Posts tagged carbon

02
Feb 14

Bateaux

France

TK 668-COUV BAT.indd

02
Dec 13

MC²60

Hong Kong, 香港, 22º18’05″N 114º11’59″E

The MC²60 Catamaran is a semi custom high performance luxury catamaran that will set new standards of speed, luxury and elegance.The MC²60 #1 Mach² recently finished 2nd over the line in the 656 miles Hong Kong to Vietnam Race behind Ragamuffin 90 skippered by Syd Fisher with around 20 professional sailors on board. Mach² raced with only 6 crew: Renaud Bañuls the MC²60′s architect, Incidence’s Cesar Dohy who designed the sails, Bruno Laurent who commissioned the boat, Raphaël Blot, the owner and responsible for the development of the MC² catamaran series and two of his regular racing crew from his monohull days.
The MC²60 finished ahead of the three TP52, the other 90ft monohull, Chivas and a fleet of racing 40ft monohulls. The first TP52 was US based Lucky which finished 8th overall in the Transpac 2013. The other two TPs, OneSails Racing and FreeFire are regulars of the Asian racing circuit who, between themselves, have won almost every single regatta in Asia. Mach² sailed the 656 miles in 49h30mns.
Before the race, not many expected a cruising catamaran to finish ahead of the TP52s in a downhill race. In Nha Trang, many crews were thrilled by the speed reached during the downwind sail but complained about how wet of a ride it was, bailing water out of the boats all the way down with automatic life jackets activating inside the boats and being regularly showered on by seawater crasing on the deck. In response, Raphaël Blot commented :
“The only time we were showered on was when we took proper showers….We didn’t put the foul weather gear on, shorts and T-shirts only. We hear that the guys on the monohulls had a rough time; we had red wine at 20-25kts. We reached top speeds above 30kts a couple of times”.
The concept behind the MC²60 announced 2.5 years ago was to achieve an all round sailing performance similar to that of a TP52 in a cruising catamaran capable of accommodating up to 10 guests for a comfortable cruise.
“I guess we have just shown that the concept works” commented Renaud Bañuls. “Not only does the boat perform better than my own expectations, it is very easy to handle, feels safe and reaches high speed effortlessly. More impressive than the top speed above 30kts that we have reached 3-4 times was the fact that we sailed for hours under main sail and genaker at 20-28kts without pushing the boat hard”.
Blot concluded : “I am very pleased with the result. Finishing ahead of the TP52s in a downhill race is quite an achievement as catamarans have an advantage over monohulls mainly when reaching. This results validates the concept and confirms that we made the right decisions over the past 3 years, leading to a cruising catamaran that is faster than stripped out racing monohulls”
Meanwhile, the MC²60 #2 Dragon is moored in Hong Kong, getting ready for a cruise in South East Asia. Dragon and Mach² have the same interior layout but different color schemes. The semi-custom concept of the MC²60 resulted in different boat lengths and cockpit layout. Dragon is 2ft longer on the transom and carries a 3ft longer longeron in order to fly a larger mast head gennaker. While Mach² has cockpit designed for single handed operations, Dragon has a more racing oriented cockpit with winches spread out along the aft beam.

Photo assignment for MC² Catamarans.

http://www.mc2catamarans.com

27
Aug 12

America’s Cup World Series San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States of America 37º39’02″N 122º12’07″W

06
Aug 11

ACWS45 Trophy Hunter

Cascais, Portugal 38º41’75″N 9º24’70″W

30
Jul 11

AC45 Energy Team Onboard

Cascais, Portugal 38º39’83″N 9º23’60″W

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May 11

CClass Patient Lady VI

Saint Pierre Quiberon, Brittany, France 47º30’62″N 3º07’74″W

Restoration of the 26 year old C Class Catamaran Patient Lady VI under the auspice of Benjamin Muyl, Herve Penformis, Axel de Beaufort and Sam Thomas at the Ecole Nationale de Voile, Saint Pierre Quiberon.
Patient Lady VI was “given” to Benjamin Muy from Fred Eaton for 1 symbolic dollar, it ‘s actually the only C Class in continental Europe (Invictus is in the UK)

