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Baltic 65 Wins at Copa del Rey |
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The Hall-rigged Baltic 65 Stig made its racing debut at the 2010 Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre sailed in Palma, Spain. Sailing in IRC A, the "mini-maxi" division, Stig finished first of the racer cruisers, just ahead of another Hall project, the Swan 60 Emma.
Stig is one of Baltic Yachts' marquee projects for 2010. Described as one of the most high-performance boats ever constructed at the Baltic yard, Stig is designed by Judel/Vrolijk with both racing and cruising in mind. The hull is carbon fiber and the deck is painted (no teak) to reduce weight and heeling moment. The Hall spars package features a high modulus Seamless mast with three sets of curved spreaders. A set of running backstays support the top mast and square-top mainsail. Headsails are fractional. Further optimizing performance is a full set of Hall SCR Airfoil Seamless Carbon Rigging. In addition to a significant reduction in windage (up to 50% over other rigging products) the stiffness of the carbon rigging contributes to the mast's performance. The Baltic 65 also features a full interior and a telescopic keel that retracts from a maximum 4.1m to 2.9m.
Look for Stig to compete in September at the Rolex Maxi Worlds in Porto Cervo. |
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Rives Potts' Carina is the winner of the St. David's Lighthouse Trophy as overall winner of the Newport Bermuda Race. One hundred three boats competed for the Trophy, scored under ORR. Potts and crew also netted a win in IRC Class 3, and received the North Rock Tower Trophy for first place for boats scored under both IRC and ORR. Patricia Young, Carina's navigator, is the first woman to receive the George Mixter Trophy as navigator of the winning boat. Carina completed the 635-mile course in 87h:35m:06s. Carina is a McCurdy & Rhodes 48 refit with Hall Seamless spars in 2006. |
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Quantum Wins Marseille Trophy |
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Quantum Racing won the second regatta of the five-stop Audi MedCup circuit in convincing style. After an off-season of boat upgrades, including the addition of a bobstay made from Hall's SCR Seamless Carbon Rigging, the team is coming on strong and currently sits third of 11 teams in the overall standings. On the GP42 course, the Hall-rigged Iberdrola was also a winner in Marseilles and is second overall in the series. Visit www.medcup.org to follow the racing. |
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Indio Wins World Superyacht Award |
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The Wally 101 Indio was named Best Sailing Yacht 30m-44m at the recent World Superyacht Awards. Designed by German Frers, Indio is equipped with a super-high modulus Hall seamless mast and VBoom. Indio was lauded for its light weight and high-tech design.
Other Hall-rigged finalists included the Dubois 37m Bliss and the CNB/Luca Brenta 100 Chrisco. The World Superyacht Awards are sponsored by Boat International Media and are decided by a panel of superyacht owners and industry professionals. www.worldsuperyachtawards.com |
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Baltic 112 SCR Rigging, Mast Shipped to Finland |
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The high modulus Seamless mast and SCR rigging for the Baltic 112 is on its way to Baltic Yacht's new yard in Finland. Loaded on a ship in Breskens Harbor near the Hall factory, the mast will travel to Amsterdam where it will change ships for the journey across the North Sea to the Baltic Sea and the headquarters of Baltic Yachts.
Designed by Reichel Pugh Nauta, the Baltic 112 has a carbon-fiber hull and is designed for racing performance. The Hall four-spreader rig measures 48 meters and is set up with Hall SCR rigging on the side stays and backstay. The headsails will fly from a Reckmann furler. Both the mast and SCR are painted Oyster white. The Hall VBoom is fit with an integral carbon pole for lifting the dinghy. In addition, Hall supplied a complete running rigging package of high-performance line from Gottifredi Maffioli. The mast will be stepped and sea trials begun during the last two weeks in May. |
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