New Boats Table
in association with the Spinlock Special Projects Team New for old(er)
Just take a TP52 and give it a (very) hot wash… Still very fast but a lot easier to fit in your driveway after racing, the most popular of the original GP26 designs has had a makeover
When the GP 26 class was introduced about a decade ago the desire was to motivate designers, builders and owners to try their hand at creating their own versions of fast, stable and affordable designs that could be level-raced. Cost and unfortunate economic timing hindered initial interest but some interesting boats were built, the most recent being the pretty Jim Donovan-designed Wrace GP26 that was – and still is – manufactured at Mag Marin in Turkey. After encouraging early sales at boatshows in the US unhelpful
treatment at the hands of the PHRF rating system slowed things down. However, now this quick 26-footer is back with the benefit of well thought-through performance upgrades and an experienced new class and sales management in place from Stagg Yachts. Rechristened the Donovan 26 One Design, the boat now vaults
out of the original GP26 box with significant updates including: l 800mm longer bowsprit, 300mm longer boom and gooseneck lowered 75mm to allow a larger mainsail and spinnaker l Topmast runners for the bigger square-top mainsail l Added pit winch and spinnaker takedown system l Deck layout redesign to generally improve ergonomics The optimisations were orchestrated by two-time Charleston Race
Week winner Mike Beasely: ‘I love this boat. I think it’s one of the greatest 26-footers out there. It’s a terrific all-around boat, very versatile, and I think the modifications are going to make this a mini rocketship. The updated version will plane earlier and simply go faster in all conditions.’
Custom builds BOAT
Trentadue
1180 Speziale Fast40+
Cape40S 5G CF40+Mk3 NMD 43 Multi50 TP52s... TP52s... TP52s...
Cape Fling Windfall 58 Charal
Knierim FC53 11.8m
LOA DESIGNER 9.8m
Carlini Design Jacques Valer
12.13m Shaun Carkeek 12.13m Owen-Clarke 12.6m
Botín Partners Botín Partners Judel-Vrolijk
Carkeek Design Partners
13.03m Nivelt & Muratet Design 15.24m VPLP 15.8m 15.8m 15.8m
16.97m Botín Partners
17.62m McCollough Yachts 18.28m VPLP
16.12m Finot Conq
www.knierim-yachtbau.de
Hugo Boss La Fabrique Felci 65 Goetz 70 Maxi72 MD73
Brenta 80SRD Wally 93 Macif
Wally 145 18.28m Verdier
18.28m Finot-Conq 19.7m
Felci Design
21.8m White/Koopman 22m
Botín Partners
22.2m Mills Design 24.2m Luca Brenta 28.3m Judel-Vrolijk 30.3m VPLP 44.2m Frers
Quantum Racing 15.18m Botín Partners
www.compositebuilders.com
Haggling
Team Fabrique Persico Marine
Goetz Composites
New England Boatworks MD Technologies
Michael Schmidt Yachtbau Wally Yachts CDK
Persico, Italy
Sep 2018 April 2018 July 2018 June 2018 End 2018 2018 2018 2018
July 2018 2019
Composite Builders/Longitud April 2018 BUILDER
Piermarine Yachts, Argentina JPK
Jason Carrington
Cape Racing Yachtss Premier Composites Ocean Tec Slovenia ENATA Dubai See comments See comments See comments King Marine
Front Street Shipyard CDK
Knierim Yachtbau
A modest fleet of Wrace 26s – now speeded up and re-dubbed the Donovan 26 One Design – enjoyed some good boat for boat racing at Charleston Race Week last year, pushing each other to score well in the sportboat division. Makes a J/24 look old!
The hull, mast, rudder and keel remain unchanged, with Stagg Yachts
offering an upgrade package to owners of existing boats in the US and elsewhere. There is also a new one-design class rule with limits on the number of professionals onboard and the number of sails that can be purchased each year. Mag Marin has the tooling ready so a new boat can still be yours for Charleston 2018 – if you move fast.
LAUNCH
Jan 2016 onwards April 2018
COMMENTS
IRC performer with a super-stylish interior – if we were looking for an IRC pot-hunter… The new Yes! is going to be a very special example of today’s must-have IRC design
March 2018 onwards Two new Fast40s, the latest Rán and boat no3 in the Girls on Film line June 2017 onwards June 2017 onwards Sep 2017 onwards Still waiting...
March/April 2018 March/April 2018 March/April 2018 August 2018 June 2018 June 2018
2017 onwards
Fifth-generation Max-RM Class40 from a new yard. Second boat well underway The Carkeek Fast40+ Mk3 followed the family tradition by winning the 2017 championship Development of the A13 Teasing Machine 2. Boat no1 quickly impressed Quite aggressive design approach. A quietly resurgent fleet – now with OD foils
Alegre/Longitud Cero; Azzurra/King Marine; Luna Rossa/Persico; Onda/King; Phoenix/Persico Quantum/Composite Builders/Longitud Cero; Sled/Core Composites Platoon/Premier Yachts; Provezza/Persico
Expect this new IRC56 to be giving the latest Teasing Machine some competition A possible run of yet another lightweight and fast luxury cat. Lift foils and daggerboards Jérémie Beyou gets a new sponsor and (finally) his first brand new Imoca 60
Based on Finot-Conq’s Imoca 60 work, very purposeful carbon/Nomex 53-footer heavily race-influenced but designed for long-range cruising with a double-handed crew. The foils are all retractable to maximise shoal access
Now in the Hugo Boss new boat pipeline but who will get the current boat?
Young Swiss skipper Alan Roura’s trusty 2006 Imoca is gaining foils from Mick Kermarec Whizzy IRC-targeted racer-cruiser. Looks like a mini-Cannonball Very light (17-tonne) all-carbon double una-rig cruiser-racer! The design R&D is almost finished for the new Bella Mente Contemporary performance cruiser, possible series production? There are also a 96 and a 70 on the drawing board. MSY is on a roll Smaller Wally is aggressively styled and reflects the latest Maxi72s
She’s back in the shed to be speeded up some more… expect substantial changes The biggest yet from Persico. Very light at 171 tonnes. Hybrid power for silent running…
One of no fewer than seven new TP52s from the Botín studio, the latest Quantum programme will run alongside the New York Yacht Club America’s Cup challenge – with plenty of crossover in crew and technical development
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