Warta Polpharma

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

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

Records
Preceded by
First holder
Jules Verne Trophy
1993–1994
Succeeded by
ENZA New Zealand with Knox-Johnston & Blake
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