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Macif is a maxi-trimaran (racing in the Ultim class on big events), launched in 2015. Designed by the famous naval architectural firm Van Peteghem Lauriot-Prévost (VPLP), 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) and The Transat in 2016. 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.