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• By Dennis Caprio
• Updated: October 4, 2007

_ Zaraffa_ is a 66-foot lightweight speedster that is all business outside and surprisingly livable inside. Her owner is a pragmatic New Englander with a seriously competitive nature and an uncompromising taste for exceptional speed and handling in his cruising yachts. Zaraffa is the product of his vision as interpreted by Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design and rendered by New England Boatworks of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She’s beautiful in the same way the Le Mans-winning Audi R8 race car is beautiful, but Zaraffa is wonderfully usable for so much more than racing.

If Nathanael Herreshoff were alive today, he would love the ambience belowdecks. She has a simple fully equipped interior, some of which can be removed to lighten the boat for racing. If you like simplicity, you’ll find her accommodations inviting. She doesn’t have a liner, but New England Boatworks faired and painted the back side of the laminate to a satiny off-white. Blond beechwood trims the edges of the counters, companionways and other bits of molded furniture, and the teak/holly sole anchors the décor. Cedar ceilings in the saloon add a touch of warmth. The high-gloss table at the dinette almost seems out of place.

Reichel/Pugh and the owner wisely avoided the temptation to cram accommodations into the boat’s ends. The living and sleeping spaces occupy about the same volume as the accommodations of a 55-foot dedicated cruising yacht. Concentrating the mass over or near the center of buoyancy limits the pitching motion to an acceptable level. Pitching robs the sail plan of its drive, which slows any boat, but is especially pronounced in very lightweight boats, such as Zaraffa .

I like having the galley so close to the center of the boat’s pitching axis because motion there will be minimal, allowing the cook to work fairly comfortably at sea. This tight, U-shape galley ought to be a safe, efficient work space. A watermaker and real refrigeration get their operating juice from a power takeoff at the front of the auxiliary. Both pieces of equipment add to the pleasure of cruising and will keep the racing crew clean and fed.

Opposite the galley and separated from it by the engineroom is a compact, fully found navigation station. It’s a cozy U shape defined at the forward end by the starboard-side settee and at the after end by the navigator’s berth. The work space is divided almost evenly into a counter forward and aft, joined by a narrow counter running along the side of the hull. A fiddled shelf, parallel to this narrow counter just above eye level, is a great place for reference books, though I’d stow them elsewhere when the weather gets nasty. The liferaft and abandon-ship grab bag also stow in the navigator’s area.

Having the owner’s stateroom under the cockpit suits me just fine. It can’t have standing headroom everywhere, but you’ll find it where you need it-in the head and the dressing area right abaft the engineroom. Zaraffa carries a large percentage of her maximum beam well aft, so the after cabin isn’t as claustrophobic as its location suggests. Overhead hatches and a companionway from the after cockpit naturally brighten and ventilate the space. A tiny desk hung onto the engineroom’s after bulkhead holds a laptop PC, which displays navigational data. Two Pullman berths, one above the master and the other over a built-in single opposite the master double, add sleeping space for overnight races. The forward stateroom has two built-in singles, two Pullmans and a private head. All the Pullmans adjust to compensate for the boat’s heeling angle, so the crew can sleep on the level.

You’ll want to invite a few friends if you expect to use all the sail plan’s power, because none of the sail-handling gear benefits from power assist. In this boat’s racing class, power assist isn’t permitted. A pair of Lewmar coffee grinders, one in the after cockpit for the mainsail and one in the forward cockpit for the headsails, provide enough mechanical advantage to quickly trim the sails.

For most of my years at Yachting , I carried weather with me on every boat test and delivery passage. I think it lived in the image of the Tasmanian Devil embroidered on the back of my favorite sailing shirt. When he began playing too rough too frequently, I left him home more often than not. I missed him, though, when I sailed Zaraffa on Narragansett Bay one steamy light-air day in August. Skipper Roger Erker, along with a few of his regular crew and a couple volunteers, had invited me to join in a day of testing and instrumentation calibration.

We sailed under main and 145 genoa in winds of no more than 12 knots true. Beating down the bay toward Newport, Zaraffa showed 7.5 to 8 knots in 11 to 12 knots of true wind speed and 31 degrees of true wind angle. At one point, the apparent wind angle tightened to the impossibly narrow angle of 21 degrees, but Zaraffa didn’t slow. For this stellar windward ability we can thank her 12 feet of draft, the plan form of her keel and the deep, powerful rudder. Her steering was light and delightfully quick (2.25 turns from lock to lock), so corrections required a sensitive touch to prevent oversteering. Tacking was lightning quick and as sure as the sunrise.

By the time we finished tacking down the bay, the wind abandoned us. We broad reached up the bay in an average wind speed of 5 knots, making wind speed or better, depending on how attentive we were to sail trim and steering inputs. A short time before we dropped sail and fired up the Yanmar, Zaraffa gave us 4.75 knots in a true wind speed of 3.5 knots.

