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| title        = IDEC 2
| image = IDEC-Crêpes-Whaou-3.jpg
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| designer     = Nigel Irens & Benoit Cabaret
| builder      = Marsaudon Composites<br>Lorient, France
| launched     = 2007
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| beam         = {{convert|16.5|m|abbr=on}}
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| sail         = {{convert|350|m2|abbr=on}} (upwind)<br>{{convert|520|m2|abbr=on}} (downwind)
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'''''IDEC 2''''' is an ocean racing [[Engineering:Trimaran|trimaran]] skippered by Francis Joyon and sponsored by '''groupe IDEC'''. She is currently named '''''Qingdao China'''''.

==As ''IDEC 2''==
The main goal of Francis Joyon was to regain the single-handed [[Engineering:Around the world sailing record|round-the-world record]] from Ellen MacArthur. The yachtsman from Locmariaquer did so, in January 2008, beating her record by more than two weeks, and even managed to get the second best time around the world behind ''[[Engineering:Orange II (boat)|Orange II]]'' and in front of crewed sailboats such as ''[[Engineering:Cheyenne (catamaran)|Cheyenne]]'', ''[[Engineering:Geronimo (yacht)|Geronimo]]'' and ''Orange''.

==As ''Qingdao China''==
By 2016 the ''IDEC 2'' had been sold and renamed ''Qingdao China''. She was used by Chinese sailor Guo Chuan in an attempt to break the world record for a solo crossing of the Pacific, sailing from San Francisco to Shanghai. Chuan set sail from San Francisco on 18 October 2016, but the US Coast Guard was notified after they lost contact with him on 25 October some 600 miles off the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. A team from the {{USS|Makin Island|LHD-8|6}} reached the yacht on 27 October, finding it adrift with a damaged sail, with no sign of Chuan, but with his lifejacket still aboard. The crew removed his personal belongings, and left the yacht for later salvage.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-37784569 |title=Guo Chuan: Search suspended for sailor attempting world record |work=BBC News|date=27 October 2016 |accessdate=27 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/27/us-coast-guard-suspends-search-guo-chuan-chinese-sailor-lost-mid-pacific |title=US suspends search for Chinese sailor lost in mid-Pacific|work=The Guardian|agency=Agence France-Presse |date=27 October 2016 |accessdate=27 October 2016}}</ref>

==Records==
*2007 24 hours distance record single-handed:<ref name=record24h>[http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/24-hour-distance.html WSSRC 24h records]</ref> {{convert|616.07|nmi|km}};
*2007 Channel crossing record (Cowes to Dinard), the 19 August 2007, in 6h 23m and 36s, at an average speed of {{convert|21.58|kn|km/h}}.<ref name="WSSRC ratified passage records">[http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/wssrc-ratified-passage-records.html WSSRC ratified passage records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525180234/http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/wssrc-ratified-passage-records.html |date=2013-05-25 }}</ref>
*2008 [[Engineering:Around the world sailing record|Around the world record]] single-handed, non-stop and with no assistance :  57d 6h 23m 6s, with an average speed of {{convert|21.6|kn|km/h}}.<ref name="WSSRC ratified passage records"/> It also beats the intermediate single-handed records on its way.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/intermediate-round-the-world-records.html |title=WSSRC intermediate round the world records |access-date=2010-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121170039/http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/intermediate-round-the-world-records.html |archive-date=2010-01-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2008 Transatlantic record single-handed from Plymouth to Newport, in 9d 20h 35m.<ref name="WSSRC ratified passage records"/>

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*[http://www.idecsport-sailing.com/ website]
*[http://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%20ORMA/Max%20Idec.htm Histoire des Halfs].

[[Category:Individual sailing vessels]]

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