0 Open 42

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• by Team Racing-Yachts.com
• 22-07-2022

Kuka Light Kuka Light is one of the fastest boat ever built in it’s class (40-42 feet) for offshore races. The full-carbon autoclave built yacht is thought and engineered to be raced in long distance races by a small crew of 7. The super light boat (3.4 tons displacement) has demonstrated to be as fast as the best 50 and 60 footer in races like Giraglia and Middle Sea Race. Equipped with a canting keel and a rotating mast Kuka-Light has been constantly developed during the last years and is very competitive also in ORC rating. The boat has been professionally maintained and serviced throughout the years. The carbon fin and the structural parts of boat and mast have been checked by QI-Composite with ultra sound. All hardware of the boat has been checked and replaced during every winter. 2015 new PBO rig. The engine has been also serviced every year. More info: https://www.racing-yachts.com/open-42...        

0 CODE Yachts at Interboot Friedrichshafen Germany

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• by Team Racing-Yachts.com
• 06-09-2021

Visit Code Yachts at Interboot in Friedrichshafen from 18 to 26 September Both the Code 8 and Code 10 will be shown at the boatshow in Friedrichshafen @ BodenSee Germany. CODE8 One Design is presented at Halle A3, Stand 507. This CODE8 One Design is the fiberglass version of CODE8, with an aluminum mast and boom, plus a new layout. The boat is served with Karver 45 compact winches. Further there is the opportunity to testsail the CODE10 in the harbour of the boatshow.  • CODE10 is easy to sail solo & double-handed  • Opportunity to nest new gennaker, 190sqm downwind  Please contact us if you like to visit or testsail CODE yachts.  

0 Yacht Racing Forum 2022 in Mallta

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• by Team Racing-Yachts.com
• 30-08-2021

  The Yacht Racing Forum, which was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, will try again for Malta in November 2022. As the leading annual conference for the business of sailing and yacht racing, the event organizes two days of networking, business, and socializing.  

0 MERRY X-MAS

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• by Team Racing-Yachts.com
• 24-12-2020

0 Lowered in asking price JV36

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• by Team Racing-Yachts.com
• 24-07-2020

  Lowered in asking price the ´ready to sail and race´ Judel Vrolijk 36 Nightshift is designed to be competitive in the top of group C in ORCi/IRC events. The hull, deck/cockpit,  structural components and keel were computer fraised. She was launched april 2018. Due to health problems of the owner, since that time, she was not any further used and stored inside a heated shed. All sails are North Sails and electronics B&G H5000 in like new condition.   Yacht description GPH 591.6 Displacement:  appr. 4.500 kg (depends on ballast) Material:  sandwich, glass, epoxy vacuumed Yard: Rega Yacht, Ropszyce, Poland, finishing of yacht in Holland  Check here the link to the add

0 Botin 65 in the picture

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• by Team Racing-Yachts.com
• 09-07-2020

‘One of the coolest things we’ve ever done’ is how Adolfo Carrau of designers Botín & Partners recalls the Botín 65 racer-cruiser High Spirit   Sleek looks, yes, but don’t be fooled – High Spirit is more than a stylish package. Design sister Caro finished runner-up in IRC 1 in a highly competitive 2016 Rolex Middle Sea Race on corrected time, finishing less than one hour behind the full-on lightweight DSS racer Maverick. Just two boats have been built to the Botín 65 design. One, Caro, has been very extensively campaigned but is still a beautiful yacht. The second, High Spirit, is barely out of the wrapper and ready to win. ‘We are usually approached to design pure racing boats and we seem to do very well in this high-end market niche,’ says designer Adolfo Carrau. ‘However, when a private owner calls us to design a fast and beautiful boat without comprom ises and forgetting about any rating or box rules, then it’s a dream come true! ‘This is what happened when we designed Caro and High Spirit, as both owners were interested primarily in having a very fast boat to enjoy with friends and a small crew, mixing cruising and racing around the world. ‘We had a blank sheet of paper to create a unique boat for each owner, and we had a great time with both! The build standard matches the latest TP52 or Maxi72 – the owner really wanted the very best.’ Built by the composite artisans at King Marine at the end of 2015, High Spirit is equipped for sale with an inventory that would flatter a superyacht of twice the size. Every thing about the yacht is to the highest spec imaginable: high-modulus spars and bowsprit, carbon 3Di sails and an electronics and hydraulics inventory powerful enough to launch a satellite. And every single element of this boat is today as good as (or better than) new. ‘All our experience in racing boats for the Volvo and America’s Cup has been applied to the build of this amazing yacht. Using the most sophisticated materials and to a great design, High Spirit is one of the finest yachts that we have ever launched.’ – Pablo Santarsiero, managing director of King Marine High Spirit features an all-carbon hull and structure, with a Nomexcored deck to keep the centre of gravity low and sailing stability high, finished off with a beautiful teak deck. Then there is a hydraulic lifting keel to get you in close to the sand plus a state-of-the-art hydraulic drive train to silently but speedily spin the latest Harken performance winches. Sailing electronics are by B&G, hydraulic management and power by Cariboni, lines and cordage are all by Armare, with a second North Sails delivery wardrobe to keep the 3Di race sails pristine. As we said, the best of the best wherever you look. A race-winning new yacht from one of the world’s top designers and with a contemporary and light interior, the High Spirit cruising offer is also both elegant and extraordinary. And that race performance… a yacht with this degree of elegance that gets up on the plane when you start to lean on her in earnest. What else could any ambitious sailor ever ask for? This fast lift-keel 65-footer is being offered in as new condition for offers on € 1.500.000 Click here for the full specs of the boat From Seahorse magazine.

