Boat designed by FI France’s Vice-President win America’s Cup

On 12 February 2010, Vice-President of Friendship International-France, Marc Van Peteghem’s boat “BMW Oracle” won at the 33rd America’s Cup race at Valencia, Spain.  Marc and his colleague Vincent Lauriot Prevost are two of the world’s leading naval architects.  Through Friendship International-France and as a Director of TaraTari shipyard, a sister concern of Friendship, Marc works closely with us on research, development and design of modern boats built on the knowledge of traditional boats. 

Some of the race and photos can be seen on http://www.americascup.com/en/multimedia/video/index.php?idIndex=62 or Marc’s web site: www.vplp.fr