Ombord på Groupe Bel
Christophe Launay spanar in Kito de Pavants Groupe Bel. Efter Route du Rhum skall Kito segla Barcelona World Race tillsammans med Sébastien Audigane.
Onboard with Kito de Pavant, on his Guillaume Verdier in conjunction with Van Pétéghem Lauriot-Prévost team: the Open 60 Groupe Bel, a radical design, favouring streamlined entry into the water and a lightweight approach rather than power.
– Designer: VPLP-Verdier
– Boatyard : Indiana Yachting (Italy)
– Launch date: September 2007
– Length: 18.28 m (60’)
– Beam: 5.50 m (18’)
– Draught: 4.50 m (14’9’’)
– Displacement (weight): 8000 kg
– Number of daggerboards: 2
– Mast height: 27 m (88’6’’)
– Keel blade :carbon
– Upwind sail surface 310 m2
– Downwind sail surface : 570 m2