Record of achievements

2008

• Winner of the Safram Speed Tour (M2 class) 2008 on “Tilt” (Skipper-Co-helmsman)

2007

• Holder of the Violet Ribbon record  (Bol d’Or course, Geneva – Le Bouveret – Geneva, on a monohull), since 4 September 2007 on board the "Tilt" monohull (Psaros 40) with a time of 7h 32’ 10’’ (1h13’ better than the 1994 record) as skipper.
• Winner of the Blue Ribbon record (Bol d’Or course, Geneva – Le Bouveret – Geneva, on a multihull),  on the D35 multihull “Julius Baer” as a crew member.

2006

• Winner of the Bol de Vermeil (with 3 victories in five years in the Bol d’Or) with Patrick Firmenich
• Winner of the “Championnat du Petit Lac”: Psaros 40 monohull “Tilt” as co-skipper
• 2^nd in the M2 “Tilt” multihull championship ranking (skipper) and new record in the Estavayer 100 miles.

2005

• 2^nd in the Bol d’Or on the Psaros 40 “Tilt” monohull, Co-skipper.

2004

• Winner of the Bol d’Or on the Psaros 40 “Tilt”, co-skipper
• 2^nd in the “Championnat du Petit Lac” on the Psaros 40 ”Tilt”, co-skipper

2003

• 2^nd in the Bol d’or on the Psaros 40 “Tilt”, co-skipper
• 2^nd in the “Championnat du Petit Lac”: Psaros 40 ”Tilt”, co-skipper

2002

• 11^th in the AG2R transatlantic race (Lorient – Madeira – St. Barthélemy), Figaro Bénéteau. Winning co-skipper in the Bol d’Or on the Psaros 40 “Tilt”, co-skipper
• 2^nd in the “Championnat du Petit Lac” on the Psaros 40 “Tilt”, co-skipper

2001

• 8^th in the “Fastnet Race” on the Open 60 footer “Bobst Armur Lux”, helmsman.

2000

• 2^nd in the Bol d’Or on the F 40 trimaran “Happycalopse”, co-helmsman

1999

• Winner of the Bol d’Or on the F40 trimaran “Happycalopse”, co-helmsman

1994

• Participation in the Laser World Championship in Wakayama (Japan).

1992

• 22^nd in the “La Solitaire le Figaro”, First Class Figaro Solo “Banque de Dépôts".

1989

• 2^nd in the “Triangle du Soleil” (France-Balearics-Corsica-France) on “Banque de Dépôts”
• Winner of the Bol D’or on the F40 catamaran “Le Matin”

1987

• 1^st in the “Mini Fastnet” on the mini “Tilt”
• Winner of the Bol d’Or, on the F40 catamaran “Voiles Gautier"
• Swiss Skipper of the year award.
• Winner of the “Discovery race” (Portugal-Dominican Republic), Maxi Yacht “Merit”, helmsman
• 1987-1988: preparation for the Whitbread on “Merit”, helmsman

1986

• 2^nd in the Mini-Transat (6m50 “Tilt”) France – Canaries – Martinique), co-skipper.

Record of achievements

• 2007: M2 Tilt multihull with Alex Schneiter
• 2006: Winner of the Bol d’Or on a Tilt monohull (Psaros 40) and holder of the Bol de Vermeil – thanks to 3 victories in five years in the Bol d’Or – with Alex Schneiter
• 2004: Winner of the Bol d’Or on the Tilt monohull (Psaros 40)
• 2002: Winner of the Bol d’Or on the Tilt monohull (Psaros 40)
• 1994: Newport-Bermuda : 3^rd in category
• 1993: 17^th Figaro Solitaire race
• 1987: 2^nd  Mini-Transat on Tilt
• European 6 metre Vice-champion on Ylliam (crewing, with Pierre-Yves Firmenich)
• In the 1980s: Swiss Toucan Champion

After studying materials sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Clemens Dransfeld took a master’s degree in industrial design at the Domus Academy in Milan in 1992. He then set up Dyne Design Engineering, in cooperation with Julia Kopp. This business soon began to play a key role in the development of products requiring special expertise in composite materials engineering. Because of his passion for sailing, Clemens became involved in several projects for lake racing boats, Olympic class yachts and two America’s Cup campaigns. After spending 15 years in the composites industry, he was appointed Professor at the University of Applied Sciences of North West Switzerland (FHNW) where he is in charge of the Polymers Engineering Institute.

A graduate of the Higher National School of Advanced Technology (ENSTA) in Paris, Giorgio Provinciali took a second engineering degree at the Milan Politecnico. In  the course of his studies, he was involved in the “Advanced Technology” hydrofoil catamaran project which held the world speed record for class D sailboats from 1997 to 2007 achieving an average of more than 42 knots over 500 metres. He also took a traineeship with the VPLP Van Peteghem-Lauriot Prevost naval architecture practice where he developed a dynamic VPP (Velocity Performance Prediction) project as back-up for the competition multi-hull project.

Since 2000, Giorgio has been working as a consultant in hydrodynamics and performance prediction in cooperation with Michel Kermarec.

He was a member of the design teams responsible for the very latest competition trimarans of the VPLP practice: Bonduelle, Gitana XI, Groupama 2 et 3, Foncia, Géant, Sodebo or Banque Populaire Max.

Since 2001 he has been a member of the design teams in charge of the Italian challengers for the America’s Cup, i.e. the Prada and Luna Rossa boats, with special responsibility for performance prediction and experimental hydrodynamics (tests in dry dock and wind tunnel).

Since December 2007, Giorgio Provinciali has been a consultant to the Design Team of the US challenger BMW Oracle for the 33^rd America’s Cup.