Reichel/Pugh has expertly juggled the small waterplane area with a flat run and the broad shoulders the yacht needs for offwind planing, so she’s fast in most wind conditions. Her underbody is a squished semicircle but is flat in way of the keel. Her entry is fine and steep. This combination of characteristics and her light weight promise a lively motion at sea, more or less comfortable depending on the length of the waves.

Zaraffa and her ilk aren’t for every sailor. High-performance boats, like their automotive counterparts, require a high level of commitment and skill, which is exactly the reason some of us fall in love with them. They stretch our abilities. A sophisticated boat of this sort could sell for about $1.2 to $2 million, depending on how high-tech you want the laminate and how you outfit her. Price, though, is irrelevant when you know what you want and where to get it.

Contact: Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design, (619) 223-2299; fax (619) 224-1698; www.reichel-pugh.com . New England Boatworks, (401) 683-6110; fax (401) 683-6988; [email protected] ; www.neboatworks.com .

To view a gallery of the Reichel/Pugh 115 Classic Racer, click here . To see photos of Reichel/Pugh My Song sailing off the coast of Sardinia, click here.

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ZARAFFA Yacht for Sale

66' custom | 2000 | $190,000.

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Last updated Aug 3, 2023

Zaraffa Yacht | 66' Custom 2000

ZARAFFA is now for sale. 

One of the most iconic yachts of our time, she has continued to be one of those special cruiser racers, that are still fulfilling her original owners dreams, when he had her designed.

Built by the world famous builders at New England Boat Works, to a design by the world famous design firm of Reichel/Pugh, ZARAFFA has had unprecedented success around the world. 

Fastnet race, won that, Bermuda race, won that, Hobart race, did well, Transatlantic race, won that,

the list just keep going..... 

Last major victory, 2019 Marblehead to Halifax race, with the midshipmen at the Naval Academy.....

and all this success came along with a full galley, with fridge and freezer, large owners cabin aft 

huge main salon, very well equipped navigation area, and  more cabins forward for crew and or guests....

New bottom done in August 2023  She is ready to splash !! 

Give us a call to learn more! 

Denison Yacht Sales offers the details of this yacht in good faith but can’t guarantee the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of this boat for sale. This yacht for sale is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal from that yacht market without notice. She is offered as a convenience by this yacht broker to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a specific yacht for sale.

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• Yacht Details: 66' Custom 2000
• Location: Annapolis, MD
• Last Updated: Aug 3, 2023
• Asking Price: $190,000

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• Beam: 15' 6''
• Hull Material: Composite

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Brisbane to keppel tropical yacht race departs with rp66 alive sailing double-handed.

The 343 nautical mile Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race, hosted by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, began yesterday following a lengthy delay as the race committee waited for the breeze to reach the starting area.

Balancing Act leads off the start line – Photo @sailorgirlhq

The early lead was taken by double-handed entry Balancing Act, the J/99 co-skippered by Tony Crander & Andrew Turnbull-Miller.

However it was Alive, the Sydney-Hobart winning RP66 co-skippered by Duncan Hine and Glen Myler, that made the most of the building breeze, quickly moving to the front of the fleet of seven, but for the first time also sailing in the double-handed division.

“This is the first time the boat has endeavoured to do a two-handed race, so we’re pretty excited about that”, said Alive co-skipper Duncan Hine prior to the race.

The boat is racing under the same handicap as when it won the Tattersall Cup, the Rolex Sydney Hobart overall last year, with those additional crew, and full sail suite on board.

“Trying to work out how to do all the functions on the boat which is designed for twelve people to race when there’s now just two of us in there makes it pretty exciting. The forecast is not very favourable to us. We’ll be racing very conservatively, just trying to get a handle on the job basically”, he confessed.

“It’s a great race and a great club and it’s really good to have this race at this time of the year”, Hine concluded, and while being modest continues to lead even in tough conditions.

“We’ve had an interesting day for the start of the race”, said Mark Gallagher, Race Director.

“First off we had our Race Officer fall sick, so we had to scramble for another Race Officer, and luckily Louise Davis, one of our Club Race Officers was available and she stepped up to the plate at exceptionally short notice”, he said.

“We knew the conditions were going to be light, but they were lighter than expected”, he continued.

“We attempted to get a start away at 1100 on schedule, unfortunately in the last 30 seconds, the breeze dropped out completely, and it wouldn’t have been a fair start for competitors”.

“We hoisted the AP and waited and watched the weather in our vicinity and to the North. It certainly was not looking good. But just before 1400 which was going to be our cutoff time, the breeze kicked in, thank goodness! We were able to very quickly get a race away, at 1406, just three hours behind schedule”.

The competitors on clearing Moreton Bay and the turning mark will then continue north on the course to pass Lady Elliot and Lady Musgrave Islands, and onto the finish line off Keppel Bay Marina.

