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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 m (3,200 sq ft) (upwind)
777 m (8,360 sq ft) (downwind)
Crew4

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

Its different names were :

Records

  • Under the name Jet Service V: Transatlantic sailing record for 11 years, between 1988 and 2001.
  • 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.
  • 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

  1. WSSRC transatlantic records
  2. WSSRC around the world records
Records
Preceded byFirst holder Jules Verne Trophy
1993–1994
Succeeded byENZA New Zealand with Knox-Johnston & Blake
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