Rolex Fastnet Race 2023 / Tech Talk | Didier Gaudoux | Lann Ael 3
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Unveiling Lann Ael 3: A Champion's Craft - An inside look into the design and exceptional features of Didier Gaudoux's MN35 Lann Ael 3, the reigning IRC Two-Handed European Champion.
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Unveiling Lann Ael 3: A Champion's Craft - An inside look into the design and exceptional features of Didier Gaudoux's MN35 Lann Ael 3, the reigning IRC Two-Handed European Champion.
#RolexFastnetRace #RORCracing #IRCRating
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 So the main idea for the NIL-3 was to have the boat
00:13 very fast in the downwind and reaching,
00:17 but it's still important to be able to have
00:19 a reasonable speed upwind.
00:22 And the design of the hull is that when the boat is eeling,
00:26 okay, he is extending his waterline.
00:31 And that's why he's able to have
00:32 a relatively good speed upwind.
00:34 The cockpit idea was to make it very simple.
00:37 In addition, because I'm not a young guy,
00:40 I tried to make things to be able to be too strong
00:42 to do that.
00:43 So everything is a, you know, a sort of demultiplication.
00:46 I don't know if the name is correct.
00:48 In some situation, I'm here to be able to winch the main
00:53 and to winch the headstay.
00:55 Correct, headstay.
00:56 Okay, and all the time I can be there, okay,
01:00 just to do the same with one hand here.
01:02 And I can do, because typically on spinnaker,
01:05 we have this and we can do that.
01:07 So the idea is always to be able to manage
01:10 both winches in the same time.
01:12 Very comfortable, I don't know what you call that,
01:14 to put the foot.
01:15 We have only asymmetric spinnakers, okay,
01:18 that we drop in the cockpit, okay,
01:20 very easily in the little box maneuver.
01:23 Again, we can do that even with, it's quite windy,
01:25 we have to drop the spinnaker in 25 knots.
01:28 It was not so difficult.
01:29 So things are done to be easy.
01:33 So on several halyards are two to one, okay,
01:36 because it helps you to put more pressure,
01:38 to have the sails with more tension.
01:41 So that's why we have here two halyards, which are two to one.
01:45 Again, no tuff luff here, again, to make it simple.
01:48 And here's the possibility to have a G3,
01:52 which is with a furler.
01:53 So when it's really windy,
01:55 you can just furl the G3 for maneuver.
01:58 Downstairs, again, comfort is key.
02:02 As you can see, there is here.
02:04 You can sit here and it's a,
02:06 when the boat is heeling, it's extremely comfortable.
02:09 You can really rest here or do the route
02:13 and the navigation there.
02:15 And there is, you can put all your stuff here in the box.
02:19 And it's quite comfortable to sleep, okay.
02:23 So simple and I hope efficient.
02:28 - I love innovation.
02:30 And we had a lot of discussion with the architects.
02:33 And sometimes I was a little bit hesitating,
02:37 but they convinced me to try as many things as possible.
02:40 Typically, we had a lot of discussion about the mast.
02:42 Do we put the mast on the deck
02:44 or do we put the mast on the keel?
02:46 I was in favor on the mast and the keel
02:47 because I've been used to that.
02:49 And the architect told me, if you dismast,
02:51 it's much better to have the mast on the deck.
02:54 So I say, okay, that's a good argument.
02:57 And so we change.
02:58 There is a lot of innovation in this boat, as you can see.
03:01 And I think it's very interesting
03:02 to try to make one step further.
03:04 Yes, I'm excited to see if things are,
03:05 and I'm sure we will have some modification
03:07 because not everything will work.
03:10 But for the time being, it's a compromise,
03:12 which is quite good.
03:13 (upbeat music)
03:16 (bell ringing)
03:19 (wind whooshing)
03:22 [BLANK_AUDIO]