IMOCA 60 Aquitaine Innovations
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| Development | |
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| Designer | Group Finot, Finot-Conq  |
| Year | June 1996 |
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| Class association | IMOCA 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[edit]
| Pos | Year | Race | Class | Boat Name | Skipper | Notes | Ref |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 6 / 12 | 1998 | Route du Rhum | IMOCA 60 | Garnier | Patrick de Radigues (BEL) |
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| 1 | 1998 | Route du Rhum | IMOCA 60 | Aquitaine Innovations | Thomas Coville (FRA) |
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| Other Races | |||||||
Construction[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "Aquitaine Innovations Page". Finot.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "IMOCA 60 Aquitaine Innovations Archive". Histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
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