Five months after the start of Sailing into the future. Together, IBSA can celebrate the first important milestone of the project: the technical launch of the new Class40. Against the background of the beautiful town of La Trinité-Sur-Mer, yesterday afternoon the IBSA Class40 travelled on board a truck the short journey between the shipyard and the marina and, right in front of “Casa IBSA” – the operational headquarters – it was put in the water for the first time for its technical launch.
A milestone that marks the conclusion of many months of design, construction, hard shipyard work and difficult technical and strategic choices, that now are finally realised, projecting skipper Alberto Bona, his team and all IBSA towards the Route du Rhum, which will start next November 6.
“The technical launch is a critical step of the project, also from a psychological and motivational point of view. After so many months of work, what were just ideas and projects have finally taken shape. We have built this new Class40 using the approach that best represents us, by fielding innovation, determination, continuous improvement and the will to always sail new horizons, within a vision that for IBSA always goes beyond the pharmaceutical context and beyond care”, explained Giorgio Pisani, Vice President Southern Europe IBSA and Project Leader. “Now Alberto and his team must make the most of the time left before departure and carry out the “wet” testing, in order to make the boat reliable and performing and turn this sporting undertaking into a success”.