Warta Polpharma
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Warta Polpharma is a maxi-catamaran
Catamaran
A catamaran is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or vakas, joined by some structure, the most basic being a frame, formed of akas...

, that participated to many major races offshore.

Its different names were :
  • Jet Service V, skippered by Serge Madec
  • Commodore Explorer, skippered by Bruno Peyron
    Bruno Peyron
    Bruno Tristan Peyron is a French yachtsman who, along with his crew on the catamaran Orange II, broke the outright round-the-world sailing record in March 2005. He was the first winner of the Jules Verne Trophy in 1994, for completing a round-the-world trip in under 80 days...

  • Explorer, skippered by Bruno Peyron
    Bruno Peyron
    Bruno Tristan Peyron is a French yachtsman who, along with his crew on the catamaran Orange II, broke the outright round-the-world sailing record in March 2005. He was the first winner of the Jules Verne Trophy in 1994, for completing a round-the-world trip in under 80 days...

  • Warta Polpharma, skippered by Roman Paszke for The Race
    The Race (yachting race)
    The Race was a round-the-world sailing race starting in Barcelona, Spain on December 31, 2000. It was the first ever non-stop, no-rules, no-limits, round-the-world sailing event, with a $2 million US prize...

    .

Records

  • Under the name Jet Service V: Transatlantic sailing record
    Transatlantic sailing record
    Since the five-weeks voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, crossing the Atlantic, fast and safely, between Europe and America has always been an important issue. Today, the route has become a classic one among skippers...

     for 11 years, between 1988 and 2001.
  • Under the name Commodore Explorer : Winner of the Jules Verne Trophy
    Jules Verne Trophy
    The Jules Verne Trophy is a prize for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht with no restrictions on the size of the crew provided the vessel has registered with the organization and paid an entry fee. A vessel holding the Jules Verne trophy will not necessarily hold the...

     (fastest round the world
    Around the world sailing record
    The first around the world sailing record was, logically, set by the first person who circumnavigated the world: Juan Sebastián Elcano and the remaining members of Ferdinand Magellan's crew who completed their journey in 1522. The first solo record was set by Joshua Slocum in the Spray .Most races...

    ) in 1993 in 79 days 6 hours 15 minutes and 56 seconds, with skipper Bruno Peyron
    Bruno Peyron
    Bruno Tristan Peyron is a French yachtsman who, along with his crew on the catamaran Orange II, broke the outright round-the-world sailing record in March 2005. He was the first winner of the Jules Verne Trophy in 1994, for completing a round-the-world trip in under 80 days...

     and router Pierre Lasnier, with an average speed of 11.35 knots.
  • Under the name Warta Polpharma : Finished 4th of The Race
    The Race (yachting race)
    The Race was a round-the-world sailing race starting in Barcelona, Spain on December 31, 2000. It was the first ever non-stop, no-rules, no-limits, round-the-world sailing event, with a $2 million US prize...

     in 2000.

Caractéristiques

  • Launched : 1987
  • Type : Catamaran
    Catamaran
    A catamaran is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or vakas, joined by some structure, the most basic being a frame, formed of akas...

  • Architect : Gilles Ollier
  • Shipyard : Multiplast
  • Length : 26.30 m (86 ft)
  • Width : 13.60 m (44 ft)
  • Displacement : 10.50 tons
  • Mast height : 31 m (101 ft)
  • Sails : 300 m² / 777 m²
  • Crew : 4
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