The 100-foot carbon Finot-Conq, from the RORC record to Antarctica
Nomad IV is a maxi-monohull30.50 m (100 feet) all-carbon, design byFinot-Conq (FC3 100 project, designed by Pascal Conq and Pierre Forgia), built by the Italian yardMaxi Dolphin (Erbusco) and launched in 2013 forJean-Paul Rivière. The boat was conceived as a unique platform: capable of breaking a crewed transatlantic record and then sailing below 60°S in expedition mode.
Architecture and construction
The project transposes the Finot-Conq IMOCA DNA into a 100-foot offshore cruising format: hard-chine hull, wide beam, 9-tonne water ballast tanks on each side, lifting carbon fin 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 (measured during transatlantic)
- Capacity: 12 guests (5 cabins) + 4 crew
Boat achievements
- RORC Transatlantic Race 2015 (Lanzarote → Grenada, 2,995 nautical miles) — line honours monohull andmonohull 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.
