Tuesday 8 November 2011

Another nice 40-footer

Stevo sent along this link of the Ker 43 Ptarmigan...
One of the most promising IRC contenders to be launched in the last twelve months has been shipped from Salthouse Boatbuilders in Auckland, New Zealand, and will arrive at Newport, Rhode Island, in time for the Block Island Race.
The 44 foot sailboat, which was designed by Ker Design of Valencia, Spain is called Ptarmigan, and has been built for an East Coast yachtsman. Designed as an offshore race boat and optimised for mostly light air and downwind racing under the IRC rule, Ptarmigan is described as a ‘comfortable’ race boat, using leading edge design principles to gain an edgeMore....

She got a series of bullets in the Block Island Race week, in IRC2, here.
Rates 1.259.

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