The Return of the Legends
They embodied the golden age of ocean-racing multihulls in the 1990s and early 2000s. Fast, spectacular and particularly demanding, the ORMA 60 trimarans gradually disappeared from the major offshore races. Yet the 2026 Route du Rhum will bring several of them back into the spotlight in the Vintage Multi category. Among them is one of the most famous: Loïck Peyron’s former Fujicolor II, now Arkéa - Handicap International, which Damien Seguin will sail solo from Saint-Malo to Pointe-à-Pitre starting on November 1.
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Published on 07/09/2026
By
Brieuc Maisonneuve
Issue:
210
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Our video: 
Our senior reporter Brieuc Maisonneuve recently had the chance to sail aboard: “I had the chance to take part in the Nuit des Îles du Ponant aboard Damien Seguin’s ORMA Arkéa – Handicap International. A legendary trimaran, born in 1990 with Mike Birch, which subsequently enjoyed its glory years in the hands of Loïck Peyron, Jean-Luc Nélias and Bertrand de Broc. More than thirty-five years after she was launched, however, the adventure is far from over. Next November, she will return to the Atlantic and the 2026 Route du Rhum, sailed by another major…
