Showing posts with label large racing catamarans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label large racing catamarans. Show all posts
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
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
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.
read more here
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.
read more here
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| SL33 catamaran in action, photo courtesy Doyle Sails NZ |
Sunday, 6 April 2014
GC32 catamaran, recent videos show progress on foil development
The one design GC32 catamaran organization has chosen to go down the path of foiling with their one design catamaran design. Recent videos show their progress with developing the new foils. The first video shows the catamaran in very light conditions a 6knot breeze delivering a very impressive 18 - 19 knots:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=760967967247115&set=vb.499523610058220&type=2&theater
and a later video in a stronger breeze demonstrating the boats new foiling ability:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=760967967247115&set=vb.499523610058220&type=2&theater
and a later video in a stronger breeze demonstrating the boats new foiling ability:
Friday, 15 November 2013
GC32 catamaran update, more details on new foils for this one design racing catamaran emerge
From the following press release on thegreatcup.com
http://www.thegreatcup.com/newsitem.aspx?newsId=2a9a1b83-c549-4f1d-889f-dbc4c8860395&month=11&year=2013
After a successful first season competing at regattas across Europe, The Great Cup’s GC32 catamarans are to receive a foil upgrade this winter, a change set to transform the twin-hulled speedsters into full foilers in above 8 knots of wind. The new L-foils will enable the one design GC32s to race elevated from the water, in a similar gravity-defying fashion to the AC72 catamarans that caused such a phenomenon at the 34th America’s Cup in San Francisco this summer.
“Our focus has always been to deliver a sustainable product for our owners,” explains Laurent Lenne, founder of The Great Cup and skipper of the SPAX Solutions GC32. “When we started the project the AC boys were only talking about foiling, but now their boats are flying, it is our duty to close this gap by changing our boats so that they can fly too.”
This year Martin Fischer, designer of the GC32, has been working as part of Franck Cammas’ design team that modified one of his Phantom F18 catamarans to become a full foiler. This project was a test bed for Groupama C, the foiling 25ft long C-Class catamaran aboard which Cammas decisively won the International C-Class Catamaran Championship in Falmouth, England in September.
This experience greatly benefitted the GC32 team in creating their new foils. “I believe we did our homework very well to make this step,” continues Lenne. “Many hours were spent developing the right shape, with the right engineering and build costs.”
L-foils of this type represent the most cutting edge technology in sail boat design at present and it is no mean feat to get right. AC72 foils cannot be directly scaled down to work on a substantially smaller and lighter weight boat. Also the aim of the GC32 is different from an AC72: While the latter is a highly complex machine designed to be raced solely by experienced professionals, the GC32 is targeted at sailors of average proficiency or above and should be much easier to sail.
read more here
http://www.thegreatcup.com/newsitem.aspx?newsId=2a9a1b83-c549-4f1d-889f-dbc4c8860395&month=11&year=2013
After a successful first season competing at regattas across Europe, The Great Cup’s GC32 catamarans are to receive a foil upgrade this winter, a change set to transform the twin-hulled speedsters into full foilers in above 8 knots of wind. The new L-foils will enable the one design GC32s to race elevated from the water, in a similar gravity-defying fashion to the AC72 catamarans that caused such a phenomenon at the 34th America’s Cup in San Francisco this summer.
“Our focus has always been to deliver a sustainable product for our owners,” explains Laurent Lenne, founder of The Great Cup and skipper of the SPAX Solutions GC32. “When we started the project the AC boys were only talking about foiling, but now their boats are flying, it is our duty to close this gap by changing our boats so that they can fly too.”
This year Martin Fischer, designer of the GC32, has been working as part of Franck Cammas’ design team that modified one of his Phantom F18 catamarans to become a full foiler. This project was a test bed for Groupama C, the foiling 25ft long C-Class catamaran aboard which Cammas decisively won the International C-Class Catamaran Championship in Falmouth, England in September.
