Five up for Multi Cup

News of this year's 60ft trimaran championship

As previously announced the start of the Multi Cup 60 2006 will kick off in London on 8 May. The first event of this new championship is a new crewed race from London to Nice. The first competitors are expected to reach Nice, Alpes Maritimes, around 15 May.

Five boats have signed up for the 2006 championship:

Banque Populaire (Pascal Bidegorry)
Géant (Michel Desjoyeaux)
Gitana 11 (Frédéric Le Peutrec)
Gitana 12 (Thierry Duprey du Vorsent)
Groupama (Franck Cammas)

The Multi Cup 60 is being organised by the company Multi Cup SAS, specificly founded for this new event. Its CEO should be named in the next few days as will the name of the companies responsible for the media electronics and image production fields before 21 April.

The announcement of the main sponsor of the Multi Cup 60, will also occur very soon.