Design Catamaran team show renders of their new foiling catamaran model the Toro 34R

From the following entry on he Design Catamaran website:

http://www.designcatamaran.com/?modele=toro-34r-2&lang=en

Our original TORO34 flirts easily with 25kts and more off the wind… How could we make the Toro to blow 30kts? Design Catamaran is in the final stages of releasing the TORO34R, equipped with foils, a 6.1m (20’) beam and a 15.9m (52’) mast. This all carbon version will exceed all the performance characteristics of the original model. To be the fastest of your yacht club, have heads turn as you sail by and all within a controlled budget, Design Catamaran is offering this no compromise sailing beast : the TORO34R.

Life is too short to sail slowly … So Fly a TORO

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Toro 34R, render courtesy Design Catamaran

GC32 catamaran update, dates and venues announced for 2015 circuit

From the following press release on the Great Cup website:

http://www.thegreatcup.com/newsitem.aspx?newsId=3d703ddd-870d-44ac-b069-7818aa22585f&month=11&year=2014

GC32 Racing Tour 2015 - dates and venues 

Representing the state-of-the-art in catamaran design, the GC32 is attracting considerable interest due to its conceptual similarity to the AC72 and AC62 foiling catamarans pioneered in the America’s Cup. However as the GC32s are smaller one designs with soft sail rigs, they provide both professional teams and private owners with the opportunity to experience airborne catamaran racing and all the excitement of the larger AC catamarans, but on a much more modest budget and on boats that are far easier to handle while still having the potential to achieve top speeds approaching 40 knots.

The 2015 GC32 Racing Tour schedule:

27-31 May: Austria Cup - Lake Traunsee, Austria

24–27 June: Cowes Cup - Cowes, UK

30 July–2 Aug: TBA - Germany

27-30 August: Trofeo di Roma - Rome Fiumicino, Italy

10–13 September: Marseille One Design – Marseille, France.

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SL33 foiling catamaran, now available as production one design.

From the following entry on mysailing news:

http://www.mysailing.com.au/news/sl33-foiling-catamaran-now-available-as-a-production-boat

SL33 foiling catamaran now available as a production boat

08 Apr 2014

The SL33 catamaran which ETNZ and Luna Rosa used in the development of the foils for their AC72s, has now gone into production.

Along with Dave Ridley, CEO of Hall Spars, and Mike Sanderson of Doyle Sails, Andreas Labek has progressed the concept. The three men have each had an SL33s sailing on Auckland Harbour for the past six months.

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SL33 catamaran in action, photo courtesy Doyle Sails NZ