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As Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prévost celebrated 40 years of collaboration since the launch of VPLP Jocelyn Blériot joined them in opening up the archives to flick through a catalogue of history-making three hulled racing machines (not to forget a long line of sophisticated cruising cats). As part of Seahorse’s ongoing deep dive into the golden era of multihulls we tried to better understand how one dramatic phase of design gave way to another. The Hydroptère journey brought its share of aeronautical engineers and new tools; working with the Oracle America’s Cup team created a breakthrough when it came to rigid wing expertise. But if we really want to be archaeological about it, where do we need to start digging?

A legacy of multihull innovation
Vincent and Marc both agree that the initial sparks for what became today’s ocean greyhounds predate even Mike Birch’s surprise Rhum victory in 1978, and that a good number of these sparks can be traced further back to the UK scene. Quite a number of ‘tweaked cruising multihulls’ were entered in early Ostar and Round Britain and Ireland races, bringing cats and tris to the attention of the sailing public, after which the idea of developing purposebuilt racing versions started to flourish.


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