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Like father like son… Arnaud Février congratulates his father, Christian, and his partner Annie Fyot on the award of the Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite at Multiplast in November. If there has ever been a more passionate supporter of offshore multihull racing than Christian Février then we have never heard of them… and it is probably impossible, in any case. So a very fitting venue indeed
VERY LIGHT, VERY FAST – Paul Bieker Built in Croatia by Sandi Misiraca at Code7 Marine, our new CodeX 30-footer is designed to Cat B, aimed as a sportboat/day-racer that is also capable of doing some overnight racing. This has been a fun project and Code7 Marine has been a great
client – they have the creative mindset to push us towards highly innovative design solutions and aesthetics. In addition, Code7 has the boatbuilding talent and attention to detail necessary to properly execute a demanding design vision. The boat’s primary internal structures, house and cockpit are all
high-temperature cured carbon (mostly pre-preg) with honeycomb core used where appropriate for maximum strength and minimum weight. All appendages are also constructed of high-temperature cured carbon composites. At under 1,200kg lightship the CodeX straddles the line between
sportboat and coastal racer. She has the sail area to excel in light air and side foils to give her the righting moment necessary to perform in breeze. This boat is certainly pretty high-spec and includes a high-modulus
carbon rig and electric prop drive as standard. Price will be in the range €250,000-300,000 depending on sails and electronics.
A BIG THANK YOU – Christian Février On 21 November our dear Seahorse friend Christian Février (83), journalist, sailor photographer and ‘The Pope of Multihulls’, and his companion Annie Fyot (88) were awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite by Rear Admiral François Bellec of the French Navy. The ceremony was held at the Multiplast shipyard in Vannes in Brittany, founded by their close friend and brilliant multihull designer Gilles Ollier. He shares his pride at the accolade... That Sunday, 21 November 2021, will last as one of the best souvenirs of my sailing life. Among the many sailors, photographers and dig- nitaries assembled at the Multiplast factory for the ceremony were of course Dominique Dubois, owner of Multiplast, his director Yann Penfornis and Gilles Ollier, founder of the yard and the designer of so many of the famous multihulls that set the road to the flying oceanic yachts of today. What a beautiful progression. Nearly three years ago during a talk Jimmy Pahun launched with
Didier Ravon, for 10 years the editor at Voiles & Voiliers, the idea of creating the medals for Annie [Fyot] and me. What kind of fools they were. Finally they have succeeded brilliantly! So our very special thanks to you! And how to thank most the great sailors who came for the
celebration: Loïck Peyron, Alain Gautier, Jean-Yves Terlain, Eugène Riguidel, Daniel Gilles, Pierre Le Normand, Daniel Allisy, Nicolas Raynaud… And I certainly forget some of them. Most of them had not met for years. My great friend Mike Birch
would have loved to have been there. My sailing career changed when I met him in August 1978. I owe him a lot. For health reasons he couldn’t come. Same situation for my dear friend Daniel Charles, recognised as one of the best international historians of yachting. To celebrate Multiplast’s 30th anniversary in 2011 he wrote a splendid book, Push the Limits Further. Sylvie David Riverieulx, from the Paris Maritime Museum, joined
us with great courage. On 28 October ‘John-John’, alias Jean Mauviel, her magnificent companion, sailed away for his last voyage in Brest. A great friend is gone. Many thanks again, dear Sylvie, for your unbreakable friendship. But my greatest thanks come to my very dear son Arnaud, 53,
photographer for some of the biggest companies in the world and a great Master of Ceremonies. And Marion, his brilliant wife. I will never forget these three warm hours that you have offered
CodeX is definitely no ordinary yacht. Nor is this 30-footer’s new torsion-steering arrangement (left)
18 SEAHORSE
to Annie and me. A kind of celebration of the actors of the sailing scene in the years 1970 to 2000. This event can never be repeated. From the bottom of our hearts Annie and me thank you very much. With a strong emotion. PS! I went with my red socks and the Team New Zealand tie that Peter [Blake] gave me in 1994, knowing that Pippa is in Auckland
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