 Manureva some days before the start of the first Route du Rhum. | |
| Other names | Pen Duick IV |
|---|---|
| Designer(s) | André Allègre |
| Builder | La Perrière Lorient, France |
| Launched | 1968 |
| Owner(s) | Éric Tabarly, Alain Colas |
| Fate | Vessel lost at sea 1978 |
| Racing career | |
| Skippers | Éric Tabarly, Alain Colas |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 20.80 m (68.2 ft) (LOA) |
Manureva (originally named Pen Duick IV) was a custom-built racing trimaran famous for being the first oceangoing multihull racing sailboat, opening the path to the supremacy in speed of this kind of boat over monohulls.[1] She won the 1972 Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race, skippered by Alain Colas, and was lost at sea with Colas during the first "Route du Rhum" transatlantic solo race in 1978.[2]
- ^ Boyd, James (2 August 2017). "High-speed, Singlehanded Trimarans Ready to Circle the Globe". Sail Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "From Pen Duick IV to Manureva, from records to shipwreck". BoatNews.com. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2024.