David vs Goliath

Since the Homeric finish between Michel Malinovsky’s giant 21-meter cigar, Kriter V, and Mike Birch’s yellow dragonfly, almost half the size, separated by just 96 seconds of eternity, 40 years of architecture and developments have passed.

So we’ve been having fun with another duel, a virtual one this time. That between the mythical trimaran, winner of the first edition in the hands of Mike Birch, and one of the favorites for the next race, entrusted to the expert hands of François Gabart.

Other days, other ways - length is only the visible part of an enormous iceberg…