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IDEC Sport
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This article is about the sailing trimaran. For the sports car racing team, see IDEC Sport Racing.
IDEC SPORT[1] (formerly Groupama 3, Banque Populaire VII, Lending Club 2, IDEC 3) is a racing sailing trimaran designed for transoceanic record-setting. She is one of the world's fastest ocean-going sailing vessels and the current holder of the Jules Verne Trophy for circumnavigation of the world. She was originally skippered by French yachtsman Franck Cammas, with a crew of ten and sponsored by the French insurance company Groupama. She is currently skippered by Françis Joyon.
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Other names | Groupama 3 Banque Populaire VII Lending Club 2 IDEC 3 |
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Designer(s) | VPLP |
Builder | Multiplast (Vannes, France) |
Launched | 7 June 2006 |
Owner(s) | Groupama Sailing Team (2006–2013) Banque Populaire (2013–2014) Renaud Laplanche (2015) IDEC (2015–) |
Racing career | |
Skippers | Franck Cammas ( (2006–2013)) Armel Le Cléac'h (2013) Loïck Peyron (2014) Renaud Laplanche (2015) Francis Joyon (2015) |
Notable victories | Jules Verne Trophy 2010 2010 Route du Rhum 2014 Route du Rhum Jules Verne Trophy 2017 Route du Rhum 2018 |
Specifications | |
Displacement | 18 t (18 long tons; 20 short tons) |
Length | 31.50 m (103.3 ft) (LOA) |
Beam | 22.50 m (73.8 ft) |
Draft | 5.70 m (18.7 ft) |
Mast height | 41 m (135 ft) |
Sail area | 828 m2 (8,910 sq ft) |
Crew | 10 |
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Alexia Barrier has announced that she will skipper IDEC Sport in an attempt to break the circumnavigation record with an all-female crew in 2025.[2]