s quality standards . the specific problem is embedded links need to be pruned or turned into references please help improve this article if you can . june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message vplp industry naval architect founded 1983 founder marc van peteghem and vincent lauriot pr vost headquarters paris and vannes france area served international services naval architecture and yacht design website www.vplp.fr van peteghem lauriot pr vost vplp is a french based naval architectural firm founded by marc van peteghem and vincent lauriot pr vost responsible for designing some of the world s most innovative racing boats . their designs presently hold many of the world speed sailing records . 1 contents 1 history 2 evolution 3 racing prototypes 3.1 racing prototypes and results 3.2 sport boats 4 cruising 4.1 custom yachts 4.2 production yachts 5 experimental 6 working 7 annexes 7.1 waterworld 7.2 hydropt re 7.3 groupama 3 7.4 maxi banque populaire v 7.5 bmw oracle bor 90 7.6 multi one design mod 70 8 references 9 external links history edit vplp is a french based naval architecture firm founded by marc van peteghem and vincent lauriot pr vost . these two french nationals first met at southampton college of higher education both having enrolled to study yacht and powercraft design . during their years at college marc and vincent forged a friendship rethat was later to be the catalyst for vplp . the company was formed in 1983 and first opened its doors in marseilles with a focus on developing racing trimarans which was a burgeoning niche market in the early 80 s. vplp s initial project was to design a racing trimaran commissioned by skipper vincent levy for the 1984 ostar otherwise known as the english transat . this 50 foot 15 m foiler baptized gerard lambert was the first in a long line of racing trimarans that created a name for the firm and established the young designers as innovators in the field of naval architecture . vplp designed their first cruising catamaran in 1984 for lagoon which was then a division of jeanneau techniques avanc es . the lagoon 55 was the first in more than 240 cruising catamarans designed by vplp . lagoon is now part of the cnb division of groupe b n teau and has produced more than 2000 catamarans with worldwide distribution . vplp are the principal designers for the lagoon fleet of sailing catamarans . 2 evolution edit the offices moved to paris bastille in 1985 to be closer their network of international clients . in subsequent years vplp have structured the organization into three divisions to focus on separate sectors of the yacht market monohull and multihull racing yachts series production sailing catamarans luxury custom sailing catamarans in 1996 vplp opened a racing division in vannes for proximity to many offshore racing teams . in 2008 vplp opened a refit and brokerage division in la ciotat which is a large service center with many shipyards catering for superyachts operating in the western mediterranean sea . in 2007 vplp cooperated with french yacht designer guillaume verdier to penetrate the competitive imoca racing circuit . the performance of their first interactions safran and groupe bel earned the vplp verdier consortium a growing orderbook for racing monohulls . racing prototypes edit racing prototypes and results edit since 1990 all of the vplp boats are still undefeated at the route du rhum . 3 year boat s name description history 1984 gerard lambert 2 50 foiler trimaran for the ostar 1985 la santa maria 3 45 catamaran for the route de la d couverte 1986 poulain 4 75 trimaran skipped by olivier de kersauson biscuits cantreau 1 5 formula 40 trimaran skipped by jean le cam 1987 biscuits cantreau 2 6 formula 40 trimaran skipped by jean le cam world champion 1987 1988 biscuits cantreau 3 7 formula 40 trimaran skipped by jean le cam world champion 1988 world champion 1989 hitachi bottin 8 60 trimaran skipped by lionel p an fr in 1988 hitachi 9 skipped by eric tabarly in 1989 bottin 10 1989 nord pas de calais 3 formula 40 trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by alain comyn groupe pierre 1er 11 lakota 12 60 orma trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by florence arthaud groupe pierre 1er 1st in the route du rhum in 1990 skipped by steve fosset lakota 1990 rmo 13 primagaz 14 foncia 15 bayer 16 rexona regionguadeloupe 17 60 orma trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by laurent bourgnon 18 rmo 1st in the open uap in 1991 1st in the baule dakar in 1991 mediterranean record in 1991 2921 miles 22h 10min skipped by laurent bourgnon primagaz 1st in the quebec saint malo in 1992 1st in the route du rhum in 1994 1st in the fastnet in 1997 1st in the route du rhum in 1998 record of atlantique crossing in 1999 7d 2h 34min skipped by yvan bourgnon foncia bayer rexona skipped by claude th lier regionguadeloupe ylliam formula 40 composite carbon nomex skipped by pierre yves firmenich 19 1991 alibi 20 mini 6 5 m monohull mini transat skipped by dominic bourgeois 21 1991 3rd in the mini transat 1992 fleury michon xi 22 60 orma trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by philippe poupon fr charal 23 90 trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by olivier de kersauson lege cap ferret formula 28 trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by jean louis miquel 1993 lyonnaise des eaux dumez 24 90 trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by olivier de kersauson yg 25 one design racing catamarans for the clairefontaine trophy 25 1997 broceliande foncia technomarine banque covefi 2 stena sovcomflot orange 26 60 orma trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by alain gautier broceliande foncia skipped by steve ravussin technomarine banque covefi 2 skipped by bruno peyron & st ve ravussin stena sovcomflot 27 skipped by st ve ravussin orange winner of nokia oops cup in 2005 sport elec 28 90 trimaran ex