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Bronze medal from the Paris Mint (cornucopia hallmark from 1880).
Medal struck in 1979.
Some minimal traces of handling.
Engraver : Jean JOACHIM (1905-1990) .
Dimension : 68mm.
Weight : 194 g.
Metal : bronze.
Hallmark on the edge (mark on the edge) : cornucopia + bronze + 1979.
Quick and neat delivery .
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Éric Tabarly is a French navigator, born July 24, 1931 in Nantes1 and died in the Irish Sea on June 13, 1998 following a fall overboard2.
A petty officer and pilot in naval aviation (non-commissioned officer), then a naval officer up to the rank of captain3, he developed a passion for offshore racing very early on and won several ocean races such as the Ostar in 1964 and 1976, putting an end to English domination in this specialty.
He trains a whole generation of ocean racers and contributes through his victories to the development of nautical activities in France. Although very attached to his old Pen Duick from 1898, he also played a pioneering role in the development of the multihull by designing his trimaran Pen Duick IV (1968), one of the very first offshore racing multihulls, confirming the supremacy of this type of boat on monohulls.
Biography
Pen Duick II, with which Éric Tabarly won his first English Transat in 1964.
Éric Tabarly discovered sailing at the age of three aboard Annie, the family boat. In 1938, his father Guy Tabarly bought an old sailboat built in 1898 and designed by William Fife. The previous owners, brothers Jean and André Lebec, had renamed it Pen Duick, literally meaning little black head (pen = head; du = black; ick = diminutive, small), that is to say black tit in Breton .
In 1952, Éric Tabarly joined the French Navy. He was admitted to Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer as a pilot in naval aeronautics and flew on Stampe SV-4 for his debut (at the Khouribga base in Morocco). He then carried out his multi-engine specialization in Agadir on Beechcraft SNB/JRB and Avro Lancaster. He then served at the BAN Tan-Son-Nhut in French Indochina in the 28F flotilla which deployed PB4Y Privateers for maritime patrol. He flew approximately 1,000 hours, particularly during the Indochina War. After following the CPEOM (preparatory course for naval officer cadets), he was admitted in 1958, on his second attempt, to the Naval Officer Cadet School (EOM), whose education is confused with that of the School. naval and where he distinguished himself, among other things, by his sporting abilities.
In 1952, his father planned to resell Pen Duick, which had not sailed since 1947 and was in very poor condition, but in view of his son's interest, he left the boat to him. He began to rehabilitate it in 1956, but it proved beyond repair; he then had the idea of using the hull as a mold, and in 1958 rebuilt the hull in polyester laminate at the Costantini shipyard. In 1959, Pen Duick sailed again. Éric Tabarly then entered his boat in English RORC races in 1960, 1961 and 1962 with new sails.
After leaving the Naval Ensign Application School aboard the training cruiser Jeanne d'Arc, he embarked in Cherbourg in June 1962 as second officer of the Sirius-class minesweeper Castor. In 1963, in Lorient, he took command of the infantry and tank landing craft, EDIC 9092.
Wishing to participate in the solo transatlantic race (Ostar) of 1964, he was placed, at his request, on special detachment by the French Navy, which allowed him to sail freely while remaining an active officer. He trained on the Costantini brothers' 9.65m Tarann Margilic V and realized he could master a larger, faster boat. With the help of architects Gilles and Marc Costantini, he specially designed Pen Duick II, a 13.60 meter ketch, with which he won the race by first crossing the finish line in NEWPORT on June 18, 1964, ahead of Francis Chichester who won the previous edition in 1960. Following this exploit which rediscovered offshore racing in France, he was named Knight of the Legion of Honor by Charles de Gaulle.
In 1964, still crowned by his victory in the single-handed transatlantic race, Éric Tabarly entered the rifle officer course (Marine Command) at the Lorient Marine Rifle School. For many years he held the record times for the various courses and commando marches.
To continue offshore racing, Éric Tabarly had a larger monohull built, Pen Duick III in 1966. With numerous victories, this will be the most successful unit in the Pen Duick series.
Following the victory of the trimaran Toria in the Two-Handed Round Britain Race in 19664, Tabarly tested this boat during a delivery at almost ten knots on average with its architect Derek Kelsall5. “From the day he sailed on a multihull, in 1966, he was convinced that it would be the future of sea racing”6, explains Gérard Petipas: he in turn launched into multihulls and had Pen Duick built IV for the 1968 transatlantic race. Finished late, the boat will not be ready and Tabarly will have to abandon.
