S/V Club Méditerranée Poster
Alain Colas’ mighty four masted 72 meter long racing boat, one of the largest sailing vessels that could be operated singlehanded.
Colas would enter her in the 1976 Ostar transatlantic sailing race, the largest boat to ever enter the race and after a rough crossing, they finished in 5th place (although technically finishing in 2nd place behind Eric Tabarly in 'Pen Duick VI', Colas had pulled in to Halifax, Nova Scotia mid-race to make some repairs and received a 58 hour time penalty), a crossing that overall took him 26 days, 13 hours and 36 min.
Colas would also participate in another transatlantic race, the first Route du Rhum in 1978 on his aluminum trimaran 'Manureva' (ex 'Pen Duick IV') but would disappear half way across the Atlantic. Neither his body nor his boat were ever found.
The 'Club Méditerranée' would be bought by Bernard Tapie in 1982 and completely rebuilt into a luxury sailing yacht called the 'Phocea'. She was the largest sailing yacht in the world until the launching of the 'Athena' in 2004.
On the 18th of February 2021, she sadly caught fire and sank at anchor off Langkawi, Malaysia and was a total loss. The seven members of her crew were safely taken off and no lives were lost.
Alain Colas’ mighty four masted 72 meter long racing boat, one of the largest sailing vessels that could be operated singlehanded.
Colas would enter her in the 1976 Ostar transatlantic sailing race, the largest boat to ever enter the race and after a rough crossing, they finished in 5th place (although technically finishing in 2nd place behind Eric Tabarly in 'Pen Duick VI', Colas had pulled in to Halifax, Nova Scotia mid-race to make some repairs and received a 58 hour time penalty), a crossing that overall took him 26 days, 13 hours and 36 min.
Colas would also participate in another transatlantic race, the first Route du Rhum in 1978 on his aluminum trimaran 'Manureva' (ex 'Pen Duick IV') but would disappear half way across the Atlantic. Neither his body nor his boat were ever found.
The 'Club Méditerranée' would be bought by Bernard Tapie in 1982 and completely rebuilt into a luxury sailing yacht called the 'Phocea'. She was the largest sailing yacht in the world until the launching of the 'Athena' in 2004.
On the 18th of February 2021, she sadly caught fire and sank at anchor off Langkawi, Malaysia and was a total loss. The seven members of her crew were safely taken off and no lives were lost.
Alain Colas’ mighty four masted 72 meter long racing boat, one of the largest sailing vessels that could be operated singlehanded.
Colas would enter her in the 1976 Ostar transatlantic sailing race, the largest boat to ever enter the race and after a rough crossing, they finished in 5th place (although technically finishing in 2nd place behind Eric Tabarly in 'Pen Duick VI', Colas had pulled in to Halifax, Nova Scotia mid-race to make some repairs and received a 58 hour time penalty), a crossing that overall took him 26 days, 13 hours and 36 min.
Colas would also participate in another transatlantic race, the first Route du Rhum in 1978 on his aluminum trimaran 'Manureva' (ex 'Pen Duick IV') but would disappear half way across the Atlantic. Neither his body nor his boat were ever found.
The 'Club Méditerranée' would be bought by Bernard Tapie in 1982 and completely rebuilt into a luxury sailing yacht called the 'Phocea'. She was the largest sailing yacht in the world until the launching of the 'Athena' in 2004.
On the 18th of February 2021, she sadly caught fire and sank at anchor off Langkawi, Malaysia and was a total loss. The seven members of her crew were safely taken off and no lives were lost.