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Close competitor Tom Blackaller felt the boat had found a 2 ⁄ 10-knot (0.37 km/h; 0.23 mph) increase in Velocity made good when sailing to windward as she entered the third round robin. [16] The final tweak was the application of a drag reducing shark skin like riblet covering, applied to the hull just prior to the challenger finals.
Jenny Lee, a 12.9 long vessel with an 18 knot top speed. Jenny R, a 12.9 long vessel with an 18 knot top speed, may sometimes operate from Buckler's Hard. Valerie, build in 1971 and since totally refurbished with a 17 knot top speed. Generally operated by Blue Funnel Cruises: [14] Ashleigh R, A twin hull introduced in 2004.
Skerry cruisers (or Square metre yachts) are yachts, usually wooden, which are constructed according to the Square metre rule. Originating from Sweden, they were historically most popular in the Baltic Sea , though some classes also saw popularity in other European countries and the United States.
OCSC SAILING was an accredited US SAILING Certification facility in Berkeley, [1] California, located on San Francisco Bay.The name is an abbreviation for Olympic Circle Sailing Club, the Olympic Circle being a two nautical mile in diameter ring of racing buoys located directly outside the Berkeley Marina.
A yacht broker is a specialist who serves yacht or boat sellers and/or buyers as a representative for the sale or purchase of a yacht or boat. The yacht broker is paid an agreed commission by the seller to market the yacht for sale, field interest and inquiries from buyers, handle negotiations, attend inspection and water trial and ultimately, if successful, to attend delivery.
Nicknamed "Lego Boat" because the yacht (keels, rigs, rudders, bustles) could be set-up in different configurations as a 12 Meter. She portrayed Boomerang and later Platypus in the 1992 film Wind and was in the TV series "No Boundaries". In 2015 the New York Harbor Sailing Foundation signed a deal to acquire US 42, the sister-ship to America II ...
Hodgdon Yachts (incorporated as Hodgdon Shipbuilding, LLC [1] and previously known as "Hodgdon Brothers" yard) is a builder of yachts and specialized military vessels, based in East Boothbay, Maine. It is a family-run business that was founded in 1816—the oldest continuously operating family boatbuilder in the United States, predating the ...
Benetti is an Italian shipbuilding and boat building company based in Viareggio, Livorno, and Fano, owned by Azimut Benetti S.p.A.. Benetti designs and constructs motoryachts, and is one of the leading builders of custom superyachts, having won the Showboats International magazine "shipyard number 1" award six times in a row, the only yard to have done so.