The largest sailboat in the world will be French!

History is full of examples that demonstrate this: it takes a dream, a challenge, and often both, to push the limits of the possible.

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a French flagship of the 1930s...

The industrial era had already lowered the sails of large ships, replaced by ever more powerful engines, while the epic of transatlantic cruises led shipping companies into a mad race for excess and the Blue Ribbon.

Whoever rallied Europe to America the fastest won the precious trophy… No way for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique to be left behind.

In Saint-Nazaire, the Penhoët shipyards were then entrusted with the design of what would prove to be a French glory.

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When it was launched in 1932, the

was the largest ocean liner in the world (almost 314 meters long), the most modern (it was the first with electric propulsion), the most sumptuous, but also the fastest.

This he proved on his maiden cruise in May 1935, crossing the Atlantic in just under four days at an average speed of 30 knots.

Upon his arrival, New York and the entire world acclaimed him: record broken.

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