Newsletter 2024-12

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DEFENSE

How Multiplast beacame a specialist in the construction of radomes and radars

Commissioned by the Thales group, Multiplast has manufactured dozens of civil and military radomes, radars and sonars since 2010. Franck Martin, the shipyard's naval architect, explains how.

Newsletter 2024-10

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OCEAN RACING

Imoca are not experiencing the crisis

Eight Imocas from the Multiplast shipyard are set to line up line up at the start of the Vendée Globe on November 10th but already some teams are already looking well beyond this race to the next cycle, indeed three new boats - including one for DMG Mori - have already been ordered from the Vannes yard. And so this seems like an opportunity to take stock of upcoming builds as well as the dynamism within the Imoca class.

Newsletter 2024-05

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AMERICA'S CUP

Samuel Napoleoni: "The building of the AC75 was a real catalyst for skills"

After ten months of intense work the build of the AC75 for the French challenger Orient Express Racing Team was completed at the end of March at Multiplast. How did the facility deliver this major project? What were the major challenges to overcome? A with Samuel Napoleoni, manager of this project at Multiplast.

Newsletter de 2023-12

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OCEAN RACING

Yoann Richomme : "We chose the right design"

Second in the Transat Jacques Vabre (with Yann Eliès) then winner of the solo Retour à La Base, Yoann Richomme had a remarkable 2023 season despite his Imoca Paprec Arkéa was only launched last February. The skipper analyses how the boat which was built at Multiplast was able to win despite being early in its lifetimes, all of which seems to bode well for the 2024 Vendée Globe.