The 100-foot carbon Finot-Conq, from the RORC record to Antarctica
Nomad IV is a maxi-monohull 30.50 m (100 feet)all-carbon, design by Finot-Conq (FC3 100 project, signed by Pascal Conq and Pierre Forgia), built by the Italian yard Maxi Dolphin (Erbusco) and launched in 2013 for Jean-Paul Rivière. The boat was designed as a unique platform: capable of breaking a transatlantic crewed record, then heading below 60°S for an expedition.
Architecture and construction
The project transposes the Finot-Conq IMOCA DNA into a 100-foot offshore cruising format: hard-chine hull, wide beam, 9 tonnes of ballast per side, lifting carbon keel and twin rudders. The construction is entirely carbon (hull, deck, bulkheads, keel). The mast stands 47 m above the water with 670 m² of upwind sail area.
Specifications
- Length: 30.50 m (100 feet)
- Beam: 8.30 m
- Draft: 5.90 m / 3.50 m (lifting keel)
- Displacement: 54 tonnes (ballast 15 t)
- Mast: 47 m above water
- Sail area: 670 m² upwind
- Max speed: 33 knots (recorded during a transatlantic)
- Capacity: 12 guests (5 cabins) + 4 crew
Boat achievements
- RORC Transatlantic Race 2015 (Lanzarote → Grenada, 2,995 nm) — line honours monohull and monohull race record of the event in 10 days 7 hours 6 minutes 59 seconds, skippered by Jean-Paul Rivière.
- 2020 — first 100% carbon sailboat to reach Antarctica.
- 2023 — major refit, ten years after launch.
