''Geronimo'' is a French

trimaran A trimaran (or double-outrigger) is a multihull boat that comprises a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls (or "floats") which are attached to the main hull with lateral beams. Most modern trimarans are sailing yachts designed for recreati ...

designed to break great offshore records. It was skippered by the French yachtsman

Olivier de Kersauson Olivier de Kersauson de Pennendreff (born 20 July 1944) is a French sailor and sailing champion. Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20 July 1944 ...

. It was launched on Saturday 29 September 2001 in

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by Marie Tabarly. Geronimo was purchased by Sodebo in February 2013 and renamed Sodebo Ultim. The trimaran was heavily modified with a shorter and lighter central hull, a new mast and new cockpit configuration, making it more suitable for long-distance solo sailing. It is now skippered by

Thomas Coville Thomas Coville (born 10 May 1968) is a French yacht racer. Coville was born in Rennes. He participated in significant offshore races and record attempts. In April 2012, he achieved 7 circumnavigations of the world, on mono or multihulls, sing ...

Records

* 29 April 2004, after three unsuccessful attempts, ''Geronimo'', skippered by

, wins the

Jules Verne Trophy The Jules Verne Trophy is a prize for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht with no restrictions on the size of the crew provided the vessel has registered with the organization and paid an entry fee. A vessel holding th ...

from Bruno Peyron in 63 days, 13 hours and 59 minutes. Trophy taken back in 2005 by the same Bruno Peyron. * July 2005 : Fastest sailing around Australia in nearly 17 days and 13 hours.WSSRC current records
* November 2005 : ''Geronimo'', skippered by

, breaks the

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record in 4 days and 19 hours. This record was broken in July 2015 by Lending Club 2 co-skippered by Renaud Laplanche, and Ryan Breymaier with a time of 3 days, 18 hours, 9 seconds. * April 2006 : Transpacific, east to west (

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) in 14 days and 22 hours.WSSRC historical records
Record beaten in 2008 by ''

Gitana 13 ''Gitana 13'' is an ocean-racing catamaran. She has had several names, including: *2000: ''Innovation Explorer'', skippered by Loïck Peyron. She was built for The Race, a no-limits nonstop crewed circumnavigation in which she took second place. ...

''. * June 2006 : Transpacific, west to east (

) in 13 days and 22 hours. * December 2016 :

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single-handed as Sodebo Ultim by

in 49 days 3 hours 7 minutes and 38 seconds (7 days less than Francis Joyon's previous record).

References

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