Despite the delay, the first finishers are expected late on Saturday 22 June with a change expected tonight to give competitors a speedy run home to the finish.

Alive extends – Photo @sailorgirlhq

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RP 66 Alive Back-To-Back Winner Of SYC's Sail Paradise Regatta

Alive, owned by Tasmanian Phillip Turner, have today been crowned the champions at Southport Yacht Club’s XXXX Sail Paradise Regatta for 2015. This is a back-to-back win for Alive after first competing in the inaugural regatta in 2014.

Gold Coast, Australia (Mar 8, 2015) – Alive, owned by Tasmanian Phillip Turner, have today been crowned the champions at Southport Yacht Club’s XXXX Sail Paradise Regatta for 2015. This is a back-to-back win for Alive after first competing in the inaugural regatta in 2014.

“The boat has just arrived back in Brisbane after 2014’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, and is great practice for us leading into the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race next month. We look forward to coming back next year to defend our title for a third year,” said skipper Duncan Hine.

Over 50 competitors competed in 2014, with 70 plus vessels at Sail Paradise 2015. Details for Sail Paradise 2015 can be found on the regatta website or southportyachtclub.com.au Follow the Alive Racing Team website

About Sail Paradise Sail Paradise is considered one of the friendliest regattas in Australia. It offers excellent sailing offshore, and exceptional hospitality at Southport Yacht Club. The regatta is open for a wide variety of sailboats – from Grand Prix level ocean racers to cruising yachts, racing and cruising multihulls and off-the-beach small boats.

Title image courtesy of Bronwen Hemmings Bow shot © Michael Jennings Winning Skipper Duncan Hine courtesy of SYC

Welcome to Alive Yachting

ALIVE is a 66 foot canting keel Reichel Pugh racing yacht. She is currently racing out of Brisbane and registered with the Derwent Sailing Squadron, Tasmania.

ALIVE was purchased at the beginning of 2014 by Tasmanian businessman and entrepreneur Phillip Turner.

ALIVE is skippered by a Tasmanian, Duncan Hine, running a generally non-professional crew of Brisbane and Tasmanian sailors.

At 66 foot ALIVE fits into the ‘mini-maxi’ size category.

However, her narrow and light hull combined with powerful new Southern Spars rig makes her a technically advanced and challenging boat.

Have a look at the RACES page to see more or our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Aliveyachting

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Contact Kate Hine +61(0)437750757 [email protected] Postal address: PO Box 5885, Manly, QLD 4179

Duncan Hine +61(0)429 628 891

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Moneypenny looking back at the fleet pre-start | Credit: CYCA/Salty Dingo

Rolex Sydney Hobart – Spirits remain high on URM Group in tight race for third

The fight for third place on Line Honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is unravelling into a thriller, with URM Group looking ahead and behind at their rivals.

While buoyed after taking third place on line from the RP66 Alive (Tas) shortly before midday, the URM Group, an RP72, is also wary about the danger of the Moneypenny.

URM Group and Alive had been in a close fight for third place all morning, but looming behind them and closer to shore in fifth place was Moneypenny, a RP69.

At 1430hrs, URM Group, Alive and Moneypenny were 124, 127 and 111 nautical miles south east of Gabo Island respectively. Eleven nautical miles separated the three boats.

Meanwhile, Andoo Comanche and LawConnect were continuing their close tussle in first and second place, positioned 115 and 130 nautical miles east of Eddystone Point.

URM Group navigator, Alice Parker, was in high spirits, despite her own struggle with some sea sickness in the tough conditions that have seen rain, thunder and lightning.

“I had a good few moments with a bucket between my legs, but otherwise, everyone is in good spirits,” she said. “We’re all a bit wet, sliding around a bit, but the boats in really good shape.”

As she spoke, URM Group, owned by Anthony Johnston and skippered by Marcus Ashley-Jones, was 105nm behind Andoo Comanche, sailing at 15 knots with the wind from the east.

While happy with their race against Alive, owned by Phillip Turner and skippered by Duncan Hine, Parker said Moneypenny, owned by Sean Langman was also a danger.

“Over the last couple of hours, we’ve been sailing quite well … we’re now matching them [Alive], or slightly in front, with Moneypenny at our stern.

“We’re a bit nervous about some of the 52s on the ‘beach,’ [referring to sailing close to the coast] or closer to the south-east corner of Victoria. They’ve been ripping along in what looks like a pretty good ‘sou-easterly.

“But things are looking good for us now. The big boats are doing really well. LawConnect and Comanche have just had the perfect conditions really with strong reaching conditions.

“I think we’ll just miss out on getting that all the way to the finish. I suspect we’ll end up in a bit of a front that is meant to come through the early hours of tomorrow.”

Parker said that based on the current indicators, URM Group could possibly reach the finish in Hobart “sometime around lunchtime, or just after that,” tomorrow.

