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Results
2019:
Race, Class/Division, Overall, Line Honours
151 Miglia, 2nd, 2nd / 220, Yes*
Giraglia Inshore, 3rd, -, -
Giraglia Distance, -, 9th / 182, Yes
Rolex Fastnet, 18th, 31st / 333, Yes
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, 2nd, -, -
Voiles de St. Tropez, 2nd, -, -
Rolex Middle Sea, 1st, 24th / 99, Yes
* Record - 13h 50m 43s.
2018:
Race, Class/Division, Overall, Line Honours
Caribbean 600, 1st, 1st / 57, Yes**
Voiles de St Barth, 2nd, -, -
NYYC Annual Regatta, 2nd, -, -
Newport Bermuda Race, 3rd, 3rd / 85, Yes
Palermo Monte Carlo Race, 1st, 21st / 36, Yes
Rolex Maxi Yacht Cup, 3rd, -, -
Voiles de St Tropez, 17th, -, -
Rolex Middle Sea Race, 1st, 64th / 116, Yes
** Record - 1d 13h 41m 45s
2017:
Race, Class/Division, Overall, Line Honours
Caribbean 600, 1st, 3rd / 60, Yes
Voiles de St Barth, 5th, -, -
Myth of Malham Race, 2nd, 13th / 126, Yes
Cowes Dinard St Malo Race, 1st, 1st / 148, Yes
Channel Race, 1st, 1st / 115, Yes
Fastnet Race, 1st, 64th / 312, Yes
Rolex Maxi Yacht Cup, 3rd, -, -
Voiles de St Tropez, 3rd, -, -
Rolex Middle Sea Race, 1st, 21st / 95, Yes
2016:
Race, Class/Division, Overall, Line Honours
Volcano Race, 1st, 1st, Yes***
Around Ireland, 1st, 1st, Yes****
Palermo to Monte Carlo, -, 20th / 40, Yes
Maxi Worlds (Sardinia), 2nd, -, -
Voiles de St. Tropez, 6th, -, -
Rolex Middle Sea, 6th, 12th / 95, Yes
ARC (Gran Canaria to St. Lucia), 1st, 1st, Yes*****
IMA Med Challenge Series 1st overall
*** Record - 38 hours 20 minutes
**** Record - 50 hours 24 minutes
***** Record - 8 days 6 hours 29 min
2015:
Race, Class/Division, Overall, Line Honours
Ft. Lauderdale to Key West, 1st, 2nd / 9, Yes
RORC Caribbean 600, 1st, 3rd / 56, Yes
Les Voiles de St. Barth’s, 1st, 1st / 10, -
NYYC Annual, 10th, -, -
Transatlantic Race, 1st, 4th / 34, -
RYS 200th Anniversary Regatta, 1st, 8th, -
Rolex Fastnet, 4th, 231st, 2nd
Voiles de St Tropez, 11th, N/A, -
Rolex Middle Sea, 2nd, 7th / 103, Yes
Solas Sydney Harbour Race, 3rd, 3rd, -
Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race, 5th, 32nd / 84, -
Atlantic Ocean Racing Series 2015, Winner Overall
Construction
Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:
- Carbon Pre-preg with Nomex and Foam Cores.
- Water ballast – 1,400 Kilos each side, in aft wing tanks.
Canting Keel & Rudder:
- 2018 Persico manufactured lighter steel keel fin and smaller bulb to JYD design and engineering to 7m draft.
- Original 2014 Wyman manufactured keel fin and bulb to JYD design and engineering to 6m draft.
- Core (NZL) manufactured carbon pre-preg dagger boards (2) to JYD design, plus a spare set.
- Twin rudder seup with spare set in storage.
- Lifting Sideboard Foils installed May 2015, removed June 2018.
- Keel Fin Monitoring: Custom instrumentation and logging system from Kinetic Scientific allowing continuous logging at 200 Hz for up to 50 hours of the following data:
- Time.
- Keel position.
- Keel ram hydraulic pressure.
- Keel pin strain.
- Keel strain via fibre optic strain gauging via Epsilon Optics.
- Attitude, acceleration and rate at both fore and aft keel bulk heads.
- Latitude/Longitude, COG/SOG, TWS/TWA.
- Post event data analysis capability allows keel fatigue cycle counting.
