It was to take 11 years of development - and as many prototypes - before François Tissier launched his folding and transportable catamaran. His Iziboat is all the more accomplished as this first model has already had two seasons on the water, and has been tested by 1,200 crew members!
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Test location: La Flotte-en-Ré, France
Conditions: flat sea, 10 to 15 knots of wind
We met up in a small parking lot shaded by pine trees: a few cars, of course, but more importantly, a curious-looking catamaran ready to sail. François Tissier, who is at the origin of the project, is in the middle of a discussion with a FrancoBelgian family: Nino, in a wheelchair, seems very eager to go sailing! This impromptu meeting shows that the Iziboat - even before getting out on the water – really does deserve its name.
The overlapping genoa is very effective as you start to…
