Zinedine Zidane greets new IMOCA 60’ monohull

Soccer player Zinedine Zidane & Yann Eliès at Multiplast boatyard Gilles Martin-Raget http://www.martin-raget.com/

Generali hull at Multiplast boatyard © Gilles Martin-Raget http://www.martin-raget.com/

The major components of Generali’s oven-cured Nomex / carbon epoxy sandwich construction are complete.

All of the hull’s interior structures have been fitted, including the bulwark rails and floor plates which are also made of prepreg. Yann Penfornis is Generali’s project manager at Multiplast.

Generali’s hull remained in her mould as her structures were fitted which meant that we could carry out the work with extreme precision as the whole was perfectly stiff. The hull of the Groupe Finot design is up to our usual standard, measurement tolerances have been complied with to within a millimetre. When referring to interior structures, this should be taken to mean fitting of the ballasts and keel bulkheads fitted around a template simulating the appendage.

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Although the major components have been finished, a lot of work still remains to be done. Composite parts still to be made include the rudders, the cap, the keel fin, the daggerboard housing, chain plates and the bowsprit.

Afterwards, the hardware and engine will be fitted as Yann Elies’ team will take charge of the accommodation and the onboard systems.

Multiplast will have to assemble the keel bulb and fin before proceeding with the traction tests ashore on all of the fixture points. The boat will then be delivered to Lorient, west of Vannes, where her mast will be stepped.

Multiplast is to take charge of sea trials for one month after the launch and before the boat is handed over to her owner.

For further information go to: www.yannelies.com