Mari-Cha III, the renowned and record-breaking sailing yacht just completed a five month refit at Derecktor in Connecticut. She will leave Derecktor next week to return to Europe with the full interior refinished to a clean and bright minimalist style, new fresh and black water tanks, new air-conditioning systems and ventilation, new rigging and hydraulics as well as a new generator and electronics. Plus the full repainting of topsides, deck and bottom.
Aboard sea trails this week were: Mari-Cha III Captain Damien Durchon and Mari-Cha III crew: Massimiliano ( Max) Trevisan, Melissa Gionet, Nicholas Lecarpentier, Sam Needham, Dominique Rivoalan, Janine Doerheit, Olivier Vigoureux, Kathryn Thomason and Vincent Donnot as well as the Derecktor Connecticut crew: yard manager Steve Shaw with Project Manager Andrew Cooley and Andrew Leon, Mamede Brito, Carlos Marques, Luis Costa, Reinaldo Mendez, and David White. We were ucky to have Editor and Chief of WindCheck Magazine Christopher Gill, our extremely talented photographer Melani Lust and Joyce Clear from Clear Group International on board as well.
Captain Damien Durchon, who has been with the Mari-Cha program since 2003 and has been a part of numerous world sailing records including the fastest transatlantic ever on Mari-Cha IV, explained the reasons for choosing Derecktor “ We are quite demanding when it comes to our boats. We expect the work to be perfect. Crossing the Atlantic was well worth the effort to take advantage of the quality workmanship at Derecktor. We are very pleased with the results”
Launched in 1997, Mari-cha III was designed by Philippe Briand with a traditional interior by John Munford that can be removed to save weight when racing. In 1998 she broke one of the most enduring and prized records in sailing when she went transatlantic from New York to the Lizard in 8 days, 23 hrs, 59 minutes and 41 seconds, shattering the existing record.
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