0 America's Cup: Team NZ's successful return to action

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• by Team Racing-Yachts.com
• 30-04-2020

Team New Zealand judged their return to the water on Thursday a success as they resumed testing and development, using their social distancing alarm devices. The America’s Cup defenders had their boatbuilders back in action on Tuesday as a return to level 3 eased working restrictions introduced to guard against the coronavirus pandemic. Now desperately behind with their plans following the five-week lockdown at level 4 they have sought advice from the government and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to get back on the water. The got clearance from the coast guard and the harbour master. Team New Zealand sent a crew of four out on their scaled down test boat Te Kahu. They reduced their staff on support boats. The sailors were wearing the new safety devices that have been developed over the last two weeks with the technology partner, Dunedin-based Igtimi. The battle against Covid-19 has sparked an impromptu technical innovation with their technology partner Zealand and Igtimi, a GPS tracking and big data company based in Dunedin, to create personal separation and contact tracing tags that sends out an alarm when the wearer is too close to a colleague.       An ultra wide band positioning system of personal tags was developed that accurately measures the distance between people. Worn by team member, the tags are programmed to react by flashing, beeping and vibrating when a pre-programmed perimetre is intersected. The interactions between the two tags (or people) are then logged for contact tracing purposes. More info & video  

0 Good news from the market

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• by Team Racing-Yachts.com
• 31-03-2020

  Good news from the market The racing-yachts team is happy to inform you that the Ker 11.3 has been sold in a weeks time. We wish the new owner all the best with his great boat and we hope he can hit the water soon!   Contact us if you like to sell your yacht!    

0 For the sailors in lockdown

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• by Team Racing-Yachts.com
• 24-03-2020

  Professional and recreational sailors will face off against each other last Monday 23 March from 12:02 UTC in Virtual Regatta's The Great Escape, a virtual race from La Rochelle to Curaçao in the Caribbean. Professional sailors such as Sam Davies, Armel Le Cleac'h, Boris Hermann and Jeremie Beyou will participate in the race and millions more will have the opportunity to race against them. eSailors will be able to choose from one of four well known offshore boats - the Ultim, IMOCA, Class 40 and the Figaro 3. The weather conditions within the game will replicate the real-life conditions across the route and the estimated time of arrival for the first boat is 31 March. Virtual Regatta, the leading digital sailing platform, has offered all players the VIP status. This will grant the eSailors with extended weather trajectory forecasts over 120 hours, the ability to display 100 friendly boats instead of 50 and customisation of the base map. Head to Virtual Regatta Offshore to register - www.virtualregatta.com/en/offshore-game/ Virtual Regatta started in 2010 as a small team of passionate designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs gathered around the idea that virtual sailing sports games can mix with real races and real skippers.  Virtual Regatta is an online strategy game for those passionate about offshore sailing and real time regattas!  

0 Photo-album Maxi Longobarda

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• by Team Racing-Yachts.com
• 23-02-2020

We have visited the Maxi 82 by Farr Yacht Design in Portugal. Longobarda was a breakthrough IOR maxi that set a new standard in the class during 1989 until the early 1990s. She was the product of a successful combination of Bruce Farr design talent, SAI Ambrosini (Italy) build quality and a no-expense-spared budget, courtesy of her owner, Italian yachtsman Gianni Varasi (who had previously owned Raul Gardini's earlier yacht, Il Moro di Venezia II). Now refitted into a fast performance cruiser The reportage you can find via this link: https://tinyurl.com/vax7nlz