The boat

The hull of the new Foncia, a design by Guillaume Verdier and Vincent Lauriot Prévost, was built at Green Marine (Lymington, UK) and arrived at CDK Technologies in early June. The yacht was officially launched in September this year, following a design and build carried out in record time. The Foncia hull is the fifth to be brought to life by the VPLP and Guillaume Verdier studio; and her predecessors boast an impressive saga: Safran, Groupe Bel, PRB and Virbac-Paprec 3. At first glance, this model differs from the others with its in terms of her double lateral chine and her gull wing deck. The objective of the design was to decrease weight without compromising safety, one of Michel Desjoyeaux's maxims when it comes to building his yachts. An example of this is the boom, with a 50% weight reduction on the previous Foncia boom weight. The cockpit is also more streamlined, with a smaller area for manoeuvres to make it easier and more comfortable to work. The daggerboards are straight and angled further inwards than usually seen until now, and the symmetrical rudder blades can be changed in just 10 minutes.

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