New Boats Table
in association with the Spinlock Special Projects Team
In 2014 Idbmarine presented the Mojito 888 which was to become the 2015 Sailboat of the Year. This high-performance little cruiser enjoyed a successful career and when we looked at her again five years later we decided there was little to change in the design but instead we decided to team up with Roland ‘Bilou’ Jourdain’s Kairos operation and pick up the eco challenge. And so the Virgin Mojito 888 was born. The challenge was therefore to: l replace glass fibres with linen l replace the Soric honeycomb core areas with cork l and replace the Corecell core with PET foam.
Why linen fibre? PET foam? Cork? The adoption of linen is the most significant step to reducing the boat’s carbon footprint – also the conventional glass fibres that linen replace come from the Asian petroleum chemistry. Conversely, linen fibre is cultivated and woven in France, and of course it is a renewable resource. Cork is another renewable resource produced in Europe, which replaces Soric, a polyester-based material. Finally PET foam is another recyclable material and with technical characteristics very similar to polymer-based foams. We are currently investigating the use of green resins but have
not yet identified a combination that meets our required combination of cost and technical suitability for our production. Interestingly the use of a linen/polyester composite does not require anything like the energy input of a conventional glass/polyester system. The use of linen/PET/cork also allows better working conditions for the builder, being much less ‘aggressive’ than fibreglass. And
Custom builds BOAT Mini Proto Mini Proto Mini Proto Mini Proto Flax 27
Riptide 30 SK30
5.5 Metre 5.5 Metre VPLP 40 Lift40-V4
Mach 40.4 MaX 40
Pogo 40S4 Abottino 42 M&M 47 TF35
CF520 IRC 52
Wylie 60
Omertà 60 Imoca 60 Imoca 60 Imoca 60 Imoca 60 Imoca 60
LOA DESIGNER 6.5m Finot-Conq
6.5m Guillaume Verdier 6.5m Romaric Neyhousser 6.5m Etienne Bertrand
BUILDER Maxime Sallé
Chantier Structures Lalou Multi
8.2m Robin Zinkmann/Judel Vrolijk Greenboats 9m Bieker Boats 9m Kevin Dibley 9.5ish Dave Hollom 9.5ish Steve Quigley 12.18m VPLP
12.18m Marc Lombard 12.18m Sam Manuard 12.18m David Raison
12.18m Guillaume Verdier 13m
Abottino Design 14.33m Morrelli & Melvin
Yacht Service (Poland) Betts Boats
Owner-built
Composite Craft David Heritage Multiplast
Brittany and Australia JPS Productions JPS Productions
Structures Shipyard ML Boats
15m Redondo/Kramers/May/Dubois Heol/Multiplast/Lorima/Decision August 2019 onwards 15m by 11m, massive foils and rig and weighs in at 1,250kg. Tie that puppy down 15.76m Carkeek Design Partners 15.8m Carkeek Design Partners 18.28m Tom Wylie 18.28m Mills Design 18.28m Sam Manuard 18.28m Sam Manuard 18.28m VPLP
Schooner Creek Boat Works Fibre Mechanics
Composite Builders Betts Boats Persico
Black Pepper Yachts CDK
Multiplast
18.28m Guillaume Verdier 18.28m Guillaume Verdier
Baltic 68 Café Racer 21.18m Javier Jaudenes F70
AM101 (ex-Macif) 30.3m VPLP Swan 125
Baltic 117 Custom 39.6m Dykstra Naval Architects Wally 145
Baltic 146 Custom 44.6m Judel/Vrolijk Y721
127.2m Lenard/Oceanco/Dykstra
21.4m Carkeek Design Partners 37.9m Juan Kouyoumdjian 44.2m Frers
CDK/MerConcept Carrington Boats Baltic yachts Persico
Autumn 2021 2022 2022
Aug 2021 End 2021
Summer 2021 2022
Multiplast/CDK/Fibre Mechanics Sep 2021 Nautor’s Swan Baltic Yachts Persico, Italy Baltic Yachts Oceanco
Summer 2021 Autumn 2021 Autumn 2021 Late 2021 Mid-2022
Not your typical builder – IDB’s Mojito 650 (top) and Mojito 888
although linen is undeniably harder to cut than fibreglass, it is more pleasant to the touch… And it smells really good! There is an overall increase of 50kg in construction weight which
we have saved with some interior updates. This super little boat still weighs only 2,900kg of which 890kg is in the centreboard-style lifting keel which allows secure drying out when you are cruising. In terms of build cost there is a small increase of around five
per cent which will steadily come down as these materials become more popular. Until then we are absorbing the increase ourselves with savings elsewhere. Final price… €100,000 ex-works.
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LAUNCH COMMENTS Summer 2021
Summer 2021 Summer 2021 Summer 2021
Summer 2021 Summer 2021 Autumn 2021 August 2021
Finot are back. Scow hull, foils, telescoping canting keel, rudder T-foils and, and, and… There was no way Verdier were going to miss out on some more Mini foilers It’s the full pile-on now that the Minis have officially gone foiling (reliably)
Feb 2020 onwards The things you can do with plants, cork and recyclable Sicomin GreenPoxy resin Late 2021 Late 2021
Less well known than some rivals but Bertrand has designed some of the fastest Mini ‘skiffs’ New Riptide iteration for Peter Heppel. Very slippery, simple water ballast. Proper dual-purpose
An interesting new take on a small offshore racer. Canting keel plus twin daggerboards Healthy 5.5 revival going on with Wilke also turning out their fast turnkey Séb Schmidt design A second new UK 5.5 (in cedar core too) brings the modern Cowes fleet up to three VPLP enter the Class40 fray. Boat 2 is sold and tooling is ready for a full production run The new Lift40 is much more scow. Two boats building on opposite sides of the globe
August 2019 onwards A class 24-hour record in its first race… three sailing with two more sold Summer 2021
Summer 2021 onwards Boat no1 is for pole vault Olympic gold medallist Jean Galfione. With more to follow… Summer 2021 Late 2021
A one-off development of Crédit Mutuel. Sponsored by Volvo Belgium Sleek and rapid-looking fast-cruising cat. They just keep a-coming
Interesting commercial charter catamaran from a design team who know how it’s done
June 2021 onwards The first of the relatively affordable Rán-styled IRC52s includes the water ballast option Summer 2021 Summer 2021 2022
IRC racer-racer-cruiser also with influence from Carkeek’s eye-catching Fast40s Glorious-looking wishbone una-rigged canoe. Best thing we’ve seen for quite a while Not an easy craft to pigeon hole in 2021… fun for the measurers So here we go. L’Occitane (now Bureau Vallée 3) is plain bloody fast
As we said, here we go. And tooling for the new Charal 2 is already almost complete Still going… a new Imoca scow for Boris Herrmann and the first from VPLP The first Ocean Race Imoca 60 special is for 11th Hour Racing
The former Switchback is underway again – now as a Vendée Globe singlehander It looks stunning… and incorporates flax and wicker in the build. Sea trials soon Just another typical fully foiling 70ft day racer (and daysailer!?!) for three to five crew (sic) Gabart’s Ultim comes together in Lorient with Macif ensuring the boat is completed (to sell) The first (fab) one-off custom Superyacht from Swan. Sea trials start this month Gorgeous. Classic pilot cutter looks allied with modern design and heavy eco focus The biggest yet from Persico. Very light at 171 tonnes. Hybrid power for silent running Big, fast and fruity-looking new cruiser-racer from Rolf. Should launch regatta ready ‘You might think that. We couldn’t possibly comment’. Buy one online with ‘Prime’
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