FenêtréA-Cardinal

The Multi50 VPLP/CDK that won everything between 2009 and 2019

50-foot trimaran designed byVPLP Design and built byCDK Technologies in Port-la-Forêt. Launched in August 2009 asCrêpes Whaou ! 3 for Franck-Yves Escoffier, the boat took on the colorsFenêtréA–Cardinal in 2012 when Erwan Le Roux took over the program. It would go on to race under several sponsors and skippers until today.

Specifications

• Length: 15.24 m (50 feet)
• Beam: 15.20 m
• Air draft: 23.77 m
• Draft: 1.70 m / 3.50 m
• Sail area: 208 to 255 m²
• Materials: fiberglass / carbon
• Designer: VPLP Design
• Builder: CDK Technologies (Port-la-Forêt)
• Launched: August 2009

Sponsor and skipper timeline

• 2009–2011:Crêpes Whaou ! 3 — Franck-Yves Escoffier
• 2012–2014:FenêtréA–Cardinal — Erwan Le Roux
• 2015:FenêtréA–Prysmian — Erwan Le Roux
• 2017–2018:FenêtréA–Mix Buffet — Erwan Le Roux
• 2019–2022:Groupe GCA – Mille et un sourires — Gilles Lamiré
• 2023:Wind of Trust — Christopher Pratt
• 2026:Sodebo Fifty — Léonard Legrand

Boat achievements

• 2009 Transat Jacques Vabre (Multi50) — winner with Franck-Yves Escoffier (boat’s first race, two months after launch).
• 2012 Transat Québec–Saint-Malo (Multi50) — winner asFenêtréA–Cardinal with Erwan Le Roux.
• 2013 Transat Jacques Vabre (Multi50) — winner asFenêtréA–Cardinal with Erwan Le Roux and Yann Eliès.
• 2014 Route du Rhum (Multi50) — winner asFenêtréA–Cardinal with Erwan Le Roux, in 11 days 5 hours 13 minutes 55 seconds.
• 2015 Transat Jacques Vabre (Multi50) — winner asFenêtréA–Prysmian with Erwan Le Roux and Giancarlo Pedote.
• 2017 Transat Jacques Vabre (Multi50) — 2nd asFenêtréA–Mix Buffet with Erwan Le Roux and Vincent Riou.
• 2018 Route du Rhum (Multi50) — 2nd asFenêtréA–Mix Buffet with Erwan Le Roux.
• 2019 Transat Jacques Vabre (Multi50) — winner asGroupe GCA – Mille et un sourires with Gilles Lamiré and Antoine Carpentier.