Geronimo (yacht)
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Geronimo is a french trimaran
designed to break great offshore records. It was skipped by the French yachtsman Olivier de Kersauson
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It was launched on saturday the 29th september 2001 in Brest, France
by Marie Tabarly.
Trimaran
A trimaran is a multihulled boat consisting of a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls , attached to the main hull with lateral struts...
designed to break great offshore records. It was skipped by the French yachtsman Olivier de Kersauson
Olivier de Kersauson
Olivier de Kersauson is a French sailor and sailing champion.Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20 July 1944 and brought up near Morlaix in a “provincial Catholic aristocracy with compulsory mass”...
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It was launched on saturday the 29th september 2001 in Brest, France
Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
by Marie Tabarly.
Dimensions
- Launched : 2001
- Architects : Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prévost, VPLPVPLPVan Peteghem Lauriot-Prévost is a French based naval architectural firm founded by Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prévost, responsible for designing some of the worlds most innovative racing trimarans...
, VannesVannesVannes is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2000 years ago.-Geography:Vannes is located on the Gulf of Morbihan at the mouth of two rivers, the Marle and the Vincin. It is around 100 km northwest of Nantes and 450 km south west... - Parternships : Schneider ElectricSchneider ElectricSchneider Electric is a French global company. It was founded in 1836 by two brothers, Eugène and Adolphe Schneider.In the first part of the 20th century, Schneider et Cie associated itself with Westinghouse Systems, a major international electrical group at the time. The group began manufacturing...
and CapgeminiCapgeminiCapgemini is a French global IT services company, one of the world's largest management consulting, outsourcing and professional services companies with a staff of 114,274 operating in 40 countries. It is headquartered in Paris and was founded in 1967 by Serge Kampf, the current chairman, in...
. - Length : 33.80 m (111 ft)
- Waterline : 32 m (105 ft)
- Width : 21.1 m (69 ft)
- Height from water : 42 m (138 ft)
- Mast (monolithic carbon fiber): 39 m (128 ft)
- Displacement : 20 tons
- Sails : upwind=535 m² / downwind=925m²
- Crew : 10
Records
- 29th of april 2004, after 3 unsuccessful attempts, Geronimo, skipped by Olivier de KersausonOlivier de KersausonOlivier de Kersauson is a French sailor and sailing champion.Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20 July 1944 and brought up near Morlaix in a “provincial Catholic aristocracy with compulsory mass”...
, wins the Jules Verne TrophyJules Verne TrophyThe Jules Verne Trophy is a prize for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht with no restrictions on the size of the crew provided the vessel has registered with the organization and paid an entry fee. A vessel holding the Jules Verne trophy will not necessarily hold the...
from Bruno PeyronBruno PeyronBruno Tristan Peyron is a French yachtsman who, along with his crew on the catamaran Orange II, broke the outright round-the-world sailing record in March 2005. He was the first winner of the Jules Verne Trophy in 1994, for completing a round-the-world trip in under 80 days...
in 63 days, 13 hours and 59 minutes. Trophy taken back in 2005 by the same Bruno PeyronBruno PeyronBruno Tristan Peyron is a French yachtsman who, along with his crew on the catamaran Orange II, broke the outright round-the-world sailing record in March 2005. He was the first winner of the Jules Verne Trophy in 1994, for completing a round-the-world trip in under 80 days...
. - July 2005 : Fastest sailing around Australia in nearly 17 days and 13 hours.
- November 2005 : Geronimo, skipped by Olivier de KersausonOlivier de KersausonOlivier de Kersauson is a French sailor and sailing champion.Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20 July 1944 and brought up near Morlaix in a “provincial Catholic aristocracy with compulsory mass”...
, breaks the Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
- Honolulu record in 4 days and 19 hours. - April 2006 : Transpacific, east to west (San Francisco - YokohamaYokohamais the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
) in 14 days and 22 hours. . Record beaten in 2008 by Gitana 13Gitana 13Gitana 13 is a maxi-catamaran that participated to many races. It, is at the moment, skippered by Lionel Lemonchois and is the property of the Gitana Team.It has had several names :...
. - June 2006 : Transpacific, west to east (YokohamaYokohamais the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
- San Francisco) in 13 days and 22 hours.