105′ Carbon Fiber Racing Trimaran Sodeb’O in Sydney Harbor

Welcome Aboard! 

It’s confirmed, the flights are booked and I’m leaving on Tuesday afternoon, September 2nd on a non-stop flight to France. I’ll be going over to sail with Thomas Coville on his 105′ carbon fiber trimaran, Sodeb’O as a guest of Helly Hansen from Norway, the maker of outrageously cool outdoor clothing, such as the Ocean Racing Jacket, pictured below. While I will be staying in Nantes, the boat is actually up the coast a bit in La Trinite-sur-Mer.

Coville has already set two significant solo speed sailing records with his boat, the furthest distance covered in 24 hours and the fastest trip across the Atlantic from New York to England. I expect that before the boat is retired, he will be setting additional records of all kinds with an attempt at the Solo Round The World record scheduled for late in the fall of this year.

I will be shooting a ton of High Definition video on the trip, as well as hundreds of high res. still images. I’ll be using a terrific new, Bonica Snapper HDDV Underwater Camera for video/stills, which is completely waterproof and so compact that it fits in the front pocket of virtually all offshore sailing jackets. You can see the full kit at this link: http://www.scuba.com/scuba-gear-535/069742/Bonica-Snapper-HDDV-5.0-Megapixel-Digital-Video-Camera-with-Underwater-Housing.html

A full report, as well as a huge stash of HD video clips and photos will be available on this site after I get back and get myself pulled together from the jet lag.

Chris Ostlind

Lunada Design