Hydraulic Systems
- System design, custom manifolds and custom keel rams by Central Coast Hydraulics with controls by Kinetic Scientific provide integrated Engine Management and Hydraulic Control for operation of:
- 1x Steyr SE266S36 6-cylinder 192kw turbo diesel with direct CAN control.
- 2x engine driven hydraulic pumps.
- 1x ZF45 transmission w/electronic shift and hydraulic propeller retraction.
- 9x hydraulic powered winches.
- 12x hydraulic sailing rams.
- 2x hydraulic keel rams.
- 1x hydraulic water ballast pump.
- Port & stbd engine cooling water inlets with auto tacking.
- Control inputs via:
- 7x custom membrane panels.
- 24x winch foot switches.
- 2x Emergency Stop.
- 19x discrete function buttons.
- Multi-function handheld wireless.
- 2x shift/throttle propulsion controls.
- Touch screen.
- Interfaced to WTP3 for monitoring via B&G H5000 displays.
Pumps:
- Keel - Engine driven Danfoss Series 90 100cc.
- Winch/Ram - Engine driven Danfoss Series 45 60cc.
Rams:
- Keel - Dual-redundant opposing rams.
- Sailing system rams -
- J1 Tack/J2 Stay by Cariboni w/position sensing.
- Stay - J4, GS by Navtec.
- Deflector - Top, Mid, Lower by Navtec w/position sensing.
- Tackline - Port, Stbd by Cariboni.
- Jib sheet - In/out, Up/Down by Navtec.
- Main - Outhaul, Cunningham by Navtec.
- Prop - Up/Down by Navtec w/position sensing.
Performance:
- Keel canting rail-to-rail fully loaded: ~10 seconds.
- Primaries capable of 400 spindle RPM, all others capable of 200 spindle RPM.
- Maximum line retrieval rates (meters/second):
- Pit & Mainsheet: 2.9.
- Primary: 6.2.
- Runner: 3.3.
- Traveler: 2.1.
Machinery
Engine & Gearboxes:
- Factory 24V option.
- Steyr 192 Kw main engine.
- Spare prop.
Electrical Systems
Voltage Systems:
- Identical, independent House and Start systems with cross over provision providing dual redundancy.
- Semi-custom distributed DC switching based on Garmin EmpirBus & Oceanic Systems distribution modules with touch screen user interface.
- Extensive use of TE Raychem Type 55A ultralight wiring throughout the yacht.
Battery Banks:
- 24V 180AH Genasun GLi LFP Lithium battery bank with dedicated monitoring system.
Alternators:
- 24V 120A API 42i continuous-rated alternators deliver >50A at idle.
Plumbing Systems
Fresh Water & Water Heating System:
- Pressure water: Fresh and Salt water pumps Flojet R4325343A 17 litre per minute.
Watermaker:
- Spectra Ventura 150 - 24 litres per hour.
Bilge Pumps:
- Fore & Aft Jabsco 23920-2313 Utility Puppy 3000 30 litre per minute with roving pickup hose and remote-control actuation.
- Pneumatic hatch seal with auto inflation.
- Port & stbd system bay flooding alarms.
Tankage
Fresh water:
- Fresh water: Port & Stbd forward; Aft centre ballast.
Navigation Equipment
- Processor: B & G WTP3; 8x 6-Channel analog modules; 5x 2-power serial modules.
- Displays: 6x mast mounted B&G 3030s displays; 11x B&G H5000 displays; 1x B&G 12” Zeus3.
- Wind: 3x B&G 213 1.4m wand.
- Heading: iXBlue Hydrins fiber optic gyro compass; B&G ZG100.
- GPS: Hemisphere A320 w/GLONASS constellation support & 20Hz option; Hemisphere A320 w/augmentation via iXBlue Hydrins; B&G ZG100; Garmin 19x; True Heading AIS GPS; Handheld Garmin GPSMap 78.
- IMU: iXBlue Hydrins; B&G Rate Gyro.
- Speedos: 3x Signet paddlewheels bow + port & stbd aft.
- Rudder Angle: 2x Gill Blade 60 high resolution sensors at angles of ±15º.
- Water Ballast: 2x Headhunter SYM-X tank level sensors.
- Depth: Airmar DST200.
- Barometer: B&G.
- MOB Buttons: Port & stbd helms.
- Load: 2x Tackline via Diverse load pin; Headstay via Diverse load pin; J1/J2 tack via Diverse load pin; J4 tack via Diverse load pin; GS tack via Diverse load pin; Top deflector via Diverse load pin; Mid deflector via Diverse load pin; Low deflector via Diverse load pin.
