Kriter IV

Kriter IV
Designer(s) Xavier Joubert
Builder Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie
Cherbourg, France
Launched 1978[1]
Specifications
Length 23 m (75 ft) (LOA)

Kriter IV was a 66 foot waterline length trimaran that was sailed across the Atlantic ocean in 1979.[2] It was designed entirely of aluminum by Xavier Joubert as an extension of Eric Tabarly's Manureva and constructed by French shipyward Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN) for Olivier de Kersauzon.[1]

It competed in the Route du Rhum in 1978, finishing fourth and achieving speeds of over 30 knots (55.56 kilometres (34.52 mi) per hour).[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "History - CMN Group". Retrieved January 2015.
  2. C. A. Marchaj (2003) [1996]. Sail Performance. Camden, Maine: International Marine/McGraw Hill. p. 4.
  3. "Cruising World (January 1979)". Retrieved January 2015. The trimaran Kriter IV reached speeds in excess of 30 kts.