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Karma, our 75′ Performance Cruiser design for Maxi Dolphin has hit the water. In coming weeks the rig will be stepped and trial sailing can begin. The stunning Karma interiors are the work of top Milan office Nauta Design, whose experience and clean relaxed vibe reflected the owners wishes perfectly.
The Cape31 Training Regatta took place in Cape Town November 23-25, with professional coaching and drone footage provided with the assistance of TNT owner Dr. Tina Plattner. This was very beneficial for those taking part,a nd produced some fabulous footage!
Details of the 2019 Cape 31 Invitational Regatta have been announced for 5 – 10 February 2019. Want to test a Cape 31 in a proper One Design regatta, or just enjoy some fabulous warm weather racing with your team during the Northern hemisphere winter? Enter the C31 Invitational regatta. Experience these awesome one-design racing machines and sail in iconic Table Bay all while exploring beautiful Cape Town. Limited boats available – get your entry in now!
September 27, 2018, for immediate release by New York Yacht Club
NEWPORT, R.I. – After a summer of commissioning work, sea trials and the occasional weeknight PHRF race, the New York Yacht Club’s first three IC37s lined up for two days of one-design racing on Narragansett Bay on the first weekend of autumn. While the fleet was small, especially compared to the pack of 20 or more boats that will charge the starting line at each IC37 regatta next summer, it was nonetheless a revelation to see this slick 37-footer in its natural environment, namely racing boat-for-boat with full amateur crews.
“We have something special here,” says New York Yacht Club Rear Commodore Chris Culver, who led his team to victory in the event over those skippered by Commodore Phil Lotz and Paul Zabetakis, who chairs the Club’s IC37 subcommittee. “It will be a rewarding sight when we have 20 of these racing thoroughbreds on the line next spring.”
It has been approximately 16 months since Commodore Lotz announced to the membership the Club’s intention to build a fleet of 20 one-design yachts for use in the Club’s flagship event, the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, and for race charter by members. Mark Mills was chosen to design the yacht with Westerly Marine in Santa Ana, Calif., selected as the primary builder. Melges Performance Sailboats will lead the worldwide marketing of the boat and the development of the class. Overwhelming interest from the sailing world led to the addition of a second builder, FIBRE Mechanics, in Lymington, Great Britain, this summer. North Sails will build the class’s one-design sails. Class rules require that all crew be World Sailing Group 1 (amateur) sailors and that each team has at least one woman, two if the team has eight or more people.
The first boat arrived in Newport in April and has been sailed extensively in the time since as numerous industry professionals worked to optimize the deck layout, sail and rig tune and crew mechanics.
“After this weekend, we can safely say that the IC37 has met, and in many cases, exceeded our design specifications of two years ago,” says Zabetakis. “We asked for a modern race boat incorporating the latest hull and rig design with a deck layout planned for maximum efficiency for around-the-buoys racing and that’s exactly what we have. The boat is stable both upwind and down, maneuvers extremely well in tight spaces and accelerates quickly. The time we spent in defining what we wanted, and, as importantly, what we did not want, has clearly paid off.”
SuperNikka, the Vismara 62 Mills owned by Roberto Lacorte, won the Mini-Maxi 1 Class with a day to spare for her third Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup title. With less than half the points of the second placed finisher in the 10 boat fleet, SuperNikka revelled in a mix of conditions over the week-long event in in scenic Porto Cervo.
The pinnacle of the Maxi yacht racing calendar, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup brings together the biggest and fastest monohulls in the world once a year to race in the unparalleled scenery and conditions of the Maddalena archipelago in northeastern Sardinia.