Marc Van Peteghem

Marc Van Peteghem is a French naval architect, co-founder of VPLP (Van Peteghem Lauriot-Prévost) a French based naval architectural firm, since 1983.

Studies

Born in January 9, 1957 in Paris, Marc Van Peteghem studied at Southampton Solent University from 1977 to 1979 where he became a naval architect. There he met Vincent Lauriot-Prévost with whom he became friend.[1]

Career

In 1983, Vincent Lauriot-Prévost and Marc Van Peteghem became associates and founded the naval architecture agency VPLP (the acronym of the initials of their names: Van Peteghem and Lauriot Prévost).[2]

Together, they specialize in racing multihulls design. Their first boat is a 50-foot (15m) foiler baptized Gerard Lambert[3][4] and was the first in a long line of racing trimarans.

Their multihulls became famous and won many victories in races, including the America’s Cup in 2010[5] and records around the world. Later, this success would Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prévost international references in the field of naval architecture.[6]

VPLP also develops yachts such as « Douce France »[7] and « Hemisphere »,[8] which are the two largest cruising catamarans in the world.[9] The agency also works with the Groupe Bénéteau to design their cruising catamarans,[10] produced at nearly 3,000 units since 1986, and works with the shipyard Outremer.[11]

In 2004, Marc Van Peteghem meets Yves Marre and begins to work with him on a catamaran ambulance[12] for Bangladesh,[13] built in TaraTari Shipyard.[14] In 2010, he decided with Yves Marre, Alain Connan and Gerald Similowski to create NGO Watever which assists underprivileged populations living on the shores of oceans and rivers.[15][16] He is the President of the NGO.

In 2012, he co-found « The Sustainable Design School » with Maurille Larivière and Patrick Le Quément, a school of design and sustainable innovation based in Nice.[17]

In 2014, Marc Van Peteghem took part in TEDx Cannes with the talk "Let's reduce our fuel consumption at sea!"[18]

References

  1. ↑ http://megayachtnews.com/2013/10/marc-van-peteghem-vincent-lauriot-prevost-vplp/#axzz322WTiPVm
  2. ↑ http://www.multihulls-world.com/us/011-685-Marc-Van-Peteghem-naval-architect-amongst-other-things.html
  3. ↑ http://www.vplp.fr/realisation/gerard-lambert/58.html
  4. ↑ http://www.multihull-maven.com/Designers/Van_Peteghem_Lauriot_Pr%E9vost_%28VPLP%29
  5. ↑ http://www.sailing.org/news/5197.php
  6. ↑ http://www.yachtingtimesmagazine.com/en/notas/issue01/03.php?lang=en
  7. ↑ http://www.doucefrance-yacht.com/characteristics.html
  8. ↑ http://www.sy-hemisphere.com/details/
  9. ↑ http://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-features/hemisphere-the-worlds-top-cat/
  10. ↑ http://www.cata-lagoon.com/lagoon_historique_uk.php
  11. ↑ http://www.catamaran-outremer.com/en/Outremer-Catamarans/Modele/Outremer-5X
  12. ↑ http://www.vplp.fr/realisation/friendship-ambulance/58.html
  13. ↑ http://www.friendship-bd.org/page/river-ambulance-services-25
  14. ↑ http://taratari.org/work/riverine-ambulance#
  15. ↑ http://watever.org/a-propos/histoire/
  16. ↑ http://watever.org/a-propos/approche/
  17. ↑ http://www.the-sds.com/en/founders
  18. ↑ "TED X Cannes 2014".

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