In other news, two more boats have retired. Tumbleweed, the two-handed entry of Graham Biehl and Nigel Nattrass, who cite seasickness and fatigue, while David Watson’s Luna Blue has damaged equipment. Both boats are likely to head back to Sydney.

Written by Rupert Guinness | RSHYR Media

Internationally, the race will be available through YouTube on  CYCATV  or on Facebook  Rolex Sydney Hobart page .  For the full list of entries and more information about the race, visit  rolexsydneyhobart.com .

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Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race departs with RP66 Alive sailing double-handed

July 02, 2024

The 343 nautical mile Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race, hosted by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, began on Thursday 20 June following a lengthy delay as the race committee waited for the breeze to reach the starting area.

The early lead was taken by double-handed entry Balancing Act, the J/99 co-skippered by Tony Crander & Andrew Turnbull-Miller.

However it was Alive, the Sydney-Hobart winning RP66 co-skippered by Duncan Hine and Glen Myler, that made the most of the building breeze, quickly moving to the front of the fleet of seven, but for the first time also sailing in the double-handed division.

“This is the first time the boat has endeavoured to do a two-handed race, so we’re pretty excited about that”, said Alive co-skipper Duncan Hine prior to the race.

The boat is racing under the same handicap as when it won the Tattersall Cup, the Rolex Sydney Hobart overall last year, with those additional crew, and full sail suite on board.

“Trying to work out how to do all the functions on the boat which is designed for twelve people to race when there’s now just two of us in there makes it pretty exciting. The forecast is not very favourable to us. We’ll be racing very conservatively, just trying to get a handle on the job basically”, he confessed.

“It’s a great race and a great club and it’s really good to have this race at this time of the year”, Hine concluded, and while being modest continues to lead even in tough conditions.

“We’ve had an interesting day for the start of the race”, said Mark Gallagher, Race Director.

“First off we had our Race Officer fall sick, so we had to scramble for another Race Officer, and luckily Louise Davis, one of our Club Race Officers was available and she stepped up to the plate at exceptionally short notice”, he said.

“We knew the conditions were going to be light, but they were lighter than expected”, he continued.

“We attempted to get a start away at 1100 on schedule, unfortunately in the last 30 seconds, the breeze dropped out completely, and it wouldn’t have been a fair start for competitors”.

“We hoisted the AP and waited and watched the weather in our vicinity and to the North. It certainly was not looking good. But just before 1400 which was going to be our cutoff time, the breeze kicked in, thank goodness! We were able to very quickly get a race away, at 1406, just three hours behind schedule”.

The competitors on clearing Moreton Bay and the turning mark will then continue north on the course to pass Lady Elliot and Lady Musgrave Islands, and onto the finish line off Keppel Bay Marina.

Despite the delay, the first finishers are expected late on Saturday 22 June with a change expected tonight to give competitors a speedy run home to the finish.

Article: @sailorgirlhq

Images: Josh Baird for @sailorgirlhq

Race Director, Mark Gallagher Phone: 0418 180 097 or email: [email protected]

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• NZL Coastal Classic: RP42 Rikki Wins Iconic Race
• Oyster Teams Up with Reichel/Pugh for 33m Project Alpha

Perfect Scoreline For Magic Carpet 3 At The Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta

• Perini Navi Announces Sale of the Second 42-Meter E-VOLUTION
• Peter Harburg’s R/P 100’ Black Jack Smashes Brisbane To Gladstone Race Record With An Average Speed Of 22.48 Knots
• R/P 63 Invisible Hand Is The 2014 ORR West Coast Northern Series Champion
• R/P Canting Keel Designs Dominate the 2016 Brisbane to Keppel Race (348nm)
• R/P Designed Wild Oats XI Beats Course Record in 2012 Rolex Sydney to Hobart
• R/P Designed Yachts Claim Top Spots in 2012 Rolex Sydney to Hobart
• R/P Designs Have Taken Solas Big Boat Challenge Line Honors Since 2005
• R/P Designs Victorious at Les Voiles de Saint-Barth
• R/P Trio at the 2017 Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta
• R/P WallyCentos Magic Carpet 3 and Galateia Face-off at 2017 PalmaVela
• R/P-Designed MELGES 20 Selected as Sportboat for 2016 Resolute Cup
• R/P-Designed NILAYA and VISIONE Premier Yachts at 2016 Superyacht Challenge Antigua
• R/P-Designed Nilaya and Visione Prevail at 2014 St Barths Bucket
• Recently Launched – Aquila RP 45
• Records Fall in 2016 Newport to Ensenada Race
• Redemption! Wild Oats XI Wins 9th Line Honors Victory in the 2018 Rolex Sydney-Hobart Race
• Reflecting on 2016
• Reichel and Pugh to attend the 2019 St. Barths Bucket Regatta
• Reichel/Pugh 100’ Wallycento Magic Carpet 3 Takes Line Honors Win in Giraglia Rolex Cup
• Reichel/Pugh 66’ KODIAK Wins Overall Performance Trophy at 49th NEWPORT-BERMUDA RACE
• Reichel/Pugh 68 Fast Performance Cruiser To Be Built By Baltic Yachts
• Reichel/Pugh 72′ Shockwave has won overall the RORC Caribbean 600
• Reichel/Pugh 72′ Shockwave Triumphs at the 49th NEWPORT-BERMUDA RACE
• Reichel/Pugh 86’ Windquest Takes Line Honors Win in the 105th Chicago to Mackinac
• Reichel/Pugh 90’ Rambler Triple Success
• Reichel/Pugh Collaborates with Italian Builder Perini Navi for the 42m EVOLUTION Superyacht
• Reichel/Pugh Designed Yachts Dominate US & Australian Regattas
• Reichel/Pugh Designs Earn Top Results at 50th Transpac (2,225nm)
• Reichel/Pugh Designs Lead the Chicago-Mackinac Race
• Reichel/Pugh Designs Showcasing at the Monaco Yacht Show
• Reichel/Pugh Designs Sweep 2015 Giraglia Podium

