Geronimo is a French trimaran designed to break great offshore records. It was skippered by the French yachtsman Olivier de Kersauson. It was launched on Saturday 29 September 2001 in Brest, France by Marie Tabarly.
4,779 sq ft (444.0 m2) (upwind) 7,136 sq ft (663.0 m2) (downwind)
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Geronimo was purchased by Sodebo in February 2013 and renamed Sodebo Ultim. The trimaran was heavily modified with a shorter and lighter central hull, a new mast and new cockpit configuration, making it more suitable for long-distance solo sailing.[1] It is now skippered by Thomas Coville.
July 2005 : Fastest sailing around Australia in nearly 17 days and 13 hours.[2]
November 2005 : Geronimo, skippered by Olivier de Kersauson, breaks the Los Angeles - Honolulu record in 4 days and 19 hours.[2] This record was broken in July 2015 by Lending Club 2 co-skippered by Renaud Laplanche, and Ryan Breymaier with a time of 3 days, 18 hours, 9 seconds.
December 2016 : Around the world sailing record single-handed as Sodebo Ultim by Thomas Coville in 49 days 3 hours 7 minutes and 38 seconds (7 days less than Francis Joyon's previous record).
Referencesedit
^"Lauching [sic] of Thomas Coville's Sodebo Ultim' trimaran". Retrieved 16 July 2017.
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