IMOCA 60 Aquitaine Innovations

IMOCA 60 Aquitaine Innovations
Development
DesignerGroup Finot, Finot-Conq Edit this on Wikidata
YearJune 1996 Edit this on Wikidata
Racing
Class associationIMOCA 60

The IMOCA 60 class yacht Aquitaine Innovations, was designed by Finot-Conq,[1] and launched in June 1996 after being made by its own build team under the name Aquitaine Composites with managed by Thierry Eluère based in France.[2]

Racing results

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Pos Year Race Class Boat Name Skipper Notes Ref
Round the World Races
DNF 2009 2008–2009 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Aquarelle.com – Charente Maritime  Yannick Bestaven (FRA) Day 4: dismasted
DNF 2002 Around Alone Race IMOCA 60 Garnier  Patrick de Radigues (BEL)
13 / 24 2001 2000–2001 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Aquitaine Innovations  Yves Parlier (FRA) 127d
DNF 1997 1996–1997 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Aquitaine Innovations  Yves Parlier (FRA)
Transatlantic Races
8 / 15 2003 Transat B to B IMOCA 60 Cervin EnR, FRA 01 18d 00h 58m
13 / 17 2003 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Cervin EnR, FRA 01  Yannick Bestaven (FRA)
 Ronan Guerin (FRA)
19d 23h 37m
10 / 17 2003 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 Garnier  Patrick de Radigues (BEL)
 Hans Bouscholte (BEL)
6 / 12 1998 Route du Rhum IMOCA 60 Garnier  Patrick de Radigues (BEL)
1 1998 Route du Rhum IMOCA 60 Aquitaine Innovations  Thomas Coville (FRA)
Other Races

Construction

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Hull Construction

  • Bottom of the hull totally monolithique
  • Preimpregnated carbon high temperature cured
  • Hull stringers are made out of pultruded carbon
  • Bulkhead are made of carbon cured in an autoclaves

Other Features

  • Rotating wing-mast supported by two deck spreaders both reaching 6,48 m from the centreline (realized with Dassault and CTA, by Alucarbon)
  • Reduced foresail
  • Vectran shrouds
  • Stay of the genoa roller furler in carbon
  • Fixed keel with a carbon voile and inox inserts
  • Special bulb weighed down by fragments of tungsten

References

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  1. ^ "Aquitaine Innovations Page". Finot.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ^ "IMOCA 60 Aquitaine Innovations Archive". Histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 2022-01-09.