Interview with IMOCA 60 yacht designer

26/08/2021

World-renowned yacht designer Juan Kouyoumdjian explains just how much work and detail goes into the design of the IMOCA 60, where The Ocean Race Europe IMOCA class was lost and won and where the future lies for foiling offshore boats.

– The Ocean Race

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