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Custom designs Nice timing
With proven offerings from a variety of yards, the IRC racing market around the 30-35ft range had been quiet for a while… And then along came Structures Shipyard with their new Pogo RC
Few would argue that Lan Ael 3, designed by Sam Manuard and Bernard Nivelt, was the best new IRC design of 2023. Rarely beaten in IRC, even though she was only ever raced two-handed, this pretty blue design seemed to take the best of the scow philosophy and blend it seamlessly with proven IRC design practice. Typically rating at the top of her class, she nevertheless had ample speed to win the start then sail away over the horizon and save her time. Manuard provided the powerful scow-influenced hull concept while
IRC master Nivelt ensured they produced a boat that was not only very fast through the water but also very fast for its IRC rating. They did their jobs well. This successful design partnership has now been commissioned
by Pogo Structures to help them launch a slightly smaller disruptor but still in the same 30-35ft IRC design space. Pogo of course need little introduction in these pages as builders of fast and reliable boats, racers and racer-cruisers… the exceptionally strong resale values of the yachts built at the Bouroullec family’s Brittany yard is a powerful testament to build quality and consistency. Their latest IRC special is certain to shake up this sector of the
market, especially perhaps for one of the IRC market leaders, JPK, who have not launched a new model into this space for several years. The JPK response – if it comes – can be expected to impress but Pogo are already well over a year ahead of them. This new 33ft ‘Mini Class40’ is built, as is every new Pogo these
days, using the yard’s proprietary infusion system, taking full advantage of the best ‘mid-tech’ materials to deliver a yacht that is both fully competitive but also accessible at a realistic price. Sail area is generous, expected with such a powerful hull form,
with a rig oriented equally towards shorthanded and crewed competition. For example, the runners are configured so that when
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 V2 MaX 40 V2
Pogo 40S4 V2 LOA DESIGNER BUILDER
8.2m Robin Zinkmann/Judel-Vrolijk Greenboats 10m Team New Zealand 10.1m Dave Hollom
sailing two-handed with one reef in the big square-top mainsail they can be left unattended for tacking or gybing. The large cockpit is also carefully thought out for both shorthanded
and crewed racing, with all the winches and locks in the right places to be close at hand when you are alone on deck. The Pogo RC features twin-rudders as standard for optimal control in heavy air and power reaching, as well as to minimise current-drain on the autopilot. The IRC TCC of the latest Pogo is estimated at 1.06. By contrast
in 2023 the slightly larger 35ft Lan Ael 3 rated 1.082. The base price of the Pogo RC with aluminium spars is expected
to start at around 145,000 euros. Fully equipped to top grand prix standard, with carbon spars, a top-of-the-range sail wardrobe, a full offshore electronics and routeing pack and tax, expect that number to increase to 300,000-350,000 euros. As we now expect with any new Pogo the RCs are already flying
off the shelf; remember that delivery times for previous Pogo racing and dual-purpose designs have often run to two or three years. So if you are seriously interested the Seahorse tip of the month
is pick up the phone… quickly. Marie La Guerche, Nantes
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 Vismara V48 Vintage 14.6m Vismara/Villani 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
15.85m Botín Partners 15.85m Judel-Vrolijk 15.85m Reichel/Pugh 15.85m Hugh Welbourn 15.85m Botín Partners
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
Vismara Marine Concepts King Marine, Valencia TBC
Sail GP Technologies McConaghy Boats Sail GP Technologies Carrington Boats
Schooner Creek Boat Works Airbus and friends Alva Yachts
10.6m Redondo/Kramers/May/Dubois Heol/Multiplast/Lorima/Decision August 2019 onwards 15m by 11m, massive foils and rig and just 1,250kg. But 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 onwards
2023 onwards 2023 onwards 2024
12.18m Kevin Dibley 12.18m Marc Lombard 12.18m Sam Manuard 12.18m David Raison
12.18m Guillaume Verdier
Autumn 2021 onwards Four sailing – now just waiting for someone to order no5? 2024
The original Mr Scow’s latest series-built offering New Zealand joins the Class40 in earnest with a sensible but pretty futuristic new offering
July 2023 onwards No199 came out with a new V-section lower bow. Marc Lombard left some big shoes to fill June 2022 onwards Manuard’s second Class40 scow is certainly no beauty but it’s selling like hot cakes 2023 onwards 2023 onwards 2022 onwards Late 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024
Decision, Multiplast, Persico etc 2024 Persico, Italy Royal Huisman
2024 2024
Figaristes love them. Quick (especially VMG). 13 spoken for. Still cracking value A sailor’s yacht. Cold-moulded Douglas fir/Western red cedar. Yacht design is back to art Very classically modern… retro styled with the rig (almost) hanging off the back Ultim style The new Alegre and Platoon will share much of the same tooling… though definitely not all of it A new 52 for the anonymous undisclosed delightful team that surprised everyone this year All-carbon high-performance push-button racer-cruiser from the ex-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 Hmm. French owner and a blend of Ino Noir and Rán 8 for AC 2025… (the Cowes one) Large-capacity commercial charter catamaran for Maui… 149-person large capacity! Armel Tripon’s new Imoca reusing carbon offcuts from Airbus (a genuine green effort) Doomed or dormant? Jörg Riechers’ partnership with a German electric yacht brand… Decisions are made and the flat panels are finished. And we’ve placed some bets… The biggest yet from Persico. Very light at 171 tonnes. Hybrid power means silent running Aluminium hull, carbon superstructure… and a sloop (money saver)
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 Hollom’s latest 5.5
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 several more Class40 Pirellis sold… Pricey but fast (very fast) New Raison designs for Jonas Gerckens and Crédit Mutuel skipper Ian Lipinski
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