Macif (trimaran)

This article is about the 2015 trimaran. For the insurance company, see MACIF. For other uses, see Macif (disambiguation).

Macif is a Ultim class maxi-trimaran launched in 2015.

Macif

Macif leaves the Port of Le Havre for the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre 2015
Class	Ultim
Designer(s)	VPLP design
Builder	CDK Technologies Multiplast
Launched	18 August 2015
Owner(s)	Macif (French insurance company))
Racing career
Skippers	François Gabart
Specifications
Type	Maxi-trimaran
Displacement	14.5 t (14.3 long tons; 16.0 short tons)
Length	30 m (98 ft) (LOA)
Beam	21 m (69 ft)
Draft	4.5 m (15 ft)
Mast height	35 m (115 ft)
Sail area	430 m2 (4,600 sq ft) (to windward) 650 m2 (7,000 sq ft) (downwind)
Crew	Pascal Bidégorry (during double-handed events)

History

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.

With the yacht, skipper François Gabart has won the Transat Jacques Vabre in 2015 (sailing dual-handed with Pascal Bidégorry)^[1] and The Transat in 2016.^[2] In 2017, a new around the world sailing record for circumnavigation of the world was set by François Gabart at 42 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes, and 35 seconds.^[3] During this record around the world singlehanded, François Gabart covered 850.68 miles in 24 hours.^[4]