- Position: J4 tack ram via internal transducer; GS tack ram via internal transducer; Top deflector via internal transducer; Mid deflector via laser range finder; Low deflector via laser range finder; Keel angle via Kinetic Hydraulic Controller; 2x daggerboard via Kinetic Daggerboard Position Sensors.
- PC Computers: Dual redundant Getac B300-G5 ruggedized notebook computers.
- Radar: Navico BR24 4G broadband radar. Plus spare.
- Router: Peplink HD2 MAX.
- WAN: 2x worldwide 4G; Ship-to-Shore Wi-Fi; Cobham Sailor FB250 - Inmarsat Fleet Broadband 250 w/handset.
- Wi-Fi: Above and below deck access points.
- VHF: Garmin 300i 25W VHF; 2x iCom M72 handheld VHF.
- AIS: True Heading CTRX Graphene w/integral antenna splitter.
- Antenna: Ultrawhip masthead VHF antenna w/ LMR-LW400 and lightning arrestor.
- Sat Phones: 2x Iridium 9575 Extreme hand sets.
- Night Vision: FLIR night vision scope.
- Binoculars: Steiner.
- Compass: Port & stbd lighted binnacle compass integrated into helm stations.
- Endoscope: Karl Storz Borescope w/inspection ports at daggerboards & rudders.
- Lock Sensors: Main full hoist; Masthead port & stbd; J1/J2, J4, GS; 3x boom reef.
Domestic Equipment
Heads/Showers:
- 2x enclosed heads with Planus Race toilets and fresh water sinks.
Heating & Ventilation:
- 24V Transvend 2-liter water heater.
Lighting:
- White & red lighting through entire accommodation space.
Accommodation
Summary of Accommodation:
- Pipe Berths: 10x per side.
- Hanging lockers: 25 hooks per side w/lighting.
Deck Equipment
Rig:
- 2019 Lighter Southern Spars High Modulus Carbon Pre-preg Mast with increased I measurement, new halyard locks and Carbo-Link continuous Solid Carbon Standing Rigging with improved windage and stiffness.
- Southern Spars High Modulus Carbon Pre-preg Boom with reef locks.
- 2014 Southern Spars High Modulus Carbon Pre-preg Mast with halyard locks and Continuous EC6 Rigging.
- Custom rolling aluminium mast and boom supports.
- Shipping cradle for mast.
Winches:
- Full set of Harken Hydraulic Winches.
- Spinlock rope Jammers.
- Pit - 2x Harken 1111 w/speed rings.
- Primary - 2x Harken 1125 oil bath w/speed rings.
- Traveler - 2x Harken 990.
- Runner - 2x Harken 1130.
- Mainsheet - 1x Harken 1111.
- All winches driven by Central Coast Hydraulic 200cc motors.
New Sails for 2021 (All by North):
- Mainsail.
- J2.
- J4.
- FR0.
- IRS Staysail.
- Drifter.
- A2.
Sails (All by North):
Sail, Description, Condition, -
M1, First mainsail recut to first reef for delivery use, Good, Delivery
M3, 2017 Race Main, Good, Race backup
M4, 4/18 Race main, Excellent, Race
J1-2, Hank-on J1, Good, Mast 1
J1-3, 4/19 Hank-on, for new mast, "I" moved up 750mm, Good, Race
J2F-4, Furling sail, Good, Mast 1
J2F-5, 4/19 Furling sail for new mast, "I" moved up 750mm, Excellent, Race
J4-3, 1/18 Furling sail, Good, Backup
J4-4, 4/19 Furling sail, Excellent, Race
GS-3, Furling sail, Excellent, Race
IRS-2, New March 2020, Excellent, Race
FR0-2, Current race sail, Good, Race
MH0-4, August 2019, Excellent, Race
MHBlade, Current race sail, furling, Good, Race
Trysail, Current race sail, Good, Race
Storm jib, Current race sail, Good, Race
Drifter-2, New March 2020, Excellent, Race
Safety Equipment:
- Water ballast/firefighting/crash pump capable of ~400lpm.
- All offshore safety equipment.
Mooring / Logistics:
- Lifting slings and shackles for the yacht.
- Dock lines.
- Custom fenders.
- Anchor rode.
- Anchor.
- Passarelle.