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On the occasion of the Route du Rhum 2010, the organization of the race decided to group together in a new category all the multihulls of 60 feet and more, with no maximum limit of size. The aim was to succeed the ORMA class of the 60-foot trimarans, to wait for the construction of the MOD 70 for the year 2011 and to open the race for large ...
ORMA 60 is a class of sailing trimarans administered by the Ocean Racing Multihull Association (ORMA) that created in 1996 by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) within the sport of sailing. The boats were built to a box rule that permitted 60 feet length and beam and a 100-foot mast. The class was active from 1996 to 2007.
Two 60-foot (18 m) trimarans were built at Jeanneau's racing division (Jeanneau Techniques Avancées), [6] one a conventional trimaran capable of speeds in excess of 30 kn (56 km/h) and a second boat with unconventional features that allowed it to transform for certain scenes in the movie and was used for most of the onboard and special effects ...
The IMOCA ("Open 60") is a 60ft (18.3 m) development class monohull sailing yacht governed by the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA). [1] The class pinnacle event are single or two person ocean races, such as the Route du Rhum and the Vendée Globe and this has been intimately linked to design development within the class.
[1] [2] It has been generally accepted by naval architects and industry executives that superyachts range from 37 m (≈120 ft) to 60 m (≈200 ft), while those over 60 m are known as megayachts and boats over 90 m (≈300 ft) have been referred to as giga-yachts.
Macif was designed by the naval architectural firm Van Peteghem Lauriot-Prévost with the assistance of GSea Design for calculation of the structure. The yacht is built for long distance sailing competitions and attempts at sailing records.
58.60 m (192 ft) Perini Navi: Ron Holland: 2013: Flybridge aluminium ketch Perseus 3: 58.60 m (192 ft) Perini Navi: Ron Holland: 2014: 1-mast (sloop rig) flybridge aluminium, sistership of Seahawk: Seven: 58.60 m (192 ft) Perini Navi: Ron Holland: 2017: Sistership of the flybridge aluminium ketch Seahawk: Katana: 58.60 m (192 ft) Perini Navi ...
In 1982 the 85 starters included an 80 ft monohull, a 70 ft catamaran, several 60 and 65 ft trimarans, down to a 25 ft monohull, and represented over a dozen nationalities. The following race was held in 1985, since 1986 was given over to the second TwoSTAR so it could run two years apart from the OSTAR.