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in association with the Spinlock Special Projects Team Gap in the market?
A purpose-designed foiling dinghy that performs and looks the part both in the air and in the water. Very fast, but does not require the flexibility of Nadia Comăneci to sail well…
Dynamic development of a new market Foiling dinghies have become well-established in the past 15 years since the advent of the first flying Moth, but to date the foiling experience has largely been the preserve of the most athletic sailors of above- average ability. That need not be the case, however. Today the Scow is experiencing a comeback. The Skeeta hull is
based on the Australian ‘tunnel’ scow shapes that once dominated the Moth class, but optimised for foiling. The scow is inherently much more stable than a pencil-thin Moth skiff but is still extremely fast. Quant Boats enjoy an established reputation for delivering foiling
in a more usable package. Down under in Melbourne our partners in this venture, James and David French, enjoy a similar reputation for practical solutions, with the benefit of many years of designing and building successful Moth designs. Then to get us all airborne in the most practical way we turned to Ian Ward and Glide Free Design (issue 415). We think the combination worked well. On the water the Skeeta is characterised by excellent all-round
speed – while always staying well-behaved. Easy foiling in the lower to medium wind range and controlled and fast sailing in very light or very strong winds when you will normally sail the boat without foils – the horizontal foil elements being quickly and easily removed. Meanwhile, the choice of a scow-shaped hull makes for a very
stable platform for those of us who are not the Rudolf Nureyev of the lakes. A typical foiler crash is virtually unknown – and we have tested the Skeeta in all conditions. And if you do capsize, because the
Custom builds BOAT
Trentadue
Cape40S 5G NMD 43 Multi50 TP52s...
Cape Fling Windfall 58 Apivia Charal
Arkea Paprec Hugo Boss La Fabrique Felci 65
Knierim FC53
LOA DESIGNER 9.8m
Carlini Design 12.13m Owen-Clarke
13.03m Nivelt & Muratet Design 15.24m VPLP 15.8m
Botín Partners 16.97m Botín Partners
17.62m McCollough Yachts 18.28m Guillaume Verdier 18.28m VPLP
18.28m Juan Yacht Design
18.28m Sam Manuard (so they say) 18.28m Finot-Conq 19.7m
Felci Design 16.12m Finot Conq
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Goetz 70 Maxi72 MD73
Brenta 80SRD Wally 93 Macif
Sodebo
Baltic 112 Swan 125 Wally 145
21.8m White/Koopman 22m
Botín Partners
22.2m Mills Design 24.2m Luca Brenta 28.3m Judel-Vrolijk 30.3m VPLP 30.3m 34.0m 37.9m
44.2m Frers
Quantum Racing 15.18m Botín Partners
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Goetz Composites
New England Boatworks MD Technologies
Michael Schmidt Yachtbau Wally Yachts CDK
Renaud Bañuls Malcolm McKeon Juan Kouyoumdjian
France! (TBA) Baltic Yachts Nautor Swan Persico, Italy
July 2018 End 2018 2018 2018 2018
Aug 2018 April 2019 Feb 2019 Late 2018 2019
Composite Builders/Persico May 2018 BUILDER
Piermarine Yachts, Argentina Cape Racing Yachtss Ocean Tec Slovenia ENATA Dubai See comments King Marine
Front Street Shipyard CDK CDK CDK!
Carrington Boats Team Fabrique Persico Marine
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freeboard is minimal and the boat floats level, getting back onboard is no harder than on a Laser. No more eye-popping, ‘I am swimming and my boat is pointing at the sky’ moments; entertaining but for the less skilled these can quickly get tedious. So the Skeeta is suitable for beginners, for foiling training, for leisure and just for fun. Flying height, for example, is infinitely variable and easily adjusted
while sailing; simply slide the control wand up or down the bracket. Novices will initially fly as low as possible before cranking up to full height as they become more confident. And if you are caught out by the conditions changing then the vertical lift on the main foil can simply be dialled down to zero to return to shore in conventional sailing mode. Michael Aeppli, Quant Boats, Lucerne
LAUNCH
Jan 2016 onwards June 2017 onwards Sep 2017 onwards Mayl 2018 May 2018
August 2018 June 2018
August 2019 August 2018 May 2019 Mid-2019 June 2018 July 2018
2017 onwards COMMENTS
Great-looking IRC pot-hunter with a super-stylish interior; cracking value as well Fifth-generation Max-RM Class40 from a new yard. Second boat well underway Development of the A13 Teasing Machine 2. Boat no1 quickly impressed Quite aggressive design approach. A quietly resurgent fleet – now with OD foils
Alegre/Longitud Cero; Onda/King; Quantum/Persico – last three then we’re done till next year! Expect this new IRC56 to be giving the latest Teasing Machine some competition A possible run of yet another lightweight and fast luxury cat. Lift foils and daggerboards Another Figaro frontrunner gets the big break. François Gabart protégée… Jérémie Beyou gets a new sponsor and his first brand new Imoca 60
This will be interesting, a new Imoca 60 for Sébastien Simon managed by Vincent Riou So who gets its similarly slim and fast predecessor?
Young Swiss skipper Alan Roura’s trusty 2006 Imoca is gaining foils from Mick Kermarec Whizzy IRC-targeted racer-cruiser. Looks like a mini-Cannonball
Based on Finot-Conq’s Imoca 60 work, very purposeful carbon/Nomex 53-footer heavily race-influenced but designed for long-range cruising with a double-handed crew. The foils are all retractable to maximise shoal access
Very light (17-tonne) all-carbon double una-rig cruiser-racer! The design R&D is almost finished for the new Bella Mente Contemporary performance cruiser, possible series production? There are also a 96 and a 70 on the drawing board. MSY is on a roll Smaller Wally is aggressively styled and reflects the latest Maxi72s
She’s back in the shed being speeded up… with a new one starting in 18 months! Thomas Coville is breaking with the (small but perfectly refined) herd with his new Ultim All-carbon build, hybrid power and lots of sail for this sporty little number Lots of wrapping paper needed – a first one-off custom Superyacht from Swan The biggest yet from Persico. Very light at 171 tonnes. Hybrid power for silent running
One of no fewer than seven new TP52s from the Botín studio, the latest Quantum programme will run alongside the New York Yacht Club America’s Cup challenge – going in the water while you are reading this (gutsy call –ed)
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