Reichel/Pugh Designs Triumph at Les Voiles de St. Barth

• Reichel/Pugh Designs Win 3 of 6 Classes at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
• Reichel/Pugh Designs Win at Long Point Race Week
• Reichel/Pugh Engineering – Race Retractable Propulsion Systems
• Reichel/Pugh X-Treme 37 Taz Wins Class at 2017 RORC Caribbean 600
• Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design and McConaghy Boats introduce the MC-R 35
• Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design IRC52 Highland Fling XII, in construction at McConaghy Boats.
• Reichel/Pugh Yachts Dominate Australian Offshore Classic
• Reichel/Pugh-designed 72’ Alfa Romeo Wins 48th Barcolana Regatta
• Reichel/Pugh-designed 86’ Spirit of Portopiccolo Wins the Barcolana, Again!
• Reichel/Pugh-Nauta 112’ Nilaya – Built by Baltic Yachts – Helmed by Owner – Dominates the St Barths Bucket Regatta with Triple Class Wins!
• Reichel/Pugh’s Iconic Design 146 Heads Home for a Major Revamp
• Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wild Oats XI’s Historic Eighth Line Honours Victory (630nm)
• Rombelli is 2019 Melges 20 World Champion, Joyce is Corinthian
• RORC Transatlantic Record for RP’s 130′ My Song
• RP 100 Canting Keel Maxi Esimit Europa 2 Breaks Giraglia Record

RP 50′ Racer Takes the Overall Win at Long Point Race Week

• RP 66 Alive Back-To-Back Winner Of SYC’s Sail Paradise Regatta
• RP 68′ Fast Performance Cruiser Launches
• RP 72 Shockwave Wins Newport to Bermuda Gibbs Hill Division – RP Yachts Sweep Prizes in Offshore Classic
• RP 90 Rambler Breaks Newport to Bermuda Course Record
• RP Maxis Dominate 33rd Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Race (384nm)

RP Maxis Finish 1st & 2nd at Palermo-Montecarlo

• RP TP52 Near Miss Wins 2012 Giraglia Inshore Event
• RP TP52 Near Miss Wins 2012 Giraglia Rolex Cup
• RP TP52 Team Vision Future Wins 2017 IRC European Championship

RP100 Black Jack Takes Line Honors in The Brisbane to Gladstone Race

• RP130 My Song Crowned 2017 Sailing Yacht of the Year
• RP130 My Song Most Innovative Sailing Yacht of 2017
• RP130 My Song Technical Article Featured in Seahorse Magazine
• RP52 Vincitore and James Mitchell

RP66 Zaraffa Wins Overall ORR Title in Tight Marblehead to Halifax Race (363nm)

• RP68 To Launch This Fall From Baltic Yachts Shipyard
• RP69 TREBUCHET Sets Overall Course Record for Inaugural Miami-Havana Race
• RP72 Shockwave Success in the 2012 Copa Del Rey
• RP85 My Song Retires With Class Win At The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
• Scarlet Runner Wins Pacific Cup Grand Slam / Invisible Hand Takes Line Honours
• Shockwave Wins 2015 Pineapple Cup – Montego Bay Race (811nm)
• Shockwave wins New York Yacht Club’s 158th Annual Regatta
• Southern Wind 94 Hull # 3 Launches
• Southern Wind Shipyard Visit for Upcoming RP90 Performance Superyacht
• Successful First Regatta for the Melges 14 Fleet
• Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Historical Photographic Exhibition at Australian National Maritime Museum – November 2014 to March 2015
• TAVATUY Wins the Melges 32 Worlds
• Teams Maidollis and Taki 4 are the 2017 Melges 24 World Champions
• Teams Mikey and Sunnyvale are the 2017 Melges 24 North American Champions

