VPLP Archives

Expect Vendée Globe time to be crushed

November 3rd, 2020

VPLP, a world-renowned young international team of French-based naval architects and designers, are nearly ready to exhale. With the start

March 15th, 2018

Performance is such a buzzword these days, overshadowing ease of use or even practicality. But boats still need to be

July 14th, 2017

Sailed in the 60-foot IMOCA class, the Vendée Globe is the only non-stop solo round the world race without assistance.

April 7th, 2017

VPLP Design is a world-renowned French-based firm that lives at the cutting edge of the sport. Drawing on extensive experience

April 3rd, 2017

The Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, measuring 32 metres long and 23 metres wide, is undergoing her final few months in

March 9th, 2017

VPLP design, the French-based naval architectural firm founded by Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prévos, were busy this winter following

November 8th, 2016

Having designed 12 of the 29 IMOCA 60s competing in the eighth edition of the Vendée Globe, Vincent Lauriot-Prévost of

January 15th, 2015

Second in the last two editions of the Vendée Globe, Armel Le Cléac’h has given himself the means to win

December 23rd, 2014

Designers Guillaume Verdier and VPLP Architects provide notes on the 100-foot Comanche… Launched in September 2014, Comanche resulted from the

April 22nd, 2014

When it comes to modern boatbuilding, this quaint little village by the sea, East Boothbay in Maine, has reached the