This is a concept design prepared for ocean cruising, featuring retro styling. Visually the shape of the hull has strong roots in classic pilot cutters, but with a more sleek interpretation for a sea kindly yachting experience. On deck, modern minimalistic detailing is developed from the straightforward house and cockpit shapes, with a significant coaming for cockpit protection. The stern overhang features a long storage volume, enclosing a tender to be launched with the main boom. The rigging and sailplan of the yacht are fully modern, with a large mainsail roach. The boom is a park-avenue style with lazy jacks to facilitate mainsail control. A bow sprit carries the tack point of the headsails far forward. Powered roller furlers for the head-sails are a must for this sailplan.
On deck, the concept would be to use Harken deck hardware, with a captive reel winch for the main halyard. Magic trim rams could be selected for main and jib sheets, as opposed to hydraulically powered deck winches.
Key technical features of the design are the moderate stroke lifting keel, swept back slightly in its fluid motion, the carbon spars with 30 degree swept spreaders and no aft rigging, and the sandwich construction throughout. Lamination of the hull and deck is with E-glass/epoxy on Corecell, but features Aramid woven material below the waterline. Forward there are a pair of collision bulkheads, and aft another just in front of the twin wheels. Carbon fibre is used in all frames and on the keel box to deal with the loads.
The interior concept is a relatively open, with owners suite forward and two guest cabins aft. The main salon dominates the middle of the boat. The keel box is integrated into the interior layout, with a passage between the trunk and the owner’s head and shower and the galley on the opposite side of the boat. The crew space is forward with a separate head.