lyonnaise des eaux dumez composite carbon nomex skipped by olivier de kersauson jules verne trophy record in 1997 71d 14h 18min 1998 groupama i 29 hiq 30 60 orma trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by franck cammas groupama i winner of transat quebec saint malo in 2000 winner of transat jacques vabre in 2001 2000 bonduelle gitana xii 31 60 orma trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by jean le cam bonduelle 2001 fila tim 32 60 orma trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by giovanni soldini fr fila belgacom ii gitana xi 33 60 orma trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by jean luc nelias belgacom ii skipped by lionel lemonchois gitana xi winner of the route du rhum in 2006 geronimo 34 110 trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by olivier de kersauson winner of jules verne trophy 2004 2002 foncia 60 orma trimaran composite skipped by alain gautier geant vodaphone nz 35 60 orma trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by michel desjoyeaux geant winner of the route du rhum in 2002 winner of the transat in 2004 sodebo 36 60 orma trimaran composite skipped by thomas coville 2004 idec 37 90 trimaran ex sport elec composite carbon nomex skipped by francis joyon solo round the world record in 2004 72d 22h 54min 22sec solo transatlantic world record in 2005 6d 4h 1min 37sec groupama 2 38 60 orma trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by franck cammas winner of transat jacques vabre in 2007 2005 crepes whaou 2 maitre jacques loic fecquet 39 50 trimaran built by cdk industrie skipped by franck yves escoffier crepes whaou 2 40 1st in transat jacques vabre multi50 in 2005 1st in the route du rhum multi50 in 2006 1st in transat jacques vabre multi50 in 2007 2006 groupama 3 maxi solo banque populaire vii 41 105 trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by franck cammas groupama 3 transatlantic record in 2008 jules verne trophy circumnavigation record in 2010 48d 7h 44min 52s winner of the route du rhum in 2010 skipped by armel le cleac h maxi solo banque populaire vii record solo trans mediterranean 30 09 2013 18h 58min 13sec new record solo distance in 24 hours 27 01 2014 682 miles record solo route de la d couverte cadix san salvador 30 01 2014 6d 23h 42min lightspeed 32 42 one design racing picnic catamaran carbon fibre and composite construction in usa safran 43 60 imoca monohull composite carbon nomex designed with guillaume verdier 44 skipped by marc guillemot winner of transat jacques vabre in 2009 solo north atlantic record in july 2013 8d 5h 20min 20sec 2007 groupe bel 45 60 imoca monohull composite carbon nomex designed with skipped by kito de pavant 2008 maxi banque populaire v sprindrift 2 40m custom racing trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by pascal bidegorry & lo c peyron maxi banque populaire v transatlantic record in 2009 3d 15h 25min 48sec 24 hour world speed sailing record in 2009 908 miles avg 37.8 kn trans mediterranean record 15 05 2010 14h 20min 34sec jules verne trophy record circumnavigation in 2012 45d 13h 42min 53sec skipped by dona bertarelli & yann guichard spindrift 2 record route de la d couverte cadix san salvador 06 11 2013 6d 13h 42min 53sec 2009 bmw oracle racing 90x90 usa 17 46 90 full carbon trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by oracle team usa winner 33rd america s cup in 2010 47 crepes whaou 3 fenetrea 48 50 trimaran skipped by franck yves escoffier crepes whaou 3 winner of transat jacques vabre in 2009 skipped by erwan le roux & yann elies fenetrea 49 winner of transat jacques vabre in 2013 2010 vibrac paprec 3 50 60 imoca monohull composite carbon nomex designed with guillaume verdier skipped by jean pierre dick winner of barcelona world race in 2010 2011 winner of transat jacques vabre in 2011 prb 51 60 imoca monohull composite carbon nomex designed with guillaume verdier skipped by vincent riou winner of transat jacques vabre in 2013 foncia ii 52 banque populaire vi maitre coq 53 60 imocamonohull composite carbon nomex designed with guillaume verdier skipped by michel desjoyeaux foncia ii skipped by armel le cleac h banque populaire vi finished 2nd in the vendee globe in 2012 skipped by jeremie beyou maitre coq 2011 race for water mod 70 one design multihull carbon composite nomex skipped by st ve ravussin veolia environment orion racing 54 mod 70 one design multihull carbon composite nomex skipped by roland jourdain veolia environment foncia 55 mod 70 one multihull carbon composite nomex skipped by michel desjoyeaux winner of the european tour in 2012 record of the tour of isle of wight in 2012 2h 21min 25sec spindrift racing mod 70 one design multihull carbon composite nomex skipped by yann guichard winner of multi one championship in 2010 winner of krys ocean race in 2012 56 macif 57 60 imoca monohull composite carbon nomex designed with guillaume verdier skipped by francois gabart winner of the vendee globe in 2013 78d 2h 16min 40sec groupe edmond de rothschild gitana xv 58 mod 70 one design multihull carbon composite nomex skipped by sebastien josse winner of transat jacques vabre 2013 2012 oman sail 59 mod 70 one design multihull carbon composite nomex skipped by sidney gavignet 60 2013 prince de bretagne 61 80 trimaran composite carbon nomex skipped by lionel lemonchois for the route du rhum 2014 hydros 1 & 2 class c 62 25 class c catamarans for the little americas cup composite carbon nomex 2014 sodebo ultim 63 105 trimaran ex geronimo composite carbon nomex skipped by thomas coville comanche 100 64 100 monohull composite carbon nomex designed with guillaume verdier launched september 2014 owned by james h. clark kristy hinze skippered by ken read sailor transatlantic record 2016 5d 14h 21m 25s 2015 safran 2 65 60 imoca racing monohull composite carbon nomex designed with guillaume verdier launched on february 5 2015 to be skipped by morgan lagraviere for the vendee