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A petty officer and pilot in naval aviation (non-commissioned officer), then a naval officer up to the rank of captain3, he developed a passion for offshore racing very early on and won several ocean races such as the Ostar in 1964 and 1976, putting an end to English domination in this specialty.
He trains a whole generation of ocean racers and contributes through his victories to the development of nautical activities in France. Although very attached to his old Pen Duick from 1898, he also played a pioneering role in the development of the multihull by designing his trimaran Pen Duick IV (1968), one of the very first offshore racing multihulls, confirming the supremacy of this type of boat on monohulls.
Biography
Pen Duick II, with which Éric Tabarly won his first English Transat in 1964.
Éric Tabarly discovered sailing at the age of three aboard Annie, the family boat. In 1938, his father Guy Tabarly bought an old sailboat built in 1898 and designed by William Fife. The previous owners, brothers Jean and André Lebec, had renamed it Pen Duick, literally meaning little black head (pen = head; du = black; ick = diminutive, small), that is to say black tit in Breton .
In 1952, Éric Tabarly joined the French Navy. He was admitted to Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer as a pilot in naval aeronautics and flew on Stampe SV-4 for his debut (at the Khouribga base in Morocco). He then carried out his multi-engine specialization in Agadir on Beechcraft SNB/JRB and Avro Lancaster. He then served at the BAN Tan-Son-Nhut in French Indochina in the 28F flotilla which deployed PB4Y Privateers for maritime patrol. He flew approximately 1,000 hours, particularly during the Indochina War. After following the CPEOM (preparatory course for naval officer cadets), he was admitted in 1958, on his second attempt, to the Naval Officer Cadet School (EOM), whose education is confused with that of the School. naval and where he distinguished himself, among other things, by his sporting abilities.
In 1952, his father planned to resell Pen Duick, which had not sailed since 1947 and was in very poor condition, but in view of his son's interest, he left the boat to him. He began to rehabilitate it in 1956, but it proved beyond repair; he then had the idea of using the hull as a mold, and in 1958 rebuilt the hull in polyester laminate at the Costantini shipyard. In 1959, Pen Duick sailed again. Éric Tabarly then entered his boat in English RORC races in 1960, 1961 and 1962 with new sails.
After leaving the Naval Ensign Application School aboard the training cruiser Jeanne d'Arc, he embarked in Cherbourg in June 1962 as second officer of the Sirius-class minesweeper Castor. In 1963, in Lorient, he took command of the infantry and tank landing craft, EDIC 9092.
Wishing to participate in the solo transatlantic race (Ostar) of 1964, he was placed, at his request, on special detachment by the French Navy, which allowed him to sail freely while remaining an active officer. He trained on the Costantini brothers' 9.65m Tarann Margilic V and realized he could master a larger, faster boat. With the help of architects Gilles and Marc Costantini, he specially designed Pen Duick II, a 13.60 meter ketch, with which he won the race by first crossing the finish line in NEWPORT on June 18, 1964, ahead of Francis Chichester who won the previous edition in 1960. Following this exploit which rediscovered offshore racing in France, he was named Knight of the Legion of Honor by Charles de Gaulle.
In 1964, still crowned by his victory in the single-handed transatlantic race, Éric Tabarly entered the rifle officer course (Marine Command) at the Lorient Marine Rifle School. For many years he held the record times for the various courses and commando marches.
To continue offshore racing, Éric Tabarly had a larger monohull built, Pen Duick III in 1966. With numerous victories, this will be the most successful unit in the Pen Duick series.
Following the victory of the trimaran Toria in the Two-Handed Round Britain Race in 19664, Tabarly tested this boat during a delivery at almost ten knots on average with its architect Derek Kelsall5. “From the day he sailed on a multihull, in 1966, he was convinced that it would be the future of sea racing”6, explains Gérard Petipas: he in turn launched into multihulls and had Pen Duick built IV for the 1968 transatlantic race. Finished late, the boat will not be ready and Tabarly will have to abandon.
Navigation log
Spirit of innovation
“I am neither misanthrope, nor misogynist, nor marginal, and (...) I am interested in the life of our planet. But the boat is really the only area that captivates me, that fuels my innovative ideas13. »
Éric Tabarly made his mark in the history of maritime architecture by actively participating in the design of innovative competition sailboats, exploiting the latest technical developments and applying his knowledge of aerodynamics to hydrodynamics (he trained as a pilot).
