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.
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
- 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