The ‘TEN’ with skipper Martin Hingst has won the 2010 24 hour race. The ‘TEN’ sailed 184.21 miles during the 24 hours and won the first prize in the class ORC1. And not only that, but also the ‘TEN’ was the fastest monohull and won the ‘Tim van Rootselaar’ prize.
Great results for the Indigo (design 144) and TEN (design 147) in the 50ft miles dualhanded. Both boats finished 1st in their class. The 26ft Indigo was abolute the second monohull overall after the 38ft ‘Hemels van der Hart”. The 33ft TEN was absolute the 4th monohull overall.
The Zilt published a nice travelogue of the Job (design 139) which made a wonderful trip along the coast of Chili.
The Axonite (design 149) was presented during the open day on saturday April 17th. The yacht painted in different metalic colors will be launched and rigged in the week after the open day. The first trials will be hold in the end of May.
The Charlotte (design 148) had the first trials. The yacht has a classic look, but is sailing like a modern yacht. The helmsman and crew are protected in the deep cockpit and the deck is and looks spacious.
The Charlotte is launched in Tholen and will be rigged in the next weeks.
The Charlotte is almost finished and will make the first trials in March ⁄ April 2010.
From the south of Argentina, the owner of the Job (Falcon 44) sent us an email. The Job is making a trip around the world and will sail the next month along the coast of Chili.
The production of the TEN finally started. After sailing the prototype last summer, we made a trip to Dalian to finalize the moulds and last details. The TEN is a 10.00m sportboat, built in epoxy ⁄ glass fibre and is vacuum injected in a mould. The rigging contains out a carbon mast and PBO rigging.
The Tyfoon (Satellite 44 Competition, design 128) made her maiden trips this summer.