{"id":4191,"date":"2002-01-31T12:47:03","date_gmt":"2002-01-31T11:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.vplp.fr\/?p=4191"},"modified":"2023-12-15T09:53:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:53:35","slug":"geant-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/en\/racing\/geant\/","title":{"rendered":"G\u00e9ant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>G\u00e9ant<\/strong> then <strong>Vodaphone \/NZ.<\/strong><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>G\u00e9ant<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the <\/span><b>last trimaran of the 2000\u201302 generation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">designed by VPLP for skipper Michel Desjoyeaux, who had the 2002 Route du Rhum in his sights. The deadline was tight and the discussions between the architects and the recent victor of the Vend\u00e9e Globe were very productive. There was nothing revolutionary about her structure, it being <\/span><b>an assemblage of parts made in the moulds of her six predecessors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Multihull Geant\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GJ8vd9p8fDU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G\u00e9ant<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s innovations were concentrated in the appendices, in the form of trimmable lifting surfaces and <\/span><b>larger curved foils <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which allowed her to rise out of the water more frequently and safely. For VPLP, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G\u00e9ant<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> represented the first real step towards an ocean-going foiler.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10824\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10824\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10824\" src=\"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/01\/trimaran-geant-grand-prix-marseille-768x502-1-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/01\/trimaran-geant-grand-prix-marseille-768x502-1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/01\/trimaran-geant-grand-prix-marseille-768x502-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Beno\u00eet Stichelbaut\/Effets Mer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched in July, the trimaran dismasted in August\u2026 and <\/span><b>then three months later she won the infamous 2002 Route du Rhum<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, despite two stopovers. The racing conditions were devastating for the fleet and of the eighteen multihulls taking the line off Saint Malo, only three arrived in Guadeloupe. Two years later Desjoyeaux made it two in a row by <\/span><b>winning The Transat 2004<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Sold in 2011, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G\u00e9ant<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> continues her racing career in New Zealand.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G\u00e9ant was the last trimaran of the 2000\u201302 generation designed by VPLP for skipper Michel Desjoyeaux, who had the 2002 Route du Rhum in his sights. The deadline was tight and the discussions between the architects and the recent victor of the Vend\u00e9e Globe were very productive. There was nothing revolutionary about her structure, it being an assemblage of parts made in the moulds of her six predecessors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1450,1451,1471,1473,1482,1492,1493,1496,1517,1523,1526,1476,1486,1479],"tags":[1527],"class_list":["post-4191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-language","category-en-en","category-programs","category-racing-en","category-sizes","category-propulsion-en","category-sail","category-categories-en","category-awards","category-pole-en","category-pole-racing","category-years","category-50-feet-to-80-feet","category-2000-2009-en","tag-project"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>G\u00e9ant - VPLP Design<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Description of the trimaran G\u00e9ant, conceptualised by the firm VPLP Design\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"G\u00e9ant - 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