Groupama 3On December 2004, building on their previous sporting and human success, Groupama and Franck Cammas launched the construction
of a 105 foot maxi trimaran, Groupama 3, a true technologic and sporting challenge.
Groupama 3 is the world's widest
sailing boat, with a ratio weight/power superior to the maxi multihulls already existing.
Inspired from the actual
ORMA multihulls, particularly its young brother Groupama 2, Groupama 3 will be the first multihull equipped with foils going
into the Southern Ocean.
"We chose a shorter boat but easier to handle. In the record breaking program, there
is of course the Jules Verne Trophy, but there will also be other record attempts and surely, one day, some regattas. It was
clear for us that having a boat easier to handle was the good option."
Vincent Lauriot Pévost
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Groupama 2Christened on June 26th 2004, and the most recent 60' multihull on the circuit, Groupama 2 raced for the first time two months
later at the Fécamp Grand Prix.
24 races, 21 podiums, and 18 first positions, of which 14 during Grand Prix: since
it hit the water, Groupama 2 is impressive!
At the helm of his Van Peteghem - Lauriot Prévost design, Franck Cammas
raced on 83 legs and won 61 of them, a success rate of more than 73 %.
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