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 on 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 a 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]

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References
  1. "Megayacht News Leadership Series: Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prévost, VPLP - Megayacht News". megayachtnews.com. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  2. "Marc Van Peteghem: naval architect, amongst other things... - Catamaran and trimaran news from Multihulls World - multihulls-world.com". multihulls-world.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  3. "Ship Gerard Lambert - Naval architect - VPLP Design". vplp.fr. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  4. http://www.multihull-maven.com/Designers/Van_Peteghem_Lauriot_Pr%E9vost_%28VPLP%29
  5. "Wild, Wacky And Windy At US West Coast Trials". sailing.org. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  6. Magazine, Yachting Times. "Yachting Times". www.yachtingtimesmagazine.com.
  7. "Specs Douce France". doucefrance-yacht.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  8. "Hemisphere: The World's Largest Sailing Catamaran :: Details". sy-hemisphere.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  9. "Hemisphere: the world's largest catamaran". boatinternational.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  10. "Lagoon yard history". cata-lagoon.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  11. "Outremer Catamaran - Our Catamarans - Outremer 5X". catamaran-outremer.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  12. "Ship Friendship Ambulance - Naval architect - VPLP Design". vplp.fr. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  13. Ltd., Right Brain Solution. "Friendship - River Ambulance Services". friendship-bd.org. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  14. "Riverine Ambulance - TaraTari Shipyard". taratari.org. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  15. "Watever - Solutions Flottantes Utiles -". watever.org. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  16. "Watever - Solutions Flottantes Utiles -". watever.org. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  17. "The Sustainable Design School". the-sds.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  18. "TED X Cannes 2014".
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