The standard layout has a midships double cabin beneath the deckhouse. The performance option has 108m² of upwiind sail area on a carbon rig
can ask and someone else will say “I’ve got an idea, I can help you.” A lot of good ideas come from the workshop, not from the office. They’ll ask if this idea is OK and we’ll say “Yes, it’s a good idea. Let’s do it,” Or “Let’s work with the construction office to see if we can make it even better.” It’s a good way to work.’ The yard also has a generosity of spirit
and a willingness to invest in the next generation. Kiel Polytechnic gave its naval architecture students the task of designing and building human- powered vessels that would be tested on the water right next to the yard. Some prototypes needed running repairs and they approached Pure Yachts who were happy to help and took no payment for their time and materials. Kohler takes up the story. ‘Two weeks later they came back with
in the future to get these guys in. ‘Shipyards are changing all the time.
‘A full scale mock-up gives us the confidence that everything works’
With so many high-tech machines you need fewer workers but more people in the construction office, programming the machines. It used to be 90 per cent of staff in the workshop and 10 per cent in the construction office, today it’s more like 60:40 and they’re helping us on the construction side. They also get the practical workshop knowledge, which is important.’ While embracing
technology, there is also a determination to leave no stone unturned in delivering the perfect
a crate of beer to say thank you. One of them said: “I’m a master boatbuilder studying to be an engineer but I need to do 40 days’ work experience at a company while I study. Can I do it here?” We said “Yes, no problem. Once a week, if you have time, you can work here.” He came and was a really good technician. Then another came, also working one day a week and more during holidays. He’s doing a masters and asked “can I write my master’s exam about this company?” We said yes, then the professors came to check us out and we’re getting more and more involved with these guys. The third is a female student, I hope she stays too. It brings a lot of young people to us and the appreciation we give to the workers, the sense of team membership, gives people a confidence that they carry back to their studies. When we had some questions about welding and hydrodynamics, we took it to our interns, asked if they could get advice from their professors, and we got a good answer. We’re helping them, they’re helping us. It’s a good investment
machine for sailing. This includedmaking a plywoodmock-up of the interior inside a steel framemade using the laser-cutting files creating an accurate replica of the space between the two watertight bulkheads. ‘It gives us the confidence that
everything works, and we have made changes because of this,’ says Kohler.
‘If you only look at a 3D model, zoom in, zoom out, you never get a real feeling for how much space there actually is. You have all these measurements, but does it work? This was just for us and for our clients to get a feeling of the space. If we build it 100 per cent right the first time, we can just press a button for the next boat – but you have to be sure it’s correct first.’ Despite the pressure of deadlines, Schernikau had no doubt it was the right thing to do – indeed it was his idea to build the mock-up: ‘Sometimes we think we must move quicker but it’s the first one, it has to be right.’ That is the hope Schernikau and his
staff all share for the Pure 42, that it hits those sweet spots: that it rekindles the excitement of sailing while indulging the urge to explore. ‘A lot of our clients have finished working, their children have gone and they want to live their dream while they’re still young enough to do it. That’s my situation – except most people decide to buy a boat, not found a shipyard.’
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The lifting keel has 3.3T of ballast on a 3m fin and retracts to 1.2m draught. The boat can dry out on its keel and twin rudders
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