New Boats Table
in association with the Spinlock Special Projects Team
Joshua one-design With the 2018 Golden Globe a sell-out it’s clear there is a substantial group of experienced offshore sailors who remain keen to revisit the romance of the earliest round-the-world contests, starting with the original Sunday Times Golden Globe Race of 1968-1969. But while still plentiful, many of the existing rugged mid-sized yachts
Named to honour Bernard Moitessier’s 1968 race entry Joshua,
the new design is slightly longer, with a little more beam and draft, together with a taller main mast, but the essence remains. She looks, feels and will sail just like the original. Constructed from laser-cut 5mm, 6mm and 8mm steel sheet,
that are now being refitted, re-rigged and generally prepared for the 2018 event have required more work than was originally anticipated to make them round-the-world capable. As an alternative, by way of adding a second class (Class 2) for his next race, organiser Don McIntyre has commissioned just 10 steel-built one-designs that will enjoy a division of their own in four years’ time, starting around three weeks after the existing Suhaili Class in an effort to keep the whole fleet reasonably close together through the Southern Ocean.
these multi-chined yachts are being built to strict one-design rules. ‘These boats are incredibly strong with five watertight compartments and will make classic high-latitude adventure yachts able to cruise safely anywhere, including Antarctica before or after the 2022 race,’ says McIntyre. To make for a completely level playing field, sails for all the Joshua-
class yachts will be supplied by one loft, while to further honour the spirit of Bernard Moitessier competitors can use only replicas of Joshua’s original wind vane self-steering apparatus. The internal hull plating is foam-sprayed for some basic insulation,
with the ‘1960s-functional’ interior finished in Formica-faced (sic) marine ply. Dyform standing rigging is used and all the running rigging is also supplied by the organisers. To keep the singlehanded skippers busy… the Joshua rig includes
twin main backstays and running backstays, mizzen running back- stays, a separate trysail track plus one running headsail pole set off an adjustable mast track. Some study of 1950s and ’60s cruising textbooks may prove wise. A fully equipped Joshua yacht and entry in the 2022 Golden Globe
Race will cost around ⇔300,000. The order book has now opened at
www.joshuagg.com where full details of the boat as well as the already finalised class rules are also available to download.
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Custom builds BOAT
SuperFoiler Suhaili
Trentadue Biscay 36 Shuttle 39 Aquatich 40 Cape40S 5G CF40+ NMD 43 Multi50 Multi50 Charal
Felci 65 Knierim FC53
LOA DESIGNER 9m Morrelli & Melvin
9.7m William Atkins 9.8m Carlini Design 10.9m Alan Hill
11.95m Shuttleworth Design 12.13m Humphreys Yacht Design 12.13m Owen-Clarke
12.6m Carkeek Design Partners 13.03m Nivelt & Muratet Design 15.24m VPLP 15.24m VPLP 18.28m VPLP
19.7m Felci Design 16.12m Finot Conq
www.knierim-yachtbau.de
Vismara 67 MD73
Brenta 80SRD WallyCento 4
20.4m Mills Design/Vismara 22.2m Mills Design 24.2m Luca Brenta
www.persicomarine.comFEW
Banque Populaire IX 30.4m VPLP Gitana 17 Wally 110
32m 33.51m Frers Guillaume Verdier
CDK, Green Marine, Gepeto Nov 2017 Multiplast
Performance Boats, Italy
Vismara Marine MD Technologies
Michael Schmidt Yachtbau 30.34m Mills Design/Pininfarina Persico Marine
Dec 2017 2018
Jan 2018 Aug 2017
BUILDER
SoCal & Australia Various
Piermarine Yachts, Argentina Falmouth Boat Company Philippines/Andrew Fennell Aquatich, Slovenia Cape Racing Yachtss Premier Composites Ocean Tec Slovenia CDK
ENATA Dubai CDK
Persico Marine Knierim Yachtbau
LAUNCH COMMENTS 2017...
2017/2018 Jan 2016 onward
Now testing in Sydney but the prototype is not exactly setting the world on fire... Suhaili replica(s) building for the 2018 Golden Globe. One launching this month IRC performer with a superb stylish interior – if we were looking for an IRC pot-hunter...
May 2017 onward Among the (many) tough 1970s designs being refitted/rebuilt for the Golden Globe Race July 2017 onward
June 2017 onwards Well-researched cruiser-racer aimed at ORC Class B – racier than the norm (thankfully) June 2017 onwards Fifth-generation Max-RM Class40 from a new yard. Second boat now building June 2017 onwards The first new Carkeek Fast40+ is afloat Sep 2017 Nov 2017 Nov 2017
Aggressive IRC development of the innovative and successful Teasing Machine First of two new Multi50s – a much overlooked class at last gets going for real A more aggressive design approach for this one
March 2018 July 2018
2017 onwards
Jérémie Beyou finds a new sponsor and gets his first brand new Imoca 60. At long last Gorgeous new IRC targeted racer-cruiser. Looks for all the world like a mini-Cannonball
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
Building on the success of the Vismara 62 – similar style-led theme but faster Contemporary performance cruiser with hopes of series production… There is also a 96 and a 70 on the drawing board. MSY’s roll gathers more pace
Barely on target for Porto Cervo’s September Maxifest. Styled by Pininfarina, the latest WallyCento is going to be very special indeed. Alegremeets Esense(Google it). The bar does keep gapping up in this fleet… Good/bad?
Aug 2017 2018
A new solo Ultim trimaran for Vendée Globe winner Armel Le Cléac’h And another for Séb Josse. Rig going in this month
Latest Wally features novel interior styling with WallyCento performance Swift-looking mid-sized trimaran… with real beds. Available in folding or fixed configuration
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