The 50th Transpac Kicks Off

• The Baltic 130 Custom Superyacht Gets a Keel at the Baltic Yachts yard in Finland
• The Magic Carpet Story Featured in Seahorse Magazine
• The New RP90 Realizes an Owner’s Vision for a Bluewater Superyacht
• The Reichel/Pugh-designed Melges 14 is 2016’s Best Dingy
• Throwback Thursday / Bladerunner
• Throwback Thursday: Built in the 80s, Taxi Dancer Starts the Newport-Ensenada Race Tomorrow
• Throwback Thursday: Stark Raving Mad
• Transatlantic Race: Bryon Ehrhart’s Lucky Claims Overall Victory
• Transpac 2011: Bella Mente Takes the Barn Door
• Transpac: Wild Oats XI Has Fastest Elapsed Time | Grand Illusion Is Overall Winner
• Turner’s RP66 Alive Sets New China Sea Race Course Record and Takes 1st Place in IRC Division 0
• VIDEO / RP63 Aszhou at Long Point Race Week
• Video | Wild Oats XI Evolution
• Video: Launch of the R/P Baltic 130 Custom
• Visione Victorious at Superyacht Challenge Antigua
• Wild Oats X1 Record Ninth Rolex Sydney Hobart Line Honors Victory Overturned, Comanche Declared Winner
• WILD OATS XI Preparations Reaffirmed for the Sydney Hobart Race
• Winning Style | R/P Superyacht Wins Overall at St. Barths
• Wizard sets 2017 Ft. Lauderdale to Key West Race Record
• Wizard Wins The Barn Door & 3 San Francisco Bay Area R/P Designs Take Class Wins In 2013 TRANSPAC

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November 8, 2016 · Posted by kate

Reichel/Pugh Design Nᴼ 256 – 68’ Fast Performance Cruiser Comfortable cruising, day sailing and racing all in one beautiful yacht

Builder Baltic Yachts notes, “This spectacular 68ft silver-hulled, fast cruiser/racer for a repeat customer should deliver a highly rewarding sailing experience for her short-handed crew. The all carbon composite fixed keeler is bristling with performance enhancing features including a powerful square-top main, a retractable propulsion system, race boat style appendages and titanium fittings, plus a sophisticated and comfortable interior. As her captain said: “This is as a high performing cruising yacht that can excel on the race course.” A captive winch-controlled mainsheet and a powered winch for the asymmetric hoist take the weight out of handling. Displacing just 17 tons, almost 8 tons of which is in the keel, her advanced composite hull is built of pre-preg carbon over a Kevlar honeycomb core with Corecell used in slamming areas. A lot of attention was paid to fairing the bottom and appendages to the same standard as the topsides. Build time was just 18 months.”

Team members Tony Beale and Dan Flanigan had a successful set of sailing sea trials of the Reichel/Pugh 68 built by Baltic Yachts, and were on hand to help the sailing team hoist and test the well-designed and engineered North Sails suite! These tests included the Square Top Main, medium Jib, number three jib, mast head genoa, R1, and A2. The sails fit the boat beautifully, and the feedback is that the boat is fast and stiff! “Slippery” was the term that seemed to come up again and again! Tony and Dan both got time helming and trimming, bringing the design and engineering experience full circle. Tony Beale the lead Naval Architect on the project said, “the sea trials proved a great success. I believe the boat will exceed the Client’s expectations and prove to be a timeless design, thanks to the contributions of the Client and many great companies. Everyone should be proud of their involvement in this build.” Dan Flanigan, the lead engineer on the project stated, “Baltic did a great job building the boat. Over the course of three days we had the opportunity to load up all of the major structural components, and as expected we had no issues at all. The attention to detail in the build process has been excellent, and I could not be happier with the final result!” A special thanks to Mathias Flink , the Baltic yachts project manager, for giving the R/P team a true Finnish experience during their visit! Mathias invited them to his home where they enjoyed his floating sauna, complete with a cold dip into the lake, and a delicious meal of smoked fish and potatoes.

This project has been immensely rewarding for the RP team, working with a top notch team and client. The boat heads to Southern California next and we will check back in then! Check out the video of the cold but beautiful sailing in Finland on the RP68!

And stay tuned for compete technical details in the upcoming Jan 2017 edition of Seahorse Magazine, which reaches readers on Nov 19th via the electronic version.

Reichel/Pugh Design Nᴼ 256 68’ Fast Performance Cruiser LOA: 20.90 m LWL: 18.30 m Beam: 5.23 m Draft: 3.80 m Displacement: 17 tons Naval Architecture: Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design Deck and General Arrangement: Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design Interior Designer: Nauta Yachts Structural Engineering: Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design Build: Baltic Yachts Project Management: Garth Brewer

May 20, 2016 · Posted by kate

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Monte-Carlo (August 24, 2019) – The 15th edition of the Palermo-Montecarlo marked the fifth and final event of the International Maxi Association’s Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2018-2019 and fielded fifty-one boats this year.

