IMOCA 60 Aquitaine Innovations

Development
Designer	Group Finot, Finot-Conq
Year	June 1996
Racing
Class association	IMOCA 60

The IMOCA 60 class yacht Aquitaine Innovations, was designed by Finot-Conq,^[1] and launched in June 1996 after being made by its own build team under the name Aquitaine Composites with managed by Thierry Eluère based in France.^[2]

Racing results

Pos	Year	Race	Class	Boat Name	Skipper	Notes	Ref
Round the World Races
DNF	2009	2008–2009 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Aquarelle.com – Charente Maritime	Yannick Bestaven (FRA)	Day 4: dismasted
DNF	2002	Around Alone Race	IMOCA 60	Garnier	Patrick de Radigues (BEL)
13 / 24	2001	2000–2001 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Aquitaine Innovations	Yves Parlier (FRA)	127d
DNF	1997	1996–1997 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Aquitaine Innovations	Yves Parlier (FRA)
Transatlantic Races
8 / 15	2003	Transat B to B	IMOCA 60	Cervin EnR, FRA 01		18d 00h 58m
13 / 17	2003	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Cervin EnR, FRA 01	Yannick Bestaven (FRA)  Ronan Guerin (FRA)	19d 23h 37m
10 / 17	2003	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Garnier	Patrick de Radigues (BEL)  Hans Bouscholte (BEL)
6 / 12	1998	Route du Rhum	IMOCA 60	Garnier	Patrick de Radigues (BEL)
1	1998	Route du Rhum	IMOCA 60	Aquitaine Innovations	Thomas Coville (FRA)
Other Races

Construction

Hull Construction

• Bottom of the hull totally monolithique
• Preimpregnated carbon high temperature cured
• Hull stringers are made out of pultruded carbon
• Bulkhead are made of carbon cured in an autoclaves

Other Features

• Rotating wing-mast supported by two deck spreaders both reaching 6,48 m from the centreline (realized with Dassault and CTA, by Alucarbon)
• Reduced foresail
• Vectran shrouds
• Stay of the genoa roller furler in carbon
• Fixed keel with a carbon voile and inox inserts
• Special bulb weighed down by fragments of tungsten

References