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Name: PindarDesigner: Juan Kouyoumdjian Yacht DesignBuilder: Cookson BoatsLaunch date: June 2007Beam: 6.4mDisplacement: 10.5tMast height: 30mSail area (upwind) 350m2Max sail area (downwind) 640m2Keel type (fixed/canting): CantingRig description: Rotating/Deck SpreadersMast maker: LorimaSail maker: North Sails
Cheyenne (ex-PlayStation)
Designed by famed multi-hull architects Gino Morrelli and Pete Melvin in Newport Beach, California, Cheyenne is constructed entirely out of aerospace technology carbon fibre and was the first of a brand new class of 100 foot-plus, very large multi-hulls, designed to attack major ocean records. Brian Thompson was involved in the detailed requirements of the boat from its conception.
TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS:Length overall 125 feet 38.1m
Beam overall 60 feet 18.3m
Mast height above water 147.5 feet 45m
Draught (daggerboards down) 14.7 feet 4.5m
Displacement not disclosed Berths 8 total (4 per hull)
Sails: Spectra, Cuben, Kevlar manufactured by Halsey Lidgard
Sails carried onboard: Mainsail, Masthead reacher, Blast Reacher, Solent jib, Upwind staysail, Storm jib
Sail area upwind 7,244 sq ft 673 sq m
Sail area downwind 11,631 sq ft 1,081 sq m
Materials
Hulls and beams: Prepreg carbon fibre with aluminium honeycomb cores
Construction at Cookson Boats
Spars: Prepreg carbon fibre
Construction by Southern Spars
Qatar 2006 (ex-Maiden II and Club Med)
Originally launched in 2000 and sponsored by Club Med, Qatar 2006 is a 110 ft Gilles Ollier designed catamaran with a rich heritage of record-breaking. Skippered by Grant Dalton it won The Race in 2001 in 62 days. Reborn in 2002 as Maiden II it set a new 24-hour distance record (694 nautical miles) and set new marks for the Cowes - St Malo and the Round Great Britain & Ireland records. Internationally acclaimed British multihull sailor Brian Thompson will be the skipper for Qatar 2006 in the Oryx Quest 2005.
Boat Specifications:
Length overall: 33.50m
Beam overall: 17.50m
Designers: Gilles Ollier Design Team
Builder: Multiplast
Rotating wing mast 45m2 and 40m tall in very high modulus carbon, weight 1,400kg
Upwind sail area: 520m2
Downwind sail area: 950m2
Construction in carbon Nomex honeycomb sandwich
Surface area of trampoline and deck: 425m2
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