PEN Duick

Family of boats having belonged to Eric Tabarly. PEN Duick Means in Breton “small black head” and it is the name which one gives to the titmouses with black head.

PEN Duick

largest hull in Polyester
The first PEN Duick is a sailing ship produced on the plans of a Scottish architect of great fame, William Fife III, in 1898. Acquired by the father of Eric Tabarly, Guy Tabarly, in 1938, his hull rotted in the mudholes after the Second world war.

Whereas his/her father wishes to separate from the old woman, Eric persuades his father to give him, because it there is very attached.

But the hull is in very bad state, and Eric is obliged to carry out the first repair: to mould the old hull, to be able, while keeping the beautiful original lines, to manufacture a new plastic hull. It was the largest hull of this type at that time.

Whereas Eric is with the Naval college of Brest, it tries to sail the maximum with its boat, and does not hesitate to put the courses on side…

The boat underwent a restoration with old in the building sites of Raymond Labbe in 1983, and celebrated its centenary in May 1998.

Eric Tabarly was always opposed to the inscription of " son" boat with the national maritime inheritance. It is on its board, that into the night from June 12th to 13rd 1998, Eric Tabarly fall to the sea, at the time of a crossing towards the Ireland

PEN Duick II

It is about the boat with which Eric Tabarly gained the English Transat in 1964. It owes its name with the first of the series. Its hull was made in Contreplaqué marine, with bilge S sharp, which was effective in the absence of being very elegant. For the anecdote, Eric Tabarly, by lack of means and pragmatism, used a Selle Harley-Davidson in Cuir like sits of table with charts and the bubble of bars interior, inspired by an idea of Marcel Bardiaux, is an astrodome of bomber…

Overall length: 13,60 m
Length with the floating: 10 m
Displacement: 8 T
Width: 3,40 m
Draft: 2,20m
Surface of aerofoil to near: 61,20 m
Large veil: 21,60 m
Mizzen: 10 m
Yankee: 29,60 m
Trinquette: 16,40 m
Veil of stay: 25 m
Spi: 82 m
Architect: Gilles Costantini
Building site: Building sites Costantini
Year of construction: 1964
Class: 3
Standard: Type 1

This sailing ship underwent several modifications during its existence, of which a transformation of the Gréement of Ketch into Goélette with Wishbone, and a truncation of the poop. In 1994, the National school of veil it was entirely restored in its country of origin.

PEN Duick III

the largest hull aluminum
Boat of 17 m 45, built in 1967 with the building site “the Stone quarry” in Lorient, very out of aluminum (larger hull of the time????). Gréé in goélette with some transformations, it almost very gained in 1967, to the great displeasure of the Britanniques. It is recognizable with its stem with guibre.

Overall length: 17,45m
Length with the floating: 13m
Displacement: 13,5T
Width: 4,21m
Draft: 2,75m
Surface of aerofoil to near: 152m2

PEN Duick IV

First Trimaran of race
Carried out by Alain Colas it is the winner of the English Transat 1972.

True Cultural revolution, this Trimaran gréé in Ketch marconi was fastest of its time. Some called it besides the “aluminum octopus”. Not painted, it was often described like esthetics lack, which was largely compensated by its performances.
But it is on its end that it becomes really famous. Bought by Alain Colas, which re-elects it Manureva and buckles a round the world tour, it disappears in 1978, at the time of the first Route of Rum, at the time of a strong storm.

Overall length: 20,80m
Length with the floating: 19,50m
Displacement: 8T
Width: 10,70m
Draft: 2,40m
Surface of aerofoil to near: 107m2
Architect: Andre Allègre

PEN Duick V

the first sailing ship of race to ballasts
Winner (very largely, with 11 days in advance) of the first transpacific one in 1969 (San Francisco - Tokyo, is 5700 miles in 39j 15:00), this aluminum sailing ship of 10,50m conceived by Bigoin, Duvergie and Eric Tabarly preceded the sailing ships of Open race, with the very broad back, the flat bottom and the vast ballasts. For the anecdote, the ballasts of 500 liters filled with a hand pump.

PEN Duick VI

A Ketch out of aluminum of 22 meters conceived in 1973 by André Mauric for the Whitbread (race around the world as a crew), the last of the series, it undergoes two démâtages at the time of Whitbread which prevented it from showing its potential.

Interior installation is characterized by the separation of the habitat in two isolated cabins, for the team of quarter of “tribordais”, for the team of quarter of “babordais”. Thus, the quarter at rest is not disturbed in its sleep by the comings and goings of the team-members of quarter.

The pintle of help, very hard to operate because of the size of the boat, was carved in a suggestive form, by Olivier de Kersauson, according to the legend.

Eric was victorious Transatlantic race as a recluse in 1976, whereas everyone believed it lost. He preceded his friend Alain Colas, who made this race on the Mediterranean Club, boat having 4 masts. The operation as a recluse of this boat requires an considerable effort (weight of the veils, material of time etc). It should nevertheless be stressed that the handling of this boat was planned for a crew of 16 people… It is thus at the time of this race as a recluse, and for this boat, that Eric Tabarly invented the " sock with spi " now adopted on a good number of sailing ships, sportsmen or not.

The boat always sails and is exploited by a club of cruising which proposes to sail on PEN Duick VI and other boats of prestige.

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