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

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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