New Boats Table
in association with the Spinlock Special Projects Team Beauty and a beast
The first MD75 from Mark Mills is very contemporary and very cool… or put it another way and this powerful and obviously going-to-be fast new yacht is simply very Italian
Designed to be the highest-performance cruiser that remains easy to sail and handle shorthanded, Karma, the first MD75 by Mills, is a reflection of the dedication of both the client and builders Maxi Dolphin to produce a large modern sportster with a minimalist character both inside and out. We were asked to draw Karma by an Italian client who enjoys
smaller high-performance dinghies and kiteboarding, with the wish that his new big boat could possess some of this excitement and immediacy. His experienced project manager had distilled much of the client’s wishes as well as his own views to present a very coherent outline of what was desired at the first meeting, including a backstay-less rig, nearly-flush deck with large comfortable seating in the cockpit, and the involvement of the very talented Nauta Design of Milan on the interior. The core of the design is keeping the weight and sail areas as
aggressive as possible. The hull and appendage design was developed with our regular partners KND Sailing Performance to ensure the all-around performance we expect would be delivered. It was refreshing after numerous raceboat projects to turn our VPP race model into a VPP cruise model, to quantify the client’s cruising emphasis on more reaching, more interior volume, and easier handling and response with features like an aft LCG, a little more volume forwards and twin-rudders. The client’s own clean modern tastes promote a relatively light
weight interior. Taking advantage of this we worked closely with Maxi Dolphin to control the weight and CoG as the build progressed. With a light displacement for this type of yacht, the beamy hull
shape offers low wetted surface when upright but rapidly increasing righting moment with heel, encouraging strong light-airs performance
Custom builds BOAT
Mini 6.50 Proto Mini 6.50 Proto Cape 40 Carlini 43 Tison 48
Oceantec 50 Natural High
Corum l’Epargne Imoca 60 Imoca 60 Imoca 60 Imoca 60 Apivia
Arkea Paprec Imoca 60 Hugo Boss
Baltic 67 (no2) MD73
Maori Magic Flying Ahead
Swan 125
Baltic 142 DSS Wally 145
6.5m
as well as enjoyable speed in more breeze. The sail plan borrows a lot from current racing boats in terms of
shapes combined with ease of use, starting with the absence of backstays. After considering both fixed and lifting-keel arrangements, a lifting keel was chosen to maximise performance. Since the yacht’s primary role is high-speed cruising, twin-rudders are the perfect solution for great handling offwind… as well as for allowing a larger central dinghy locker for the tender and kiteboards! The deck plan includes a number of nice details such as a flush dodger hoop, underdeck halyard and line-runs and nicely integrated tail lockers. We look forward to Karma ripping up the Med this summer, and
maybe showing up for a taste of racing along the way. The beauty of the project was the semi-custom planning by Maxi Dolphin to ensure that future builds of the MD75 can nevertheless deliver a unique solution for each future client based on the foundations set down with Karma. Mark Mills, Mills Design
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LOA DESIGNER 6.5m
12.12m Owen Clarke 13.1m
Carlini Design Bakewell-White Yacht Design
18.28m Juan Yacht Design 18.28m VPLP-Verdier 18.28m VPLP
18.28m Sam Manuard 18.28m VPLP-Verdier 18.28m Guillaume Verdier 18.28m Juan Yacht Design 18.28m Juan Yacht Design 18.28m VPLP/Hugo Boss 20.83m Judel/Vrolijk 22.2m Mills Design
22.7m Emirates Team NZ 24m
Banque Populaire XI 30.3m Sodebo Liara
30.3m 34m
37.9m 43.3m
Baltic 146 Custom 44.6m
Chaves & Bottino VPLP/Banque Pop Bañuls/VPLP/Fisher Malcolm McKeon Juan Kouyoumdjian Farr Yacht Design
44.2m Frers Judel/Vrolijk
Guillaume Verdier Thomas Tison
BUILDER Pogo Structures
Knierim Yachtbau Cape Racing Yachts Piermarine Argentina
14.54m Thomas Tison (and Airbus...) Multiplast/Jan Bruegge 15.15m Humphreys Yacht Design 18m
Ocean Tec Slovenia Noosa Marine CDK/Multiplast CDK
Multiplast
Black Pepper Kaïros CDK CDK
Soon...
Carrington Boats Baltic Yachts
MD Technologies
ETNZ (with Verdier of course) MCP Yachts Brazil Multiplast-CDK Multiplast-CDK Baltic Yachts Nautor’s Swan Baltic Yachts Persico, Italy Baltic Yachts
LAUNCH April 2019
2019
2017 onwards May 2019
Spring 2019
May 2019 onwards 2020 (delayed) Jan 2020 April 2019 July 2019 July 2019 April 2019 July 2019 May 2019 2020
Mid-2019 May 2019 Jan 2019 July 2019 April 2019 Jan 2021
Spring 2019 June 2019 2019
May 2019 Mid-2019 2021
COMMENTS
There’s been a smokescreen around the new Pogo foiler… but it will race the Mini Transat Delayed – but this one’s a toyshop, scow hull, powerful foils and a stonking-looking rig Boat no3 is waiting for a buyer – a lot of Class40 for an ex-works price of 375,000 euros Contemporary-looking shorthanded tool par excellence… but with a full (if light) interior Very light cruiser-racer. Spruce hull, carbon structure and deck all weighing just 8 tonnes Spacious and stylish performance cruiser that actually promises some real performance Good-looking one-off catamaran cruiser-racer from a shrewd Kiwi designer Two-time Figaro winner Nicolas Troussel’s new project is being managed by Mer Agitée Banque Pop X is the ex-SMA/Macif Vendée Globe winner being refitted for Clarisse Crémer Kojiro Shiraishi is building a new boat for the Vendée using the Charal moulds Long overdue… top Class40 designer Sam Manuard’s first Imoca is for Armel Tripon Maxime Sorel is now the proud owner of Thomas Ruyant’s boat from the last Vendée Globe Another Figaro frontrunner gets the big break – François Gabart protégé Charlie Dalin This will be interesting, a new Imoca 60 for Sébastien Simon managed by Vincent Riou Juan K has one more Imoca still to go… this one targeted at the ‘Not-The-Volvo-Race’ With so much team input another Hugo Boss Imoca that wanders away from the herd Second one out. Nimble-looking comfy cruiser-racer. Most appealing, Mr Bond Contemporary performance cruiser – maybe series production? Well, maybe… And of course there are at least four other AC75s underway now as well
Interesting performance cruiser with foil-assist for righting moment and pitch-damping Is there a better supporter of sailing anywhere in the world – some bounce back Thomas Coville is splitting from the pack with his new Ultime. Much anticipated new puppy All-carbon build, hybrid power and lots of sail for this sporty little number Lots of wrapping paper please – the first one-off custom Superyacht from Swan Radical… or maybe not? DSS makes good sense for a boat of this type
The biggest yet from Persico. Very light at 171 tonnes. Hybrid power for silent running Big, fast and fruity-looking new cruiser-racer from Rolfie. Will appear regatta ready
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