Boats
In early races, boats were all from the same series. Since 1980, the race used prototype half-tonners.
In 1991, the Solitaire du Figaro made the milestone of becoming a One-Design race. The race organisers chose the Figaro Bénéteau (now called Figaro Bénéteau I) designed by Group Finot and Jean Berret.
Since 2003, a new design called Figaro Bénéteau II has been used, a modernised, more powerful version.
Read more about this topic: Solitaire Du Figaro
Famous quotes containing the word boats:
“Fortune brings in some boats that are not steer’d.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The frowsy sponge boats keep coming in
with the obliging air of retrievers,”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
“Away down the river,
A hundred miles or more,
Other little children
Shall bring my boats ashore.”
—Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)