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Jules Verne Trophy
Franck Cammas : "we want to head back out again next winter"
Back in France after righting Groupama 3 in the New Zealand port of Dunedin, eight of the crew of the giant trimaran confirmed from Groupama’s Managerial staff that the adventure is continuing. Indeed, the damage suffered by the giant trimaran is considerable but reparable. Franck Cammas indicated that Groupama 3 was going to be loaded (...) -
Class 40
Owen Clarke Design LLP plays Jaz 40
Owen Clarke Design has been continually analysing and updating information in the expectation that a new Class 40 would be required for races commencing in the 2009 season. Changes in the class rules Rules #irc #ims , observation from on the water and forecasts for the future development in the class have influenced some of the new yachts (...) -
Launching
Mike Sanderson first sails new Kouyoumdjian’s Open 60
Leading British print and electronic media Media #media company Pindar this week launched its brand new Open 60 in Auckland, New Zealand. A radical new design, which incorporates many cutting edge features including a rotating wing mast and hydraulically adjustable outriggers, this boat will be capable of breaking boundaries, setting (...) -
Vendée Globe
Jonny Malbon’s news Rogers Design 60’ on construction
Artemis Ocean Racing (AOR), the sailing team sponsored by leading UK investment company Artemis, has presented the ongoing construction of their new Open 60. The task of designing and carrying out the new boat build rests with Simon Rogers, owner and founder of Rogers Yacht Design Ltd. Based in Lymington (UK), the design company has extensive (...) -
Vendée Globe 2008
A technical alliance for Mike Golding and Dee Caffari
Dee Caffari and Mike Golding, two British entries in the 2008 Vendée Globe, have today announced they are forming a technical alliance to share key technical data on the development of their new Open 60 yachts. -
Yacht design
Arnold Freidling explores mono-foiler with eXplorius
We all know offshore racing multihulls with foils such as french ORMA trimarans (18 meters long), offshore speed Speed #speedsailing multihulls such as the Hydroptère, and inshore foilers such as the TriFoiler of new flying Mothes. Here is a new concept for… a cruising Cruising #Cruising monohull. The (...) -
Yacht Design
A new 9,50m long open class for monohulls
Jean-Marie Vidal (past Figaro race winner and mini sailor) is launching a new open class for monohulls. Minis are too smalls for cruising Cruising #Cruising , Class 40 is quite expensive, these are the first two ideas for the launching of the new rule which will define an 9,50 meters long open class for racing-cruising Cruising #Cruising (...) -
Yacht Design
The new Farr 35’ canting keel one-design
Design #613 represents the culmination of intense discussions with the client, who previously owned a Farr 36 One Design. The carefully prepared brief called for an inshore boat with sufficient freeboard for coastal race capability, legs out hiking and minimal interior. The goal was to produce a very fast boat keelboat for its size (35 to 38 (...) -
Solo records
Coville wants to beat Joyon and MacArthur
“I love the ocean, both single-handed and in a multihull, and I love the liberty associated with it” explained Thomas Coville, one of today’s most eclectic and experienced skippers of his generation. During a press conference held in Paris this morning, SODEB’O announced the launch in 2007 of a new trimaran geared for (...) -
Yacht Design
Russell Coutts presents a new High Performance Racer
Russell Coutts, the only skipper to win the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup three times in a row, has translated his long-standing passion for yacht design into a new light-displacement 44-foot boat, the Russell Coutts 44, which will be officially launched on October 8 at the Genoa International Boat Show Boat Show (...)