Wasabi, Elan 410R - Skipper Jon Hanson

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Philippe Péché

Philippe Péché has a prestigious yachting career. He has competed in three Round the World races, two America’s Cup, three Admiral’s Cup, three Fastnet Races and holds 12 Metre and 8 Metre World Titles. In 2005, he sailed around the world in a record time of 50 days, 16 hours and 20 minutes and won the prestigious Jules Verne Trophy.

Wasabi, Elan 410R - Skipper Jon Hanson Wednesday, 06 July 2011

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Sailforce has been instrumental in the optimization of our Elan 410R Wasabi that we bought from Slovenia in August 2010.

Philippe not only helped rerig the boat with lighter and more suitable technology, he has also helped guide us in our moving forward with boat design and sails. He was the main driver behind the fitting of a carbon bowsprit to accommodate our A3. In conjunction with our sailmaker he designed it to a length such that the IRC penalty was just .001.

Philippe and his team have also joined us on numerous offshore races and has been an important factor in the improving standards of our crew. He has trained the guys in the new technology so they are comfortable and fast with it themselves. He has opened our eyes to new ways of utilizing sails to get the maximum speed out of them.

We have come from being a boat maximized for ORC with big jibs and small spinnakers to a yacht maximized for IRC with sails and systems to suit.

We've gone from the back of the fleet to the front thanks to Sailforce.