Miguel Galuccio’s Reichel/Pugh 84’ maxi Vera (formerly My Song ) was first to cross the finish line winning one of the Giuseppe Tasca d’Almerita Trophy . Vera’s crew, including Dutch Volvo Ocean Race legend Bouwe Bekking and Olympic champion Michele Regolo, completed nearly 500 miles of racecourse (on the direct route) in two days, 17 hours and 13 minutes — smashing the record set by Esimit Europa 2 in 2015. Esimit Europa 2 is a Reichel/Pugh-designed 100’ canting keel supermaxi, first launched as Alfa Romeo and is now the Australia-based Black Jack . (more…)

Sheldon, who began his sailing career as a student, commissioned Reichel/Pugh Design No. 96 Zaraffa as a dual-purpose racer-cruiser, built by New England Boatworks and launched in 1999. A rugged design, Sheldon never wanted the boat to be the cause of not finishing a race. Zaraffa competed in the 2001 Fastnet race winning class and taking 2 nd overall. She raced the Newport-Bermuda four times, claiming the 2002 Lighthouse Trophy win on the crew’s second attempt. She was also first-to-finish with overall honors on the 2003 North Atlantic Challenge from Newport to Cuxhaven, Germany, and in 2011 Zaraffa was 1st Corrected IRC 3 in the Transatlantic Race.  She has also raced the Sydney Hobart, Miami to Montego Bay, Round Gotland Race and the Middle Sea Race. In 2018, after a retrofit for the Transatlantic Race, the Sheldon family bestowed the USNA Sailing Team with the gift of Zaraffa for offshore training. (more…)

Reichel/Pugh racers to watch: Alive – Design 162 – 66’ CBTF Racer (formerly Black Jack & Stark Raving Mad ) Grand Illusion (featuring Reichel/Pugh-designed keel and rudder appendages) Lady Kanon – Design 177 – 45’ IRC Racer Shadow II – Design 122 – TP52 Taxi Dancer – Design 39 – 70’ ULDB Vitesse – Design 199.2 – Southern Cross 52’

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Phillip Turner’s Australian-based Alive Yachting team most notably won the 2018 Sydney-Hobart overall, and recently swept 2019 California Offshore races with back-to-back line honor wins in the SoCal 300 (Santa Barbara to San Diego), Coastal Cup (Monterey to Santa Barbara), Spinnaker Cup (San Francisco Bay to Monterey), and Newport-Ensenada Race.

HIGHLIGHTS OF REICHEL/PUGH TRANSPAC HISTORY

Reichel Pugh Maxi’s have held the Transpac Course Record for nearly two decades, from 1999 (Roy Disney’s 75’ Pyewacket Maxi Sled) until 2017 (broken by Comanche – setting the new Merlin trophy elapsed time record at 5 days 01:55:26). Until 2017, the record had been broken 4 times since 1999 – always by Reichel/Pugh designed yachts. R/P yachts have won the Barn Door Trophy 7 out of 10 editions of the race since 1999.

Reichel/Pugh’s original sled design, the 70’ Taxi Dancer took 1st place in Class A in the 1989 Transpac and second overall, this was during the heyday of the California Sleds when Class A of the 1989 race featured 19 Sleds. Thirty years later, Taxi Dancer is still racing!

2015 – WILD OATS XI – Roy Pat Disney’s and Bob Oatley’s 100’ Canting Keel SuperMaxi Wild Oats XI had the fastest elapsed time of 6d 10h 37m 2s to win the 2015 Merlin Trophy and take first in Division 1 at the Transpac’s Diamond Head finish line. Wild Oats XI is a 100-foot custom design famous for its record nine elapsed time victories in thirteen years (2005-2008, 2018) and three overall fleet wins (2014, 2012 & 2005) in the Sydney-Hobart race.

2015 – GRAND ILLUSION – Ed & James McDowell’s Santa Cruz 70 Grand Illusion was the overall winner. She was designed by Bill Lee and features Reichel/Pugh-designed keel and rudder appendages. Grand Illusion has now equaled the record for most overall Transpac wins, joining the 88′ Lurline which won the first two races in 1906 and 1908, and again in 1912. However, Grand Illusion holds the status alone for winning overall three times under the same Owner/Skipper, Ed & James McDowell.

2013 – RP74 WIZARD – David and Peter Askew’s 74’ Reichel/Pugh-designed and New England Boatworks-built Mini-Maxi WIZARD (formerly Bella Mente) finished ‘first’ in the 2013 Transpac Race winning the unique Transpacific Yacht Club’s Perpetual Trophy – a 3.5’ x 4’ plaque of hand carved Hawaiian Koa Wood – better known as the ‘Barn Door.’ This trophy is traditionally awarded to the fixed keel mono-hull employing no stored energy with the fastest elapsed time. Wizard’s elapsed time was 7 days, 7 hours, 53 minutes, 46 seconds, which was 12 hours and 13 minutes slower than Bella Mente’s Barn Door record run of 6 days 19 hours 39 minutes 28 seconds set in 2011.

