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- Publié le 6 May 2026
- The shipyard, Travelling and cruising
- JPK 48 FC
Coming soon: the JPK 48 FC will be released in spring 2027!
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- Publié le 19 May 2026
- Racing
- JPK 1050
Overall victory for the JPK 1050 in the Baltic 500 (ORC class)!
It’s only been a week since the Cap Martinique arrived… And already the JPK 1050 is at it again, this time in the ORC class! We learnt yesterday that Jonas Hallberg’s JPK 1050 ‘Hinden’ had secured the OVERALL victory in the Baltic 500. A magnificent performance by the boat at […]
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- Publié le 18 May 2026
- Racing
- JPK 1050
The end
That’s it, I’m here, at the docks in Fort-de-France, after the last few miles of upwind, sailing close-hauled on a flat sea. Pure bliss! And what a contrast to last night, when I ended up switching back to full-throttle mode with the full spinnaker when I thought I’d be cruising along quietly with the small [...]
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- Publié le 12 May 2026
- Racing
- JPK 1050
JPK 1050s take the win in both solo and double-handed categories in Fort-de-France!
What a day! With the arrivals of OSE and LEON last night, the JPK 1050s have won the Cap Martinique 2026 in both the solo and double-handed overall classifications. At 3:53 a.m. last night, Éric Guigné and Maxime Paul crossed the finish line aboard their JPK 1050 “OSE,” winning the […]
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- Publié le 11 May 2026
- Racing
- JPK 1050
Cap Martinique Day 20 — As we approach the Caribbean, the spinnaker has torn in two!
Lundi 11 mai (J20) à 10h41 Salut la terre, Le vent est définitivement rentré et c’est avec un flux moyen de 18/20 nds à 140° du vent que la transat va se terminer, avec de bonnes vitesses moyennes et, on l’espère, une gestion tenable des sargasses. Il y a clairement […]
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- Publié le 9 May 2026
- Racing
- JPK 1050
Cap Martinique Days 15–18 — Last few days at sea before Fort-de-France…
Mercredi 6 mai à 17h44 (J15) Mais qu’est-ce que je fous là ! 2 h du mat’, le vent est encore tombé d’un cran et, avec 8 nds et un peu de mer, je tiens à peine le spi gonflé et je dois lofer en grand, loin de la route. […]
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- Publié le 6 May 2026
- Racing
- JPK 1050
Cap Martinique Day 15 — The Longest Day!
Mercredi 6 mai (J15) à 06:02 Depuis 3 jours, on ne peut pas dire que ça manœuvre beaucoup sur PersaiVert : c’est du tout droit tribord amure, dans la même configuration de voiles. Cela dit, le vent varie sans cesse en intensité et je régule pilote et choqué de spi, […]
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- Publié le 5 May 2026
- Racing
- JPK 1050
Cap Martinique Day 14 — I’m really not a big fan of that…
Mardi 5 mai (J14) à 07:04 « J’aime pas trop beaucoup ça » C’est trop calme… et en effet vraiment trop calme côté vent ce lundi 4 mai. Malgré un contre-bord sud de 2 h au matin et l’absence d’alertes sur les différents modèles de vent et de routage, force […]
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- Publié le 4 May 2026
- Racing
- JPK 1050
Cap Martinique Days 11–13 — Passing Cape Verde… Saudade*!
“We’re digging up the hatchet!” I’d been waiting for this for a while—this shift in wind direction and the stronger wind from behind than from ahead. No more pressure on Laudato and PersaiVert now—that’s a relief! It lasts a few hours […]
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- Publié le 20 April 2026
- Racing
- JPK 1010, JPK 1030, JPK 1050, JPK 1080, JPK 960
Departure from Cap Martinique today at 5.00 pm
The Cap Martinique race starts today at 5.00 pm! Following the postponement of the start, which was scheduled for yesterday at 2.00 pm, it is finally this afternoon that the fourteen solo sailors and thirty-two pairs will set sail from La Trinité-sur-Mer towards Fort-de-France in Martinique, for a gruelling 4,000-nautical-mile race over […]
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- Publié le 8 April 2026
- Racing
- 1050, JPK 1050
Spi Ouest France: the JPK 1050, four-time winner of the IRC double handed!
Four races, four wins: the JPK 1050 ‘PERSAIVERT’, skippered by Alex Ozon in a double-handed crew with Jean-Pierre Kelbert and then Meven Flao, has achieved an incredible clean sweep at the Spi Ouest France 2026! All this against top-class competition, including the ‘Lann Ael 3’ prototype […]
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- Publié le 6 February 2026
- The shipyard
- JPK 1050
What do the JPK 1050 and a Senegalese pirogue have in common?
Quick answer: Jacques Valer. Whilst you probably knew that the shipyard’s in-house architect designed all its boats, including the JPK 1050, you may not have realised that he also drew up the plans for a canoe...
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