{"id":4171,"date":"2014-01-31T17:46:36","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T16:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.vplp.fr\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:36:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:36:58","slug":"sodebo-ultim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/en\/racing\/sodebo-ultim\/","title":{"rendered":"Sodebo Ultim&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>Sodebo Ultim\u2019<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> then <\/span><b><i>Ultim ActualLeader<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> then <\/span><b><i>Brest Ultim Sailing <\/i><\/b><i>then<\/i><b><i> Mieux.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Thomas Coville<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> came to VPLP with an exciting project to<\/span><b> rebuild <\/b><b><i>Geronimo<\/i><\/b><b> with the aim of winning the 2014 Route du Rhum<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.The firm, having originally designed the trimaran for Olivier de Kersauson, more than rose to the challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10205\" style=\"width: 698px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10205\" src=\"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sodebo-ultim-thomas-coville-768x511-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sodebo-ultim-thomas-coville-768x511-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sodebo-ultim-thomas-coville-768x511-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Yvan Zedda\/Sodebo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what went into turning that grey trimaran, precursor of the Ultim class, into one of the most competitive maxi-trimarans in single-handed racing? First of all <\/span><b>replacing the central hull<\/b> <b>with a new design<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which focused on single-handed sailing and, at 31\u00a0metres long, was 3\u00a0metres more than the previous one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, the beams were reinforced so rudders and foils \u2013 which <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geronimo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had been lacking \u2013 could be added to the floats. The forward 9\u00a0metres of the latter were also rebuilt, adding powerful raked bows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And with the addition of a new mast and changes to the original boom, <\/span><b><i>Geronimo <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">became <\/span><b><i>Sodebo Ultim\u2019<\/i><\/b><b>, weighing in 6 tonnes lighter!<\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10207\" style=\"width: 699px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10207\" src=\"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/actual-leader-ultim-vplp-design-1-768x611-1-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/actual-leader-ultim-vplp-design-1-768x611-1-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/actual-leader-ultim-vplp-design-1-768x611-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Thierry Martinez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a difficult start in the 2014 Route du Rhum (collision with a freighter and retirement), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sodebo Ultim\u2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would go on to enjoy <\/span><b>a magnificent career<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Her achievements include the solo round the world record (49 days, 3 hours), the transatlantic record (4 days, 11 hours) and victory in the 2017 Transat Jacques Vabre \u2013 all in the space of twelve months.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10209\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10209\" src=\"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Collectif-mieux-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Collectif-mieux-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Collectif-mieux.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Collectif Mieux<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following a period under the sponsorship of Actual with <\/span><b>Yves Le Blevec<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the controls, she was bought by the company Brest Ultim Sailing in 2021. <\/span>Under the name of the corporate collective <strong>MIEUX, Arthur le vaillant<\/strong> takes the helm of the Ultim for the Route du Rhum 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sodebo Ultim\u2019 then Ultim ActualLeader then Brest Ultim Sailing then Mieux.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1450,1451,1471,1473,1482,1488,1490,1492,1493,1496,1517,1523,1526,1476,1483,1480],"tags":[1527],"class_list":["post-4171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-language","category-en-en","category-programs","category-racing-en","category-sizes","category-hulls","category-trimaran-en","category-propulsion-en","category-sail","category-categories-en","category-awards","category-pole-en","category-pole-racing","category-years","category-over-100-feet","category-2010-2019-en","tag-project"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - 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