{"id":4246,"date":"1998-01-31T17:26:12","date_gmt":"1998-01-31T16:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.vplp.fr\/?p=4246"},"modified":"2023-12-15T10:10:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T09:10:02","slug":"douce-france-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/en\/cruising\/douce-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Douce France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At her launch in 1998, after almost a decade in design and construction, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Douce France<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was <\/span><b>the world\u2019s largest cruising catamaran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with an LOA of 138\u2019 (42\u00a0m) and a beam of 50\u20196\u201d (15.4\u00a0m), a record now held by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hemisphere<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10853\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10853\" src=\"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/1998\/01\/catamaran-voile-douce-france-min-768x593-1-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/1998\/01\/catamaran-voile-douce-france-min-768x593-1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/1998\/01\/catamaran-voile-douce-france-min-768x593-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Exmar Yachting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At that time, it was a veritable technological challenge to build a schooner <\/span><b>in aluminium<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including the masts and spars. She was <\/span><b>voted the most innovative sailing catamaran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ShowBoats<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> magazine during the 1999 Monaco Yacht Show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Douce France (Agents TVC)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oPpgMswe0hQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to her powerful mainsail and foresail, which have a combined surface area of 400\u00a0m\u00b2, she can easily reach a cruising speed of <\/span><b>15 knots<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Featuring <\/span><b>six spacious, comfortable cabins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which can accommodate up to twelve passengers (in addition to a crew of seven), this giant of the seas is a much sought-after charter boat and remains <\/span><b>the largest schooner-rigged catamaran in the world<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At her launch in 1998, after almost a decade in design and construction, Douce France was the world\u2019s largest cruising catamaran with an LOA of 138\u2019 (42\u00a0m) and a beam of 50\u20196\u201d (15.4\u00a0m), a record now held by Hemisphere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1450,1451,1471,1472,1482,1488,1489,1492,1493,1496,1517,1523,1524,1476,1478,1483],"tags":[1527],"class_list":["post-4246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-language","category-en-en","category-programs","category-cruising-en","category-sizes","category-hulls","category-catamaran-en","category-propulsion-en","category-sail","category-categories-en","category-awards","category-pole-en","category-pole-cruising","category-years","category-1990-1999-en","category-over-100-feet","tag-project"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - 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