The boat
Milestones
Safran Sailing Team project milestones
December 1, 2005
Project announcement and choice of skipper Marc Guillemot
January 1, 2006
Start of boat design by the naval architects Vincent Lauriot Prévost and Guillaume Verdier
April 2006
Start of construction at the Larros shipyard
August 6, 2007
Safran launch
September 1, 2007
Safran christening ceremony

Construction phases
May to September 2006
Architects complete detailed preliminary project
Design of molds for hull and deck
Start of mold manufacture
October 2006 to January 2007
Construction of molds, hull and deck
Production of internal structures
February to July 2007
Assembly of the platform (hull, deck, internal structures)
Installation of rigging
Installation of the keel canting system