2009Champions · Offshore records
Banque Populaire V
now Spindrift 2
Banque Populaire V, now Spindrift 2, is an offshore-racing trimaran launched in Nantes in 2008. She holds the record for distance sailed in 24 hours by any class of sailing boat, 908.2 nautical miles.
Builder’s plate
- Type
- Offshore trimaran
- Length
- 40 m
- Beam
- 23 m
- Draft
- 5.80 m
- Displacement
- 23 t
- Design
- VPLP
- Builder
- CDK & JMV
- Launched
- 2008
What she won
- 2009North Atlantic, west to eastNew record on 2 August: an average of 32.94 knots, more than 12 hours inside the old mark3 d 15 h 25 m
- 200924-hour distance, any sailing boat908.2 nautical miles, an average of 37.84 knots908.2 nm
- 2010Marseille to CarthageTrans-Mediterranean record, 16 May 201014 h 20 m
- 2011–2012Jules Verne Trophy, round the worldNew record under Loïck Peyron45 d 13 h 43 m
Figures from Wikipedia, “Banque Populaire V”, read 2026-10-02. Something wrong? Write to the editor and it will be checked and corrected.
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