. Reported by This is 20 minutes ago.
Clik here to view.
This is Cornwall --The race fleet is divided into three classes: the Multi50, MOD70 and the Maxi 80.
These multihulls are very fast and virtually no craft can keep up with them. They are faster than most high-speed ferries.
MOD70
Virbac-Paprec 70
Skipper: Jean-Pierre Dick.
Edmond de Rothschild
Skipper: Sébastien Josse.
Oman Air-Musandam
Skipper: Sidney Gavignet.
Spindrift
Skipper: Yann Guichard.
These one-design trimarans have recorded speeds of more than 50 knots and one of them, Spindrift, crossed the Atlantic in under five days last year.
The launch of the MOD 70 in 2009 and 2011 brought the return of the oceanic one-design multihulls and attracted the best sailors in the world to compete on equal terms.
The class's predecessor, the Orma 60ft trimarans, made the names of Frances greatest sailors, like Lionel Lemonchois (skippering the Maxi 80 in the Route des Princes) and Loïck Peyron, who visited Plymouth during the America's Cup World Series in 2011.
Length overall 21.2m.
Beam 16.8m.
Draught 4.50m.
Mast height 29m.
Displacement 6.3 tonnes.
Sail area 409 m2.
Multi50
FenêtréA-Cardinal
Skipper: Erwan Le Roux.
Rennes Métropole - Saint-Malo Agglomération
Skipper: Gilles Lamiré.
Arkema – Région Aquitaine
Skipper: Lalou Roucayrol.
Actual
Skipper: Yves Le Blevec.
What makes the Multi50 class distinctive is the way it brings together, in the same fleet, famous sailors, veteran skippers and enlightened amateurs.
A dozen boats compete in the events which make up the Multi50 annual circuit.
Max length: 15.24m (50ft).
Max beam: 15.24m.
Max height: 23.77m (78ft).
Sail area 310m2 (409m2).
Canting masts are forbidden.
Only six sails on board allowed (including a storm sail and a mainsail).
It is forbidden to use certain expensive materials like titanium, and the use of carbon is also limited for some parts.
Ultimate: Maxi 80
Prince de Bretagne
Skipper: Lionel Lemonchois.
Length: 24.38m (80ft).
Beam: 18.20m.
Height: 30.20m.
Sail area: 305m2 (400m2).
There is only one yacht in the biggest class, though the organisers hope to attract more in future years.
Lionel Lemonchois is ambassador of the Breton Producers' Association and on this tour he will be their standard bearer.
The course
Distance: 3,045 miles.
Leg one: Valencia-Lisbon
The fleet left Valencia on Spain's Mediterranean coast on June 9.
The larger classes first headed north towards Benicarlo and the Multi 50s made a beeline due west for the Straits of Gibraltar.
The course then headed north to Lisbon, for a three-day stopover.
Leg two: Lisbon-Dublin/Dún Laoghaire.
Dún Laoghaire, a town six miles from Dublin, is known as the Gateway to Ireland.
The course is 990 miles for the Ultimates and MOD70 classes, and 900 miles for the Multi50.
The first two classes made a small detour to the Fastnet Rock lighthouse before heading on to Dún Laoghaire.
The Multi50s took a direct route to Dublin Bay.
Leg three: Dún Laoghaire-Plymouth
450 miles for the Multi50 class, who will make landfall in England after a detour around Fastnet Rock. 980 miles for the Ultimate and MOD70 classes, which will try to break the record for circumnavigating Ireland (1 day, 20 hours and 42 minutes) before heading to Plymouth.
Leg four: Plymouth-Morlaix
A 101-mile sprint to join the flotilla of the Entre Terre et Mer Festival on Sunday, June 30, in the Bay of Morlaix.
The race committee may extend the route to 260 miles, with a loop to the Isle of Wight, depending on the weather.
The multihulls will finish their tour of Europe's coastlines among hundreds of boats taking part in the Morlaix festival. Reported by This is 20 minutes ago.