01
May 11

Golf Course Au Large • Le Proatype putter by Loïck Peyron and Fred Eagle

Le Pouliguen, Brittany, France 47º15’22″N 2º25’45″W

# English
In 2006 I was head of the graphic design department for a custom golf equipment manufacturer in the US, working from home and looking at putters all day. every day. My house is on the waterfront and so I also look at boats out the window while I am working. every day. So, I guess it was bound to happen. My creative subconscious mind naturally twisting my daily visuals and attempting to create something new with the information. While I was practicing my short game in my yard one afternoon, It hit me hard. A future-forward club design that would marry the sport of golf with the sport of sailing. Land with Sea. Fuse the two legendary pastimes into a lethal precision sporting device. Great. Seeking advice from the only expert I knew in the field, I asked the French multihull specialist Loïck Peyron: Hey, what do you think about a multihull putter, mate? Hmmm …A catamaran for the golf course? Yes. Ees good. Let’s do it dude.
We collaborated on design concepts, and Loïck nailed it with his conceptual renderings of his assymetrical catamaran or proa design. (prao in French). It was a perfect look, sexy and stealth, and a bit from left- field. After some nice CAD work from Loïck, and multiple hours of detailing in a tiny Northwest garage, the Proatype was born. A glamourous child of salt water, cigarettes, sweat and steel.
The Proatype is a one-of-a-kind prototype putter, hand milled from aluminum, german stainless steel, and tungsten. She is shafted on a Fujikura PT-110 prototype carbon putter shaft and gripped with a white suede Gripmaster Barramundi grip. Length is 34″ and weight is 370g. She is a true original. While multicultural; and a symbiotic puzzle of European innovation, Japanese technology, Australian experience, and California cool, with Monsieur Peyron sitting proudly at the helm of the drafting table, The Proatype is most definitely a French boat. And with just the right amount of Yankee crew much like other successful multihull campaigns in recent memory. Then perhaps we have a new French American multihull classic? For the golf bag? Well, sure. Put on your visor and spiked shoes. Let’s sail a round.
In 2009, Loïck showcased our putter concept for the BMW Modern Spirits event in Paris, a global celebration organized around the unveiling of the BMW Series 5 Gran Turismo. The iconic theme of Modern-Spirits being “When is the last time, you experienced something for the first time?”, Very fitting, no? The Proatype was the epitome of the theme that evening, and she reveled in her first taste of celebrity. Since that weekend in Paris, she has been known to dissappear, sailing into the night into the uncharted courses of Le Pouliguen without assistance, only to return when least expected, but most desired.
Our sexy and mysterious Proatype putter arrived front and center earlier this month when my good friend Christophe Launay and his bag of photo trickery spent the weekend with Loïck, his brother Bruno, and Shirley Robertson, tooling around La Baule on A Class catamarans. Here are some photos snapped at Loïck’s home of the little Master puttering around with the Proatype. And yes, I know. The incredible purple shoes, you ask? Those are Loïck Peyron Emling specials, of course.
A big thanks to Christophe and Lolo for launching the putter for the impromptu backyard photo session. We will see her again soon you know. I am ironing my plaid pants and argyle socks to wear in November. Bring your wide-angle lens.
Stay tuned for more from this little story, the multihull putter project which began in 2006, will see a dramatic rebirth in 2012. The LPFE multihull putter designs are each more striking than the next, exhibiting fluid abstract lines, a vision of artistic elegance that maintains it’s prime inherent utilitarian purpose: to sink putts.
Words: Fred Eagle http://bit.ly/jMAxQG

