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News.Multiplast has launched the 60' IMOCA monohull Generali that Yann Elies will sail in the next Vendee Globe. It is the first canting keel yacht to be built by the yard, which is best known for record breaking giant multihulls. The keel was manufactured in collaboration with an aeronautical subcontractor in order to ensure a high degree of precision. Yann Penfornis, project manager in charge of building Generali at the Multiplast yard explained: We used the services of this firm, as they have at their disposal bigger milling machines than us. The shaping of the carbon fin took a whole week, with machines working around the clock in three eight hour shifts." Team leader Gilles Ollier said: "After 5 Class America and 6 giants multihulls, Generali is certainly one of the most sophisticated and highly finished boats that we have ever made. Firstly, because that was what her owners wanted, then because the boat is entirely painted (no vinyl graphics) and she is varnished, like the America Class boat 6e Sens, which was also built in our yard. It is also certainly thanks to all the engineering work and the complementary skills that have come together in this collaboration between Multiplast, Yann Elies's team and the Finot-Conq designers." Designer Jean-Marie Finot said: "The building of Generali went as smoothly as planned. The boat is well within the mass strains that we would have expected. It is clear that working with a yard that has at its disposal a highly efficient design office is important, as that allows us to take things one step further and examine matters more closely." 04/23/07 |