Pen Duick II is the first sailboat designed and built specifically for a single-handed Transat,
light displacement (plywood hull), double chineNote 1, narrow keel with salmon, suspended rudder set back, wind speed regulator (MNOP 64)Note 2, observation bubble on the deckhouse in 1963 (Pen Duick II),
bulb keel, hull tank tests, wishbone schooner rigging, sailboat built in duralinox (Pen Duick III),
first long racing trimaran with profiled masts and battened sails in 1968 (Pen Duick IV),
first stabilization ballasts, planing shapes, wide stern, steps, deep draft, minimal ballast in 1969 (Pen Duick V),
importance of the waterline length, for Pen Duick V: the architects of the boat “preferred to keep a fairly large forward slenderness, this allowed them to design a more beautiful hull”, while for Éric Tabarly, “it could have been interesting to make a boat with no or almost no slenderness, so as to have a maximum useful length”14,
keel ballast in depleted uranium, spinnaker sock (Pen Duick VI) now adopted on a good number of sailboats, sports or not15.
hydrofoil concept in 1976 (experimental prototype),
foiling trimaran concept in 1979 (Paul Ricard) continued with the Côte d'Or II.
His sailboats
Pen Duick, the first of his name, does not have a number. It is an old sailboat, built in 1898 to the designs of William Fife III. On board Éric Tabarly learned to sail; he talks about the boats designed by Fife during the first decades of the 20th century: “the great architects of this era were Herreshoff, Watson, Nicholson and William Fife. Among them, Fife has acquired a particular reputation thanks to the aesthetics and balance of its boats. In addition, those that took shape in his yard had unparalleled construction.” Abandoned in the mud, the hull is too damaged to be restored. The boat was saved eleven years later (in 1958) by Eric who recovered the lead keel and used the wooden hull as a male mold to make a new hull in polyester laminate. Later, while at the Brest Naval School, he trained on board to participate in regattas in England in 1960-1962. The boat was renovated at the Raymond Labbé shipyard in 1983 in Saint-Malo, and celebrated its centenary in May 1998.
Pen Duick II (1964): 13.60 meter ketch with light displacement (5.4 tonnes), thin enough to be maneuverable by a single man; construction in marine plywood, double-chine hull, by the Costantini shipyards in La Trinité-sur-Mer.
Pen Duick III (1966): aluminum hull of 17.45 meters, double-chine hull with a bulb keel tested in a hull basin, wishbone schooner rig. Pen Duick III was a very clever boat because, under its schooner rig (two masts of equal size), it took advantage of a loophole in the measurement regulations in which the sail area between the two masts was underestimated in the calculation of the rating (the handicap formula allowing different boats to be compared with each other). This advantage was particularly noticeable when the boat was sailing downwind. This rig had previously been tested on Pen Duick II. From his first season (1967) Pen Duick III nicknamed "the canvas cathedral" won 7 major RORC races including the Fastnet in real time and compensated time, then Sydney-Hobart the same year. In 1977/1978 he took part in the Whitbread (a crewed round-the-world race) under the name Gauloise with Éric Loizeau as skipper. It was then rigged in ketch (the shorter rear mast) because the measurement rules now took into account the entire surface of the sails16. Under the name Cacharel, Pen Duick III also took part in the first Vendée Globe in 1989/1990 with Jean François Coste as skipper. He will finish last in 163 days with the honors of the adventure.
Pen Duick IV (1968): Pen Duick IV, designed by André Allègre, is a 20.80 meter aluminum trimaran, ketch-rigged, equipped with two profiled wing masts, and characterized by tubular lattice arms, rails of arc-shaped sheet and submersible floats (relatively low volume). This sailboat was sold in 1970 to Alain Colas, who renamed it Manureva. It was with this boat that Colas won the 1972 transatlantic race.
Pen DuPalmarès
1964: winner of the English single-handed Transat (Ostar Plymouth-Newport) on Pen Duick II
1967:
Morgan Cup on Pen Duick III
Gotland Race on Pen Duick III
Channel Race on Pen Duick III
Winner of the Fastnet on Pen Duick III in corrected time (IRC gauge)
Plymouth-La Rochelle (Pen Duick III)
Sydney-Hobart (Pen Duick III) (and 2nd on corrected time)
1969: Transpac San Francisco-Tokyo (Transpacific) on Pen Duick V (11 days ahead of the 2nd)
1971: Falmouth-Gibraltar on Pen Duick III
1972: Los Angeles-Tahiti on Pen Duick III
1973: winner of the stage of the
“I am neither misanthrope, nor misogynist, nor marginal, and (...) I am interested in the life of our planet. But the boat is really the only area that captivates me, that fuels my innovative ideas13. »
Éric Tabarly made his mark in the history of maritime architecture by actively participating in the design of innovative competition sailboats, exploiting the latest technical developments and applying his knowledge of aerodynamics to hydrodynamics (he trained as a pilot).
