Warta Polpharma Explained
| Warta Polpharma |
| Othernames: | Jet Service V
Commodore Explorer
Explorer |
| Designer: | Gilles Ollier |
| Builder: | Multiplast |
| Launched: | 1987 |
| Skip: | Serge Madec
Bruno Peyron
Roman Paszke |
| Crew: | 4 |
| Displacement: | 10.5t |
| Length: | 26.3m (86.3feet) (LOA) |
| Beam: | 13.6m (44.6feet) |
| Height: | 31m (102feet) |
| Sail: | 300m2 (upwind)
777m2 (downwind) |
Warta Polpharma is a maxi-catamaran, that participated in many major offshore races.
Its different names were :
- Jet Service V, skippered by Serge Madec
- Commodore Explorer, skippered by Bruno Peyron
- Explorer, skippered by Bruno Peyron
- Warta Polpharma, skippered by Roman Paszke for The Race.
Records
- Under the name Jet Service V: Transatlantic sailing record for 11 years, between 1988 and 2001.[1]
- Under the name Commodore Explorer : Winner of the Jules Verne Trophy (fastest round the world) in 1993 in 79 days 6 hours 15 minutes and 56 seconds, with skipper Bruno Peyron and router Pierre Lasnier, with an average speed of 11.35 knots.[2]
- Under the name Warta Polpharma : Finished 4th of The Race in 2000, with skipper Roman Paszke and crew: Robert Janecki, Mariusz Pirjanowicz, Wojciech Dlugozima, Ryszard Block, Dariusz Drapella, Zbigniew Gutkowski, Jaroslaw Kaczorowski, Piotr Cichocki.
References
- http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/transatlantic-ambrose-light-tower-to-lizard-point-crewed.html WSSRC transatlantic records
- http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/round-the-world-non-stop.html WSSRC around the world records