This experience greatly benefitted the GC32 team in creating their new foils. “I believe we did our homework very well to make this step,” continues Lenne. “Many hours were spent developing the right shape, with the right engineering and build costs.”
L-foils of this type represent the most cutting edge technology in sail boat design at present and it is no mean feat to get right. AC72 foils cannot be directly scaled down to work on a substantially smaller and lighter weight boat. Also the aim of the GC32 is different from an AC72: While the latter is a highly complex machine designed to be raced solely by experienced professionals, the GC32 is targeted at sailors of average proficiency or above and should be much easier to sail.
read more here
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Extreme Sailing Series Act 7 Nice, challenging racing conditions ahead for Extreme 40 teams
From the following press release on the Extreme Sailing Series website:
http://www.extremesailingseries.com/news/view/testing-conditions-ahead-for-act-7-nice-presented-by-land-rover#.Ukyqr8hAp8Q
The Extreme 40 fleet took to the sky blue waters of Nice, on the French Riviera in admiration of local onlookers today for one final shakedown before battle commences tomorrow (3rd October) from 14.00 CEST. With less then 24 hours to go on the EDOX countdown clock until the eight-boat fleet take to the starting blocks, every minute trialling the Nice racecourse has been crucial.
Today’s practice races played out in light winds that built as the day progressed, giving the crews a taster of what the French Riviera has in store over the next four days.
The penultimate Act of the 2013 Series presented by Land Rover is set to provide a testing forecast to the convoy of elite sailors, ranging from rolling seas and gusts up to 30 knots, to light and fickle breeze perhaps more associated with Nice. SAP Extreme Sailing Team co-skipper Jes Gram-Hansen evaluated; “The weather forecast is showing that we can expect everything this weekend, so we should see some varied conditions! It’s not only the wind conditions we need to watch, but also the movement of the waves, which is due to set a challenge“.
read more here
http://www.extremesailingseries.com/news/view/testing-conditions-ahead-for-act-7-nice-presented-by-land-rover#.Ukyqr8hAp8Q
The Extreme 40 fleet took to the sky blue waters of Nice, on the French Riviera in admiration of local onlookers today for one final shakedown before battle commences tomorrow (3rd October) from 14.00 CEST. With less then 24 hours to go on the EDOX countdown clock until the eight-boat fleet take to the starting blocks, every minute trialling the Nice racecourse has been crucial.
Today’s practice races played out in light winds that built as the day progressed, giving the crews a taster of what the French Riviera has in store over the next four days.
The penultimate Act of the 2013 Series presented by Land Rover is set to provide a testing forecast to the convoy of elite sailors, ranging from rolling seas and gusts up to 30 knots, to light and fickle breeze perhaps more associated with Nice. SAP Extreme Sailing Team co-skipper Jes Gram-Hansen evaluated; “The weather forecast is showing that we can expect everything this weekend, so we should see some varied conditions! It’s not only the wind conditions we need to watch, but also the movement of the waves, which is due to set a challenge“.
read more here
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| Extreme 40's racing in Nice, photo courtesy Extreme Sailing Series |
Thursday, 11 April 2013
Morelli & Melvin new 45' composite racing catamaran design to be built by McConaghy Boats.
CALIFORNIA 45: New foiling catamaran
read more here
From the following press release
Morrelli & Melvin, have announced that they will collaborate with McConaghy Boats to produce an exciting new 45ft racing catamaran with hydrofoils.
After helping write the AC72 class Rule, M&M is working with the best designers and sailors in the world as part of the Emirates Team New Zealand challenge. Drawing on their experience with foiling Americas Cup 72 ft catamarans, Morrelli and Melvin have conceived the California 45 with the objective of making the exhilaration of Americas cup sailing available to the club sailor.
The California 45 will foil in relative comfort, with high coamings, and solid aft deck, the effect of high powered water spray on the skipper and crew will be minimised. Electric winches and an ergonomic deck layout will make high speed, high adrenalin sailing a breeze. Transportable by containers will make it possible to ship to favourite regattas easily.
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