LA TRANSQUADRA

KAIDOZ 31

On 02 December, 2006, at 10 am, at the Salon Nautique of Paris, the young Kaïdoz Plaisance team gave a preview of the Kaïdoz 31 prototype that "Voile Magazine" had just qualified as "Sailing Boat of the Future" while illustrating the cover of its Salon special issue.

With an open 14-square-metre cockpit which, when mooring, can be turned, into a comfortable living room under an innovative, waterproof and insulating inflatable cocoon.

With an over-16-knot surfing capacity under spinnaker, it can take aboard twelve people comfortably sitting on some "LUHONA" sofa seats. Under a 1.90-metre-high round roof, it has a bathroom unit of innovative design.

The Kaïdoz 31 is the first one of a new generation of "people carrier and convertible" sailing boats giving all generations the pleasure of sailing according to their desires and passions.

Pour cette édition de la Transquadra 2008/2009, le Kaidoz 31 LUHONA est équipé des dernières technologies :

• Carbon mast
• 1.80-m long keel
• Trilame sails
• High-tech electronics

THE KAIDOZ CREW

On 10 February 2006, at 4 pm, during the 2006 Transquadra, Bernard de Ravignan (on the right) aboard the pogo 8.50 « Accastillage Diffusion », got an email from the Transquadra race headquarters, telling him about the wrecking of François Petit (on the left) aboard the Figaro « LD Lines ».

He rerouted immediately to help the shipwrecked man drifting on its rescue raft ten miles away from him. At 9 pm in the dark and with a heavy sea, after a perfect manoeuvre, François was rescued safe and sound.

This unforgettable moment was going to seal a lasting friendship, arisen during the end of the race when, sailing along at breakneck speed, they achieved a classic recovery and reached Martinique in fifth on the final placing.

On 13 September 2007, while receiving the first rough draft of the IRC rating of the Kaidoz 31, the protagonists of this story exchanged only one look to realize that the pleasure of being together in this adventure would be growing.

Feeling like sharing an adventure, combining their skills and talents and finding pleasure, have led Bernard and François to leave together in 2008 for a Transquadra duo.