2011 – RP74 BELLA MENTE – Hap Fauth’s 74’ Mini Maxi BELLA MENTE set a new fixed keel course record of 6 days 19 hours 39 minutes 28 seconds with an average speed of 13.6 knots.

2011 – RPTP52 PATCHES – Jorge Ripsteins R/P-designed TP52 PATCHES won Division 2 followed by R/P designs CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 45’ and VINCITORE 52’.

2011 – GRAND ILLUSION – Ed and James McDowell’s Santa Cruz 70 featuring R/P-designed appendages took first in division and first in fleet overall on corrected time.

2009 – RP100 ALFA ROMEO II – 1st to Finish (Lending Tree got a DNS!) 5 days 14 hours 36m 20s) (Moveable Ballast & Powered Winches Course Record). N. Crichton’s Alfa Romeo II, sailing in the “unlimited” class, was not eligible for the traditional “Barn Door” trophy, but instead was the inaugural winner of a new trophy dedicated by Trisha Steele, called the “Merlin Trophy”. On July 7, 2009, ALFA ROMEO II beat the MORNING GLORY record for best day’s run set in the 2005 race, by sailing 399nm in 24 hours. The next two days she broke her own best-day record by sailing 420nm and 431nm.

2005 – RP86 MORNING GLORY – 1st to Finish (SET NEW RECORD 6 days, 16 hours, 4 minutes, and 11 seconds to win “the Barn Door” trophy) (Moveable Ballast Course Record) – H. Plattner

2005 – RP52 ROSEBUD – 1st Class & 1st Fleet Corrected Overall – R. Sturgeon

2003 – RP77 PEGASUS – 1st to Finish Barn Door Trophy Winner – P. Kahn

2001 – RP75 PEGASUS – 1st to Finish Barn Door Trophy Winner, 2nd Fleet Overall Corrected – P. Kahn

1999 – RP73 PYEWACKET – 1st to Finish Barn Door Trophy Winner (SET NEW RECORD 7 days, 11 hours, 41 minutes, and 27 seconds Ending Merlin’s 20-year record) (Fixed Ballast Course Record) 2nd Fleet Overall Corrected – R. Disney

1995 – RP66 EXILE – 1st Place Class Winner – J. Warwick Miller

1989 – RP70 TAXI DANCER – 1st Place Class Winner (19 Sleds competing), 2nd Place Fleet Overall – M. Rousse

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ABOUT THE TRANSPAC First organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club in 1906, the Transpacific Yacht Race or Transpac is an offshore sailing race from Point Fermin in Los Angeles to Diamond Head, just east of Honolulu, a distance of 2,225 nm. This is among the world’s great ocean races, and biennially attracts some of the world’s fastest sailing yachts, some of its most talented offshore racing sailors, and a wide variety of offshore sailing adventurers.

photography courtesy of Sharon Green/Ultimate Sailing

San Diego, California (June 2, 2019) – Reichel/Pugh 66’ Canting Keel Mini Maxi ALIVE (formerly Black Jack & Stark Raving Mad) was first to finish (correcting to 7th) in the 5th annual SoCal 300 (300nm), following back-to-back line honor wins in the Spinnaker Cup (San Francisco Bay to Monterey), Coastal Cup (Monterey to Santa Barbara) and Newport-Ensenada. Alive also set a new course record for the 200nm Coastal Cup of 13h 48m 28s. Congratulations to owner Phillip Turner, skipper Duncan Hine and the entire Australian-based Alive Yachting team, who most notably won the 2018 Sydney-Hobart overall. The three-part CA Offshore Race Week now complete, the Alive team is taking on the competitive 17-boat Division 1 in the Transpac Race starting July 10th. (more…)

Queensland, Australia (April 20, 2019) – 100’ SuperMaxi Black Jack took line honors in the 71st Brisbane to Gladstone with a time of 16 hours, 56 minutes and 33 seconds—just 2 minutes and 36 seconds outside the 14-year record it broke last year. It was the sixth consecutive Brisbane to Gladstone line-honors victory for last year’s runner-up in the Sydney to Hobart and it marked eight wins for Black Jack’s owner Peter Harburg since 2009. (more…)

Dominating the Maxi Class 2 for the third year was Windfall’s Michael “Mick” Cotter, who humbly attributes much of their success to luck, however this was Mick’s seventh Les Voiles. The Reichel/Pugh-designed production 94’ Windfall was built by Southern Wind, with interiors by Nauta Yachts, Milan and launched in 2013. Results (more…)

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