Pen Duick II is the first sailboat designed and built specifically for a single-handed Transat,
light displacement (plywood hull), double chineNote 1, narrow keel with salmon, suspended rudder set back, wind speed regulator (MNOP 64)Note 2, observation bubble on the deckhouse in 1963 (Pen Duick II),
bulb keel, hull tank tests, wishbone schooner rigging, sailboat built in duralinox (Pen Duick III),
first long racing trimaran with profiled masts and battened sails in 1968 (Pen Duick IV),
first stabilization ballasts, planing shapes, wide stern, steps, deep draft, minimal ballast in 1969 (Pen Duick V),
importance of the waterline length, for Pen Duick V: the architects of the boat “preferred to keep a fairly large forward slenderness, this allowed them to design a more beautiful hull”, while for Éric Tabarly, “it could have been interesting to make a boat with no or almost no slenderness, so as to have a maximum useful length”14,
keel ballast in depleted uranium, spinnaker sock (Pen Duick VI) now adopted on a good number of sailboats, sports or not15.
hydrofoil concept in 1976 (experimental prototype),
foiling trimaran concept in 1979 (Paul Ricard) continued with the Côte d'Or II.
His sailboats
Pen Duick, the first of his name, does not have a number. It is an old sailboat, built in 1898 to the designs of William Fife III. On board Éric Tabarly learned to sail; he talks about the boats designed by Fife during the first decades of the 20th century: “the great architects of this era were Herreshoff, Watson, Nicholson and William Fife. Among them, Fife has acquired a particular reputation thanks to the aesthetics and balance of its boats. In addition, those that took shape in his yard had unparalleled construction.” Abandoned in the mud, the hull is too damaged to be restored. The boat was saved eleven years later (in 1958) by Eric who recovered the lead keel and used the wooden hull as a male mold to make a new hull in polyester laminate. Later, while at the Brest Naval School, he trained on board to participate in regattas in England in 1960-1962. The boat was renovated at the Raymond Labbé shipyard in 1983 in Saint-Malo, and celebrated its centenary in May 1998.
Pen Duick II (1964): 13.60 meter ketch with light displacement (5.4 tonnes), thin enough to be maneuverable by a single man; construction in marine plywood, double-chine hull, by the Costantini shipyards in La Trinité-sur-Mer.
Pen Duick III (1966): aluminum hull of 17.45 meters, double-chine hull with a bulb keel tested in a hull basin, wishbone schooner rig. Pen Duick III was a very clever boat because, under its schooner rig (two masts of equal size), it took advantage of a loophole in the measurement regulations in which the sail area between the two masts was underestimated in the calculation of the rating (the handicap formula allowing different boats to be compared with each other). This advantage was particularly noticeable when the boat was sailing downwind. This rig had previously been tested on Pen Duick II. From his first season (1967) Pen Duick III nicknamed "the canvas cathedral" won 7 major RORC races including the Fastnet in real time and compensated time, then Sydney-Hobart the same year. In 1977/1978 he took part in the Whitbread (a crewed round-the-world race) under the name Gauloise with Éric Loizeau as skipper. It was then rigged in ketch (the shorter rear mast) because the measurement rules now took into account the entire surface of the sails16. Under the name Cacharel, Pen Duick III also took part in the first Vendée Globe in 1989/1990 with Jean François Coste as skipper. He will finish last in 163 days with the honors of the adventure.
Pen Duick IV (1968): Pen Duick IV, designed by André Allègre, is a 20.80 meter aluminum trimaran, ketch-rigged, equipped with two profiled wing masts, and characterized by tubular lattice arms, rails of arc-shaped sheet and submersible floats (relatively low volume). This sailboat was sold in 1970 to Alain Colas, who renamed it Manureva. It was with this boat that Colas won the 1972 transatlantic race.
Pen DuPalmarès
1964: winner of the English single-handed Transat (Ostar Plymouth-Newport) on Pen Duick II
1967:
Morgan Cup on Pen Duick III
Gotland Race on Pen Duick III
Channel Race on Pen Duick III
Winner of the Fastnet on Pen Duick III in corrected time (IRC gauge)
Plymouth-La Rochelle (Pen Duick III)
Sydney-Hobart (Pen Duick III) (and 2nd on corrected time)
1969: Transpac San Francisco-Tokyo (Transpacific) on Pen Duick V (11 days ahead of the 2nd)
1971: Falmouth-Gibraltar on Pen Duick III
1972: Los Angeles-Tahiti on Pen Duick III
1973: winner of the stage of the