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Douce France has a displacement of 120 tons and has a range of 3500 nautical miles, for up to 12 guests and 8 crew. Typical sail cruise speed is 9 knots and maximum speed under sail is 19 knots. This vessel has twin diesel engines and can motor at 12 knots. The hulls are made of
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The Douce France was the largest sail catamaran in the World, and significant step from previous designs in this history of these type of vessels. Douce France has been analyzed in attempts to build similar large sailing catamarans especially for luxury cruising.
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also underwent a refit in 2009 and 2015. The exterior and interior design was done overall by
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Architecture:Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prevost, Marc Van Peteghem
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The same design firm went on make an even larger sailing catamaran, the 145 foot
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399:"Luxury Charter Yacht Douce France Specifications | Superyacht Charter"
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385:"Yacht Douce France Technical Specifications - Luxury Charter Group"
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177:(Sailing trimaran won Jules Verne trophy for circumnavigation)
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Chantier Naval Alumarine in 1998.
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26:("Sweet France") is a 138 feet luxury sailing
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124:Additional designers: Vincent Lauriot-Prevost
105:As of 2018 the vessel is flagged to Belgium.
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488:"Pendennis Hemisphere: The Year of the Cat"
470:"Pendennis Hemisphere: The Year Of The Cat"
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129:Interior Designers: Anne-Monique Bonadei
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83:Length (waterline) 38.25m / 125.5 ft
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164:List of large sailing yachts
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