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has produced a very succinct side by side comparison of the 5 Super Maxi's lined up to compete in the Rolex Sydney Hobart...Here is a smidge of the article!
"Five IRC supermaxis (measuring 100ft, or 30.48m, in length), out a decade-record of 118 sailing yachts, have signed up to enter the seventieth Sydney to Hobart race in Australia on Boxing Day. Among these is the brand new 100ft American raider Comanche, designed by French designers VPLP and Guillaume Verdier.
Launched on September 27th, 2014, at the Hodgdon shipyard in Boothbay, ME, Comanche received her keel and Southern Spars rig in Newport and only had the time for a trial sail to Charleston, SC, where she was boarded on a container ship destined to Sydney.
She was commissioned for Dr. Jim Clark, the founder of Silicon graphics and Netscape, who hopes to collect some silverware and break offshore records: She will be entered in the Sydney-Hobart, the Fastnet, the New York-Bermuda, the Transatlantic and Transpac races. She is also hoped to break the 24-hour record, the transatlantic monohull record (currently held by Mari-Cha IV at 6 days, 17 hours and 21 minutes). Potentially a circumnavigation record is also envisaged. Her skipper Ken Read, president of North Sails, said that "she is not made to race around the buoys".
It took the Hodgdon shipyard barely twelve months to build the largest pre-preg carbon fiber yacht in the USA. The choice of the yacht's designers, VPLP and Guillaume Verdier, was largely due to their stellar track record in the 60ft IMOCA circuit. "
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The new Loyal was designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian who developed an enlarged Volvo Open 70ft. When she was launched in 2008, she appeared extreme, whereas in comparison to the brand new Comanche, she is much narrower, slightly heavier and carries less sail area. Half the yacht's weight is located in the bulb which is swung to windward in a heel (In the 2011 Fastnet race her bulb detached and the yacht capsized, triggering a much publicized rescue operation). In strengthening winds, 8,000 litres of seawater can be pumped into the lateral liquid ballast tanks, providing her with a greater righting moment than any of her older competitors. Her planing ability in downwind conditions provide an exceptional speed potential."
"Born on the draftboarts of Andrew Dovell, the new Ragamuffin 100 has just left the Cookson shipyard. Christened on December 2nd, 2014, she is a versatile compromise incorporating the very latest thinking and technology, designed to perform well in all weather conditions, unlike Perpetual Loyal and Comanche, and should be very capable in the light airs that often linger on either side of the Bass straight in Sydney or Storm Bay. She features a hard chine bilge, a moderately wide beam, a short, very flush waterline, a centered deck plan with helm stations located far forward as well as large liquid ballast tanks to adjust the pitch angle or improve the righting moment".
"Built in New Zealand in 2003, Zana has been rechristened to Rio 100 this year, following significant modifications carried out at the Cookson shipyard under the supervision of yacht designer Brett Bakewell-White and her skipper Keith Kilpatrick. She was cut in two amidships, widened on her stern, lightened and fitted with twin rudders. "
"Launched three weeks before the 2005 Sydney-Hobart race, Wild Oats XI proved to be an immediate success. She is tied for the record for the most line honours victories in the Sydney-Hobart (7 out of 9 participations), two of which also claimed overall victories and set new records.
Originally a Canting Keel Twin-Foil (featuring a forward canard), Wild Oats XI has since undergone continuous appendage modifications. Her tendency to nosedive in rough waters still limited her speed potential, so a solution licensed from Dynamic Stability Systems was developed and tested during the 2013 Hamilton Island Race Week. It consists of a lateral retractable foil, located just below the waterline that extends horizontally amidships. The thick carbon fiber foil measures 55cm along the chord; originally it extended 275cm outside the hull, but it has recently been lengthened. It is deployed on the leeward side to generate vertical lift and relieve the bow by adding buoyancy on the forward section and provide a better planing ability."
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has produced a very succinct side by side comparison of the 5 Super Maxi's lined up to compete in the Rolex Sydney Hobart...Here is a smidge of the article!
"Five IRC supermaxis (measuring 100ft, or 30.48m, in length), out a decade-record of 118 sailing yachts, have signed up to enter the seventieth Sydney to Hobart race in Australia on Boxing Day. Among these is the brand new 100ft American raider Comanche, designed by French designers VPLP and Guillaume Verdier.
Launched on September 27th, 2014, at the Hodgdon shipyard in Boothbay, ME, Comanche received her keel and Southern Spars rig in Newport and only had the time for a trial sail to Charleston, SC, where she was boarded on a container ship destined to Sydney.
She was commissioned for Dr. Jim Clark, the founder of Silicon graphics and Netscape, who hopes to collect some silverware and break offshore records: She will be entered in the Sydney-Hobart, the Fastnet, the New York-Bermuda, the Transatlantic and Transpac races. She is also hoped to break the 24-hour record, the transatlantic monohull record (currently held by Mari-Cha IV at 6 days, 17 hours and 21 minutes). Potentially a circumnavigation record is also envisaged. Her skipper Ken Read, president of North Sails, said that "she is not made to race around the buoys".
It took the Hodgdon shipyard barely twelve months to build the largest pre-preg carbon fiber yacht in the USA. The choice of the yacht's designers, VPLP and Guillaume Verdier, was largely due to their stellar track record in the 60ft IMOCA circuit. "
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The new Loyal was designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian who developed an enlarged Volvo Open 70ft. When she was launched in 2008, she appeared extreme, whereas in comparison to the brand new Comanche, she is much narrower, slightly heavier and carries less sail area. Half the yacht's weight is located in the bulb which is swung to windward in a heel (In the 2011 Fastnet race her bulb detached and the yacht capsized, triggering a much publicized rescue operation). In strengthening winds, 8,000 litres of seawater can be pumped into the lateral liquid ballast tanks, providing her with a greater righting moment than any of her older competitors. Her planing ability in downwind conditions provide an exceptional speed potential."
"Born on the draftboarts of Andrew Dovell, the new Ragamuffin 100 has just left the Cookson shipyard. Christened on December 2nd, 2014, she is a versatile compromise incorporating the very latest thinking and technology, designed to perform well in all weather conditions, unlike Perpetual Loyal and Comanche, and should be very capable in the light airs that often linger on either side of the Bass straight in Sydney or Storm Bay. She features a hard chine bilge, a moderately wide beam, a short, very flush waterline, a centered deck plan with helm stations located far forward as well as large liquid ballast tanks to adjust the pitch angle or improve the righting moment".
"Built in New Zealand in 2003, Zana has been rechristened to Rio 100 this year, following significant modifications carried out at the Cookson shipyard under the supervision of yacht designer Brett Bakewell-White and her skipper Keith Kilpatrick. She was cut in two amidships, widened on her stern, lightened and fitted with twin rudders. "
"Launched three weeks before the 2005 Sydney-Hobart race, Wild Oats XI proved to be an immediate success. She is tied for the record for the most line honours victories in the Sydney-Hobart (7 out of 9 participations), two of which also claimed overall victories and set new records.
Originally a Canting Keel Twin-Foil (featuring a forward canard), Wild Oats XI has since undergone continuous appendage modifications. Her tendency to nosedive in rough waters still limited her speed potential, so a solution licensed from Dynamic Stability Systems was developed and tested during the 2013 Hamilton Island Race Week. It consists of a lateral retractable foil, located just below the waterline that extends horizontally amidships. The thick carbon fiber foil measures 55cm along the chord; originally it extended 275cm outside the hull, but it has recently been lengthened. It is deployed on the leeward side to generate vertical lift and relieve the bow by adding buoyancy on the forward section and provide a better planing ability."
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