New Boats Table ‘Reassuringly expensive’
Their words not ours, but the first product of a novel partnership between the master craftsmen at Spirit Yachts in Suffolk, England and the electron-herders at BAR Technologies is worth a drool
SpiritBARTech35EF (again, their word not ours) They’re all at it… As Iain Percy’s Artemis breaks new ground with its promising and rapidly evolving range of efficient electric-powered commercial foiling vessels (Issue 522) so the legacy project of another half-decent Olympic sailor, Ben Ainslie’s BAR Technologies is focusing instead upon the luxury end of the leisure market. With the 35ft prototype now afloat, the Tech35EF is a high-speed
but quiet, electric launch-style foiling powerboat with a trio of active foils which can be retracted in displacement mode for a smoother ride and of course to reduce drag. The foils are currently fabricated in machined titanium, comprising
a single T-foil rudder aft for controlling pitch, an increasingly common inverted ‘Pi’ foil arrangement amidships, plus port and starboard trim tabs to manage roll. With a maximum beam of just 7ft 7in on an overall length of nearly
35ft this is obviously a very slender design. A deep-V hull with a stiletto-fine entry incorporating a single step amidships then evolves into a very flat run aft for efficient planing… at least on flat water. Top speed is quoted at 32kt with range estimated at around
100nm at a 22kt cruising speed. Again for a boat of this length displacement is very light at just 2,400kg dry, which helps in almost every respect except perhaps bouncing into a head sea (but then why would you?). The ‘latest’ Spirit Yachts design is best summed up as classically
modern. And frankly beautiful. Construction is cold-moulded timber on a robust carbon-reinforced shell; primary structure weight is a little over one-tonne. Ring frames and planking are in Alaskan yellow cedar with the
topsides finished with a thin decorative veneer of African Sipo mahogany. As with every yacht that emerges from this lustrous Suffolk boatyard, the stunning high-gloss clearcoat finish is taken for granted. Then again that classical six-seat cockpit can also be closed off
Custom builds BOAT
Flax 27
Chase Zero 5.5 Metre TF35 Fly40 AC40
Musa 40 Raison 40 VPLP 40 Lift40-V2 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
TNZ/Toyota/Hexagon Purus Composite Craft
McConaghy, China
Sangiorgio Marine, Genoa Gepeto Composites Multiplast
Gepeto Composites JPS Productions JPS Productions
Lyman Morse 46 13.95m Kevin Dibley Ocean Fifty RP 52
15.15m VPLP
Infiniti DSS 52 IRC 52 IRC 54
M&M 55 Imoca 60 Imoca 60 Imoca 60 Imoca 60
15.85m Reichel/Pugh 15.85m Hugh Welbourn 15.85m Botín Partners
16.35m Carkeek Design Partners 16.7m Morrelli & Melvin 18.28m David Raison 18.28m VPLP
18.28m Sam Manuard
Baltic 111 Custom 34m Wally 145 Project 404
18.28m Farr/Bertrand/Dupont 44.2m Frers
59.7m Malcolm McKeon
Structures Shipyard Lyman Morse CDK
Sail GP Technologies McConaghy Boats Sail GP Technologies Carrington Boats
Schooner Creek Boat Works Persico
Airbus and friends Black Pepper Yachts Alva Yachts
Botín Partners/Jarkko Jamsén Baltic Yachts Persico, Italy Royal Huisman
Yes it foils, yes it goes quite fast and with little fuss or noise. But let’s be honest, that’s not what really draws your eye, is it?
tonneau-style with a rigid cover (fits perfectly, of course) for a full 20th century, Sophia Loren top-down two-seater experience. Flat water testing is going to plan. (Careful) rough water testing
will follow in due course. But who really cares. This is quite simply the most magnificent
eye candy for anyone who combines a love of boats, fine craftsman- ship and anything made out of wood… as long as it’s varnished correctly. Which it is. All you then need is a 35ft-long drawing room and some strong
hooks to hang it on for those winter dinner parties. Elliott Masterton, Mayfair, London
LAUNCH COMMENTS
Feb 2020 onwards Plants, cork and recyclable Sicomin GreenPoxy resin. A good effort but more interest needed 2022 onwards 2023 onwards
Every AC syndicate must buy or build one… Boat 1 looked fine but extremely expensive Jean Genie went to Norway – the world champion’s pre-preg replacement is bl**dy fast
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 2023 2023
July 2023
12.18m Marc Lombard 12.18m Sam Manuard 12.18m David Raison
12.18m Guillaume Verdier Autumn 2021 onwards A pause while we build a few more Imocas. Four sold
Autumn 2021 onwards A flat-water monster and those chines work well uphill too. Lots out there now! June 2022 onwards Manuard’s second Class40 scow is no beauty, but then… Also breeding like rabbits 2023
Mr Scow’s latest series-built offering
2023 onwards 2022 onwards 2023 2023 2024 2023 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024 2023 2023 2024
The Figaristes love them. 13 boats spoken for. Best VMG Class40
A sailor’s yacht. Cold-moulded Douglas fir/Western red cedar. Yacht design is back to art A development of Route du Rhum winner Koesio. Starting sea-trials
All-carbon high-performance push-button racer-cruiser from the Core Composites team Debut Transpac podium puts this nimble 52-footer back on track… with a great new builder Full-on no-compromise IRC racer. Looks like a TP52 with the sharp edges rounded out A French owner has ordered this tailored ‘blend’ of the best bits of Ino Noir and Rán 8 Large-capacity commercial charter catamaran for Maui… 149-person large capacity! First one launched. Two left-field non-foiling VG Imocas for Eric Bellion and Jean Le Cam Armel Tripon builds his new Imoca using ‘carbon offcuts’ from Airbus
Black Pepper are now putting the deck on the new Manuard design for Phil Sharp Jörg Riechers is putting a project together with a German luxury electric yacht brand A foiling, stonkingly desirable and utterly beautiful Superyacht. Why not? Sea-trials soon The biggest yet from Persico. Very light at 171 tonnes. Hybrid power means silent running Aluminium hull, carbon superstructure… and a sloop. A new benchmark
One-design mini AC75… For those for whom the RC44 became, well, a bit of a yawn really Structural revisions to the pointy end have done the job… now for some bold private owners? Two launched and four more Class40 Pirellis sold or already in build. The new kids are good One-off Class40 for deeply talented Crédit Mutuel skipper Ian Lipinski
q
DECKVEST 6D
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125
