The perfection of modern thermal engines seems to have waited for the meeting with the logical multihull support to express a new potential. The recipe is not obvious, because it is simple and requires reasoned moderation of the performance. In this area, it’s the sailing renegades who are showing the way! Let’s embark aboard one of these remarkable prototypes for a few days.
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DREAM HUNTERS
Which sailor hasn’t dreamed of the perfect instrument? Haddock had the Sirius, a coal-fired cargo ship, always ready to set off to look for the Licorne and Rackam le Rouge’s treasure; Scott had the Discovery, Amundsen the Fram, Charcot, Pourquoi Pas? In a different register, James Wharram merged with Oro and Gaia (55’ and 63’ cats); Tom Follet asserted that he was fully satisfied with Cheers, apart from the absence of his piano! Phil Weld found a balance with Moxie (50’ trimaran, winner of the 1980 Ostar), as did Roger de la Grandière with Vakuta, an 8m…
