Trimaran Macif Brest. We are going to keep up the learning dynamic from the start to the finish of the Brest Atlantiques. Despite a smooth race for the Ultim 3223 class trimarans since the start of Brest Atlantiques in the early hours of this morning trimaran MACIF hit an unidentified floating object UFO which damaged the central rudder and could mean that François Gabart and Gwénolé Gahinet have to make a technical stopover.
These two passage marks turned out to be useful and important for the Macif team forced to make two pit stops to make repairs. The MACIF trimaran trio spent 31 days and 20 hours at sea to complete the 14000-mile course in the North and South Atlantic after encountering several technical difficulties. Ecoutez les déclarations au ponton de François Gabart.
Jean-Philippe Dogneton Deputy Managing Director of the Macif Group.
François Gabart Gwénolé Gahinet and Jérémie Eloy are to compete in the Brest Atlantiques a long non-stop figure-of-eight race from the North to the South of the Atlantic and back on the MACIF trimaran. The Brest Atlantiques Race a new double-handed race for the Ultime giant trimarans started from the Breton port of Brest this morning on a 14000-mile. In the battle of the Brest Atlantiques leaders François Gabart and Gwénolé Gahinet on board MACIF suffered damage to the central rudder after hitting a UFO on Friday night. On four occasions the Macif trimaran suffered damage after.
