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Custom designs Mock ye not Might we soon all be sailing ‘big noses’?
We have looked before at some of the small dual-purpose scow offerings coming out of France during the last few years. Mr Scow himself, David Raison, drew a successful line in fast pocket cruisers modelled on his racing Maxi 650 Mini Transat design which were marketed under the Mojito brand. Based on this successful Mini class racer, the Mojito 650 has proved a popular little family weekender with excellent sailing performance. It is manufactured by IDB Marine who also build Raison’s Maxi 650. The price is particularly competitive when compared with a larger design but with comparable volume and performance. Raison also enjoys success with his popular Revolution range of
aluminium scows ranging in length from 24 to 29ft. Anyone who appreciates the virtues of the iconic Ovni range of aluminium global cruisers, built by Alubat, will immediately spot the appeal of a smaller aluminium cruising scow. Robust, easily repaired and with much more volume than a ‘conventional’ design of the same size. It took years before the sailing world came to terms with yachts
with no long overhangs –a feature that now seems archaic. Similarly, the hostile reaction to the introduction of plumb bows – now the norm. So given the scow’s innate advantages, with many of the features most desirable in a cruising yacht, do not be surprised if the bulbous beasts of today become the default designs of tomorrow. More volume, drier decks, good sea-keeping, form stability, excellent sailing performance with high average speeds on long passages. Plus all that interior volume and usually extra headroom. Many will be dragged kicking and screaming towards ‘the next
big thing’. But we’d wager that in 15 years no more attention will be paid to the launch of a new production scow than is paid today to the average cruiser. A 30ft scow offers similar internal volume to a regular 35-footer.
The maths works pretty well, whether in build time and cost, mooring fees or the cost of the equipment required to manage her under sail or propel her under power.
Custom builds BOAT Flax 27
Chase Zero 5.5 Metre TF35 Fly40 AC40
Musa 40 Raison 40 Clak 40
Dibley 40
Lift40-V2/3 Mach40.5 MaX 40 V2
Pogo 40S4 V2 LOA DESIGNER BUILDER
8.2m Robin Zinkmann/Judel Vrolijk Greenboats 10m Team New Zealand 10.1m Dave Hollom
And then we come to the Mirabelle 16 (above)… leader of the
pack, or should we call her The Boss? A scow in concept but she is far too heavy and ‘blunt’ to merit the label other than in the absence of an alternative. But the dimensions are there, even if the displacement is not! Sixteen metres long, 6m wide and with 2m of freeboard delivering massive internal volume, this twin-keel, all electric propulsion Eric Prang design built for a globetrotting industrialist deserves a second look. The appearance is crude but some of the detail is sophisticated. Add-ons for the long-distance yachtsman include an integrated
compressed air system that powers all the functions normally associated with hydraulics… Lighter, cleaner and easier to repair in remote areas. And you can fill your dive tanks too! The Mirabelle 16 is of course a brute of a boat, and any serious
production scow would be half the weight for starters. But still a portent of things to come…
LAUNCH COMMENTS
Sangiorgio/Persico/McConaghy 2022 onwards Composite Craft
McConaghy, China
Sangiorgio Marine, Genoa Gepeto Composites Multiplast
Carbon Developments NZ Gepeto Composites JPS Productions JPS Productions
Lyman Morse 46 13.95m Kevin Dibley TP52 TP52 TP52 RP52
Infiniti DSS 52 IRC 52 IRC 54
M&M 55 Imoca 60 Imoca 60 AC75s
Wally 145 Project 404
Structures Shipyard Lyman Morse
King Marine, Valencia Sail GP Technologies TBC
16.35m Carkeek Design Partners 16.7m Morrelli & Melvin 18.28m VPLP
18.28m Farr/Bertrand/Dupont 22.73m Various 44.2m Frers
59.7m Malcolm McKeon
Sail GP Technologies McConaghy Boats Sail GP Technologies Carrington Boats
Schooner Creek Boat Works Airbus and friends Alva Yachts
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10.6m Redondo/Kramers/May/Dubois Heol/Multiplast/Lorima/Decision August 2019 onwards 15m by 11m, massive foils and rig and just 1,250kg. And complex systems working a treat 11.8m Caponnetto Hueber/Pure Design Persico 12.12m Team New Zealand 12.18m Gianluca Guelfi 12.18m David Raison 12.18m VPLP
2023 onwards 2023
12.18m Kevin Dibley 12.18m Marc Lombard 12.18m Sam Manuard 12.18m David Raison
12.18m Guillaume Verdier
15.85m Botín Partners 15.85m Botín Partners 15.85m Judel-Vrolijk 15.85m Reichel/Pugh 15.85m Hugh Welbourn 15.85m Botín Partners
Autumn 2021 onwards Four sailing – now just waiting for someone to order no5? 2024
The original Mr Scow’s latest series-built offering
2023 onwards 2022 onwards 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024 2023 2024 2023 2023 2024
Decision, Multiplast, Persico etc 2024 Persico, Italy Royal Huisman
2023 2024
New Raison designs for Jonas Gerckens and Crédit Mutuel skipper Ian Lipinski New Zealand joins the Class40 in earnest with a sensible but pretty futuristic new offering
Autumn 2021 onwards No199 came out with a new V-section lower bow. Marc Lombard leaves big shoes to fill June 2022 onwards Manuard’s second Class40 scow is certainly no beauty but it’s selling like hot cakes 2023
The Figaristes love them. Quick (especially VMG). 13 spoken for and cracking value A sailor’s yacht. Cold-moulded Douglas fir/Western red cedar. Yacht design is back to art The new Alegre and Platoon will share much of the same tooling… though definitely not all of it The latest Hooligan for Marcus Blackmore is shortly beginning sea trials
A new 52 for the anonymous undisclosed delightful team that surprised everyone this year All-carbon high-performance push-button racer-cruiser from the Core Composites team Transpac podium put this 52-footer back on track… Now it’s over to McConaghy Full-on no-compromise IRC racer. Looks like a TP52 with the sharp edges knocked off A French owner has ordered this finessed ‘blend’ of Ino Noir and Rán 8… We shall see Large-capacity commercial charter catamaran for Maui… 149-person large capacity! Armel Tripon’s new Imoca reusing carbon offcuts from Airbus is back on track Jörg Riechers’ project with a German electric yacht brand goes awfully quiet The time for talking is over, decisions are made and the flat panels are finished The biggest yet from Persico. Very light at 171 tonnes. Hybrid power means silent running Aluminium hull, carbon superstructure… and a sloop (obviously)
Feb 2020 onwards Plants, cork and recyclable Sicomin GreenPoxy resin. A good effort but more interest needed Every AC syndicate must buy or build one. Should push things forward a little Faster in a breeze, some rig tweaks will sort the light-air pace of the latest Jean Genie
One-design mini AC75… For those for whom the RC44 became, well, a bit of a yawn really Class manager Luca Rizzotti is keen to hear from confident, well-resourced customers Three launched and more Class40 Pirellis sold… Pricey but fast
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