New Boats Table
in association with the Spinlock Special Projects Team Unstoppable
He has changed the face of yacht design and his racing scows have won everything that they’ve entered. Meanwhile, those voluminous cruising designs have been moving apace
Virgin Mojito 650: eco-friendly Mini fast-cruiser Builder IDB Marine and designer David Raison have shaken up the Series Mini class with their popular Maxi 650, which after early teething troubles is now a regular top performer (and unusually dry to sail… which is nice). Meanwhile, Raison’s custom designs achieved ‘simultaneous victories’ last year in the TJV and Mini Transat. Raison’s scow cruisers have also been growing in acceptance
with strong sailing performance allied to large amounts of internal volume. IDB’s most recent offering was the Mojito 888 – their small- est cruiser scow yet. Recently the Mojito has been heavily updated taking advantage of the latest lessons from the Maxi 650; plus there is now a nice contemporary twist with the partnership promoting a more eco-responsible method of construction based around coconut fibres, PET and cork. As a result the boat has been suitably renamed the Virgin Mojito 650. Some salient points… l performance features developed directly from IDB’s Maxi 650 l existing strong points of the Mojito mini-cruiser retaining the popular panoramic roof, telescopic drying legs and lifting keel l all using more eco-responsible construction…
The bonesVacuum-infused hull and deck structure. White hull (virgin, remember) in liner coconut fibre/cork/PET foam sandwich (manu- factured from recycled plastics) plus local moulded reinforcements. White deck in similar sandwich with moulded-in non-slip finish. Twin polyester rudders connecting to a single tiller. Downstairs Two full-sized single berths aft, ‘soft-furnished’ saloon and a generous 2m double berth in the bow. Opening roof panels for circulation and extra headroom in port, kitchen module, navigation
Custom builds BOAT
Mini 6.50 Proto Flax 27
5.5 Metre RF 38
Lift40-V4
Mach 40.4 Raison 40 Pogo 40 S4 Abottino 42 Carlini 43 TF35
Multi50 Multi50 IRC 52
Ice 52RS Botín 56
Omertà 60 Imoca 60 Imoca 60 MD62
Flying Ahead HH88 Custom
8.2m
9.5-ish 11.6m
module and chemical toilet. UpstairsSelden alloy spars, Harken winches and Spinlock jammers, plus an outboard bracket if required (non-French crews tick here). LeverageUpwind SA 38m2
; downwind SA 85m2
. Displacement just
1,200kg. And a very deep hydraulic-powered lifting keel to get you flying past much bigger cruising yachts… (with your dry decks). Base price just €64,500… (which in passing is around a quarter of the cost of a new Mini 650 Proto). ConclusionA monster piece of ingenious mini cruising kit for sensible money which lets you help to save the planet. Eloïse Nicolas, La Rochelle
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LOA DESIGNER 6.5m
Finot-Conq
Robin Zinkmann/Judel Vrolijk Dave Hollom Felci Yachts
12.18m Marc Lombard 12.18m Sam Manuard 12.18m David Raison
12.18m Guillaume Verdier 13m
Abottino Design
13.1m Carlini Design 15m
15.15m Romaric Neyhousser 15.15m VPLP 15.8m 15.8m 16.9m
Botín Partners 18.28m Mills Design
18.28m Guillaume Verdier 18.28m Guillaume Verdier 18.8m
Alejandro Bottino
Baltic 68 Café Racer 21.18m Javier Jaudenes Ice 70 AC75
21.2m Felci Yachts
22.73m Holroyd/Vrolijk etc 24m
Chaves & Bottino
Banque Populaire XI 30.3m Macif 2 (or not) Swan 125
30.3m 37.9m
Baltic 146 Custom 44.6m
26.68m Morrelli & Melvin VPLP/Banque Pop VPLP
Juan Kouyoumdjian
Baltic 117 Custom 39.6m Dykstra Naval Architects Wally 145
44.2m Frers Judel/Vrolijk
BUILDER Maxime Sallé
Greenboats
Composite Craft RF Yachts
Now Brittany (was Australia) JPS Productions JPS Productions
Structures Shipyard ML Boats
Piermarine Argentina
Carkeek Design Partners Felci Yachts
LAUNCH Late 2020
Feb 2020 onwards End 2020?
Autumn 2020 April 2021
COMMENTS
Scow hull, foils, daggerboards, telescoping canting keel, rudder T-foils and, and, and… The things you can do with plants, cork and recyclable Sicomin GreenPoxy resin. Nice effort Peter Morton enjoyed his sojourn in the class last year (or is bored with Fast40s) A nice-looking new IRC/ORC design from a brand new Brazilian yard – one to watch The new Lift40 is much more ‘scow’. Two boats on order – one for Australian Rupert Henry
August 2019 onwards A class 24-hour record in its first race… two launched, ‘at least’ one more on the way Dec 2020
Autumn 2020 onwards Boat no1 has been bought by the 1996 pole vault Olympic gold medallist Jean Galfione! Jan 2021
A one-off development of Crédit Mutuel. And sponsored by Volvo (Belgium) Very sleek and rapid-looking new fast-cruising cat. They just keep a-coming
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 the puppy down Lalou Multi Persico Spain
July 2019 onwards Autumn 2020
Ice Yachts King Marine TBA
CDK/MerConcept Carrington Boats Maxi Dolphin Baltic yachts Ice Yachts
Carrington Boats et al MCP Yachts Brazil HH Catamarans Multiplast/CDK
Autumn 2020 Feb 2021 End 2020 End 2020 2021 2021
On hold 2020
Summer 2021 August 2020 Sep/Oct 2020 2021 2021 2021
Multiplast/CDK/Fibre Mechanics 2021 Nautor’s Swan Baltic Yachts Persico, Italy Baltic Yachts
End 2020 2021 2021 2021
Contemporary-looking shorthanded tool par excellence with a full (light) interior The new Arkema 4 for skipper Quentin Vlamynck will raise the bar in this class
Just had a fun flight over the Alps by skyhook from Persico to meet its rig… A new IRC racer-racer-cruiser with suggested influence from Carkeek’s Fast40s Full carbon racer-cruiser. That carbon fibre stuff is definitely catching on Another optimised IRC racer-cruiser, deliberately pitched just above TP52 size We’d love to say more but life’s too short. She’ll have some beds and she’ll fly, ciao! This Verdier Imoca is pointing at The 2021 2022 Ocean Race for 11th Hour Racing Switchback’s half-built boat for the next Ocean Race might yet appear on eBay? Impressive-looking IRC cruiser-racer from an interesting but little-known design studio We know it looks stunning… and incorporates flax and wicker in the build Boat no1 of a series build of a new and stylish carbon lift-keel racer-cruiser The second British AC75 is still coming together, as are the three other V2 boats Interesting performance cruiser with foil-assist for righting moment and pitch-damping Carbon hull, deck, mast, rigging, sails, probably the loo as well. Just in time for next Christmas All of the ‘big’ pieces are now coming together in Brittany (where else – ed) B.O.G.O.F. One lightly used winning Ultim up for sale plus one brand spankers new one The first one-off custom Superyacht from Swan. Certainly one to look forward to Gorgeous indeed. Classic pilot cutter looks allied to modern design – with heavy eco-focus The biggest yet from Persico. And very light at 171 tonnes. Hybrid power for silent running Big, fast and fruity-looking new cruiser-racer from Rolfie. Will launch regatta ready
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