IMOCA 60 Aquitaine Innovations

The IMOCA 60 class yacht Aquitaine Innovations, was designed by Finot-Conq, and launched in June 1996 after being made by its own build team under the name Aquitaine Composites with managed by Thierry Eluère based in France.

IMOCA 60 Aquitaine Innovations

Development
Designer	Group Finot, Finot-Conq
Year	June 1996
Racing
Class association	IMOCA 60

Racing results

Pos	Year	Race	Class	Boat Name	Skipper	Notes	Ref
Round the World Races
DNF	2009	2008–2009 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Aquarelle.com – Charente Maritime	Yannick Bestaven (FRA)	Day 4: dismasted
DNF	2002	Around Alone Race	IMOCA 60	Garnier	Patrick de Radigues (BEL)
13 / 24	2001	2000–2001 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Aquitaine Innovations	Yves Parlier (FRA)	127d
DNF	1997	1996–1997 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Aquitaine Innovations	Yves Parlier (FRA)
Transatlantic Races
8 / 15	2003	Transat B to B	IMOCA 60	Cervin EnR, FRA 01		18d 00h 58m
13 / 17	2003	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Cervin EnR, FRA 01	Yannick Bestaven (FRA) Ronan Guerin (FRA)	19d 23h 37m
10 / 17	2003	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Garnier	Patrick de Radigues (BEL) Hans Bouscholte (BEL)
6 / 12	1998	Route du Rhum	IMOCA 60	Garnier	Patrick de Radigues (BEL)
1	1998	Route du Rhum	IMOCA 60	Aquitaine Innovations	Thomas Coville (FRA)
Other Races

Construction

Hull Construction

• Bottom of the hull totally monolithique
• Preimpregnated carbon high temperature cured
• Hull stringers are made out of pultruded carbon
• Bulkhead are made of carbon cured in an autoclaves

Other Features

• Rotating wing-mast supported by two deck spreaders both reaching 6,48 m from the centreline (realized with Dassault and CTA, by Alucarbon)
• Reduced foresail
• Vectran shrouds
• Stay of the genoa roller furler in carbon
• Fixed keel with a carbon voile and inox inserts
• Special bulb weighed down by fragments of tungsten