Warta Polpharma

Warta Polpharma is a maxi-catamaran, that participated in many major offshore races.

Warta Polpharma
Other namesJet Service V
Commodore Explorer
Explorer
Designer(s)Gilles Ollier
BuilderMultiplast
Launched1987
Racing career
SkippersSerge Madec
Bruno Peyron
Roman Paszke
Specifications
Displacement10.50 t (10.33 long tons; 11.57 short tons)
Length26.30 m (86.3 ft) (LOA)
Beam13.60 m (44.6 ft)
Mast height31 m (102 ft)
Sail area300 m2 (3,200 sq ft) (upwind)
777 m2 (8,360 sq ft) (downwind)
Crew4

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

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