• François Gabart launched his new trimaran this Thursday at Concarneau.

  • The

    SVR-Lazartigue

    is 32 meters long and weighs 15 tonnes.

  • On board this giant of the seas, the navigator will be at the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre on November 7.

A giant of the seas.

32 meters long and 23 m wide, with a mast culminating at 35 m, François Gabart's new trimaran, called

SVR-Lazartigue,

was launched this Thursday in the port of Concarneau (Finistère).

“It's a great moment, something very symbolic, very emotional.

We are very proud to show this new boat which we find very beautiful, ”said the sailor.

The construction of this maxi-multihull of the Ultim class was initiated in March 2018 with the Macif, then a partner of the skipper.

The French cosmetics group Kresk, chaired by Didier Tabary, which notably owns the SVR cosmetics brands and Lazartigue hair products, has bought the boat, as part of a four-year partnership.

For this new capri blue boat, efforts focused on improving aerodynamics and the shape of the appendages, explained François Gabart, also emphasizing “different choices in terms of ergonomics”.

The cockpit is thus integrated into the central hull.

At the start of the next Transat Jacques Vabre

After static tests, François Gabart hopes to be able to sail aboard this new trimaran as of next week, in order to prepare with Tom Laperche for the next Transat Jacques Vabre, whose departure is scheduled for November 7 in Le Havre. “We're here to try to win races, to break records. The goal is to push the boundaries of what we think is possible. We are convinced that the boat will live up to this ambition, ”said François Gabart. Weighing 15 tonnes, the trimaran took two and a half years of design and construction, 150,000 hours of work, and is due to be christened on September 20 at Concarneau.

In June 2020, Macif decided to end its collaboration with François Gabart, prime contractor for the new Ultim via his company Mer Concept.

The future boat was therefore for sale (between 10 to 12 million euros according to estimates), and François Gabart worked to find a buyer for a year.

This is a first for the Kresk holding, launched in 2006, which had never yet embarked on either sponsorship or patronage.

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