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Mills Design are pleased to have been asked by the Cape2Rio Race organisers to produce a Virtual Raceboat for the Sailonline.org Cape2Rio Race.  An offshore classic, the Cape to Rio race has a proud tradition of fast sailing around the dominant South Atlantic High Pressure System that guards the direct route between the city of Cape Town on the southern tip of Africa and the carnival city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, South America. The first running of the race took place in 1971 and since then there have been 16 editions of the race, not all going to Rio. Amazing ocean greyhounds like Pen Duick III & VI, Ondine, Stormy, Morning Glory, Zephyrus, Kwa Hari, Rambler 88, Icap Leopard, Maserati and many more have vied for line honours. The current monohull record stands at 10d 11h 29m 57s held by Maserati a VO70, the multihull record sits at 7d 20h 29m 02s held by Ultim Love Water.

 

Our 74’ Cape2Rio2023 design is an exciting development of the state of the art in offshore design shaped to reflect the unique event profile of the legendary Cape to Rio Race.   This light chined design is drawn to perform most strongly on the long predominantly downwind racetrack, where unusually for most ocean classics running plays a significant role.

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After two years in development, the Melges IC37 Class enjoyed its first major outing at the New York Yacht Club’s 165th Annual Regatta in Newport. Held over three days in a range of conditions, the fleet provided the excitement and close tactical racing the Club desired when when it created the Class.

 

Designer Mark Mills was there to watch the racing and felt “This was a great event for the Class and the Club, I’m thrilled the IC37 delivers their vision for a fast, fun, and accommodating performance design that will encourage increased involvement in sailing”.

 

Congratulations to Rush for winning Friday’s Around the Island Race, and to Members Only for winning the weekend inshore racing with a last race bullet.

 

 

Concubine Sydney-Hobart 2017

Our Premier Composites-built IRC 45 Concubine owned by Jason Ward and Shevaun Bruland was the first boat under 50′ to finish the 2017 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race, in a competitive group of designs sized beneath the TP52’s.

 

 

Matt Sheahan the technical Editor of Yachting World has been doing quite a few Sport boat tests this spring.  In this Boat Test he took out the Checkmate Sailing Sailing C&C30 on a beautiful  Solent day – and his verdict?   “I really like this boat.”

 

 

MAT1180 RocksBeautiful shot of the newly launched MAT1180 CFM winning the 3 race BAYK Winter Series Weekend in Bodrum.