Vendeé Goble / Latest IMOCA Generation: Charal launched
Photo Yvan Zedda / Charal / Vendeé Globe. Beast, no other words to describe this latest IMOCA iteration. More info on the launch at at Vendeé Globe web: vendeeglobe.org/en/news/19356/charal-ready-to-take-flight
Pronounced dihedral shape for the foils, as can be seen on the Vendeé Globle republished pic in our twitter account: here & here by CDK, builder of this new IMOCA for Jérémie Beyou
More pics on the foils / hull when available.
Update, I contacted Team Charal press for more pics, thanks Isabelle for the material, Photos by Yvan Zedda. Clicl images for larger size & slideshow. Hard angled transitions , a la Artemis AC45 first foil version. Foil crossection quite similar to the one used in lastest Bermuda AC.
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
...Report was sent by an F18 Sailor, if you want Hobies reported send your own, we'll publish as usual. Cheers.
Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16