# Français
En 2006 j’étais en charge du département de design pour un équipementier de golf aux Etats Unis, travaillant à la maison et regardant des putters tous les jours.
Ma maison étant située en face d’une vaste étendue d’eau douce navigable, j’observais souvent les bateaux passer au loin tout en travaillant, je suppose que j’étais pré destiné à me rapprocher d’une manière ou d’une autre de la mer. Mon subconscient créatif utilisait naturellement mes visions quotidiennes et essayait de produire de nouvelles œuvres avec ces suggestions nautiques.
Alors que je m’entrainais à jouer au golf dans ma cour un après midi, l’idée m’est venue brutalement.
Un putter au design futuriste qui marierait élégamment la voile et le golf mais surtout la Terre et la Mer. Le résultat serait une fusion de ces deux légendaires passions dans un équipement sportif d’une précision inouïe. Génial et radical.
Cherchant l’avis de l’unique expert que je connaissais dans le domaine de la voile, j’ai demandé au spécialiste français du multicoque Loïck Peyron : Hé mec, que penses-tu d’un putter multicoque ? Hmmmm … un catamaran naviguant sur un terrain de golf ? Oui ! Excellente idée ! Commençons dès à présent mon gars !
Nous avons étroitement collaboré sur le design du concept, et Loïck l’a peaufiné de ces interprétations conceptuelles issues des catamarans asymétriques et des praos. C’était un look parfait, sexy et furtif, avec une pointe d’anticonformisme. Après de belles esquisses CAD de Loïck, et de nombreuses heures de travail minutieux dans le fond d’un garage du Nord Ouest US, le Proatype était né. Un merveilleux enfant conçu à base d’un doux mélange de sel, d’eau, de cigarettes, de sueur et de métal.
Le Proatype est un concept unique de putter, alliant aluminium poli à la main, acier inoxydable allemand et tungstène. Il est fixé sur un prototype de shaft carbone Fujikura PT-110 , avec un grip blanc suédois Gripmaster Barramundi. Long de 86 cms et pesant 370g, c’est une véritable œuvre d’art. Bien que multiculturel et symbiotique casse-tête mêlant savamment l’innovation européenne, la technologie japonaise, l’expérience australienne et le « cool » de la Californie, le Proatype est définitivement un navire français, avec Monsieur Peyron assis fièrement aux commandes de la table à dessin. Ayant juste le bon nombre d’équipiers Yankee tout comme d’autres campagnes récentes et fructueuses en multicoques, peut être avons-nous la recette d’un nouveau multicoque Franco-américain ? Prenez donc votre sac de golf ! Mettez donc votre visière, vos chaussures à crampons et allons naviguer !
En 2009 Loïck présentait notre concept de putter aux BMW Modern Spirits de Paris, un événement organisé autour de la présentation des Series 5 Gran Turismo de BMW. La question centrale de ces Modern-Spirits était « Quelle est la dernière fois que vous vécu quelque chose pour la première fois ? » plutôt approprié n’est ce pas ? Ce soir là, le Proatype était l’incarnation de cet axiome et se délectait de cet avant gout de célébrité. Il a ensuite disparu après son périple parisien, navigant sans assistance et de nuit dans les practices non cartographiés de la région du Pouliguen, ne revenant que pour satisfaire notre bonheur, alors que nous l’attendions plus.
Le mystérieux Proatype a réapparu au début du mois lorsque mon ami Christophe Launay et son sac de malices photographiques ont passé un weekend avec Loïck, son frère Bruno et Shirley Robertson qui naviguaient dans les eaux bauloises sur des catamarans Class A.
Voici quelques photos prises dans la maison de Loïck, ou l’on peut apercevoir le « little Master » maniant délicatement le Proatype. Quelles sont ses incroyables chaussures violettes ? Bien évidemment la collection de chaussures Emling signée … Loïck Peyron!
Un grand merci à Christophe et Lolo pour le lancement impromptu de ce putter et la session photo d’arrière cour. Nous allons le revoir bientôt et vous le savez bien ! Je suis en train de repasser mon pantalon à carreaux et les chaussettes jacquard que je porterais en Novembre ! N’oubliez pas de prendre votre objectif grand angle.
Restez en contact pour en savoir un peu plus sur cette petite histoire, sur le projet de putter multicoque et sa renaissance dramatique en 2012. Les designs de putter LPFE multicoques sont chacun plus époustouflants les uns que les autres, présentant des lignes fluides et abstraites, une vision de l’élégance artistique qui soutient le résultat inhérent a son but premier : faire couler des putters (to sink putts)
Mots: Fred Eagle http://bit.ly/jMAxQG

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Apr 11

A Class, Loïck and Bruno Peyron

Le Pouliguen, Brittany, France 47º16’38″N 2º24’18″W

“Multihull sailing legends Loïck and Bruno Peyron of Energy Team France enjoy an A Class catamaran session on their home bay of La Baule in preparation for their Challenge for the 34th America’s Cup”.

24
Apr 11

Banque Populaire V

Cité de la Voile Éric Tabarly, Lorient, Brittany, France 47º43’12″N 3º22’92″W

Maxi Banque Populaire V designed by VPLP and built by CDK at the Cité de la Voile Éric Tabarly in Lorient, Brittany, France.

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Aug 10

Little America’s Cup

Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America 41º30’86″N 71º20’51″W

The International C Class Catamaran Championships (IC4) hosted at New York Yacht Club in Newport, RI from August 22-28, 2010. The IC4 is the successor to the Little America’s Cup as the championship event for the C class catamarans.
Racing begins with an up-to-12 race series of fleet racing to determine the seeding for the match racing. The top two seeds will have a first to five point match race series to determine the winner of the International C Class Catamaran Championship [note that unlike the AC, the Defender does not get an automatic place in the finals]. The course is a 6 mile windward-leeward, with one mile legs and up to four races each day. The course area will be weather dependent, but either north of the Newport Bridge or off Beavertail. Boats will launch off the beach at Harbour Court and store their wing sails in a duo-purpose hospitality tent.
Canaan CAN 009 Fred Eaton Magnus Clarke
Aethon USA 002 Steve Clark Oliver Moore
Invictus GBR 001 Paul Larsen Helena Darvelid
Patient Lady VI FRA 002 Antoine Koch Jérémie Lagarrigue
Alpha CAN 004 Glenn Ashby Jimmy Spithill
Orion CAN 002 Dan Cunningham Rob Paterson