The MOD 70 class was born in 2009 from the experience gained in the Orma 60 trimaran class, through a collaboration between three passionate entrepreneurs and sailors: Marco Simeoni, Steve Ravussin, and Franck David. At the start of the Vendee Globe race in 2008, Steve Ravussin and Franck David introduced Marco Simeoni to the Multi One Design project, which aimed to establish a class of identical offshore trimarans.
This concept of having internationally renowned skippers with equal potential to race around the world captivated Swiss businessman Marco Simeoni, who signed an order for five MOD 70s to kick off the Multi One Design story. In 2009, the company Multi One Design was created in Lausanne (Switzerland) alongside the Race for Water foundation to circulate information, share views, and act to address water issues worldwide and protect the oceans. In total, seven teams from three different nationalities were engaged to race on the MOD 70, including Michel Desjoyeaux on Foncia, Roland Jourdain on Veolia Environnement, Sidney Gavignet on Oman Sails, Yann Guichard on Spindrift Racing, and Jean-Pierre Dick on Paprec Virbac. LIMOSA (formerly Spindrift and Mana) was the fifth model to be built.
