This is a boat that takes full advantage of the latest headsail load sharing technology


about 25 per cent less displacement. This also meant that we could go with a shallower draught. ‘It’s also interesting that when you


compare the hydraulics for a canting system with those for a lifting keel, the canting system is lighter and less complex. Because the keel fin is being used to hold the bulb it is not driving the boat upwind so in this case we have gone for a canard that is sitting in front of the keel that can be rotated plus or minus eight degrees in order to reduce the leeway and optimise the performance


of the boat.’ Meanwhile, elsewhere on deck there


are other examples of simple, clean styling that conceal refined thinking within. The pit area is one such example, clean and tidy thanks to control lines that run under the deck which also makes the foredeck more secure to move about on. As you’d expect of a boat of this type,


the chainplates run to the full width of the boat and when you look up at the three- spreader carbon rig the large square- headed mainsail says a great deal about the power that this boat can generate


while the narrow sheeting angles on her jibs, thanks to the two transverse sheet tracks, illustrate her pointing ability. Beyond this, the foredeck is completely


clear apart from the foredeck hatch that doubles as a gennaker chute complete with a sock that runs all the way to the back of the boat. ‘Clearly having a long bowsprit is an


efficient way to fly the gennaker and code sails but it also allows the jib to remain as the staysail of the boat in medium and strong breezes,’ continues Kouyoumdjian. ‘Not having to drop the jib helps with the


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Built by Persico Marine, which has produced many of the world’s most advanced and innovative grand prix racing yachts in recent years from America’s Cup challengers to Imocas, the full carbon construction of the ClubSwan 80 is truly world class


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