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M32 catamaran – a high-speed cat for the World Match Racing Tour

• Matthew Sheahan
• January 6, 2016

When the World Match Racing Tour chose a high-speed cat as its next one-design racer, it seemed likely to fly out of reach of ordinary sailors. But no, Matthew Sheahan finds her easy to sail

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America’s Cup foiling cats look spectacular and turn plenty of heads, but the rate at which the demands of the new technology have been accelerating is leaving many of us trailing behind, unable to keep up with the skills required to master the new trend.

The Cup cats are not the only ones trailblazing a foiling future. Among the new breed of foiling machines, the A-Class cat, the Flying Phantom and Nacra F20 are examples of a new style of high-speed, high-octane, foilborne racing.

So when the World Match Racing Tour announced that it was switching from a range of conservative monohull keelboats, to a high-performance 32ft catamaran, some may have thought that even the cerebral sport of match racing would now be out of reach for anyone other than a talented cat sailor with no fear of heights.

These new cats were surely too big, too complex and, with the crew seated on the hiking wings and flying high enough above the water’s surface to bring on a bout of vertigo, this was surely just another example of the professional world scorching off into the distance.

But, as I discovered at first hand, you’d be wrong. The new M32 one-design cat is indeed quick, easily capable of 22 knots downwind. Even in the hands of an extra medium-sized, lunch-loving, dyed-in-the-wool monohull sailor, she was far easier than I had expected at hitting and sustaining high speeds while flying a hull downwind.

I was hooked

Within an hour aboard and 20 minutes on the helm I had settled down and was hooked. I had got used to flying above the water at heights you only normally experience on a flybridge motor cruiser as the cat heeled. I had got used to double figure speeds – although it didn’t stop me breaking into a grin each time – and I was now concentrating on trying to refine my technique to sail smoothly upwind in the gusty conditions, hitting the right numbers and keeping the windward hull flying.

A couple of hours later and the penny had fully dropped, leaving me wondering why I hadn’t noticed how radically different this boat is from when I had first seen her at the Düsseldorf boat show two years ago.

What I should have seen then was that this is a deceptively simple boat. For upwind work she has no jib, just a high aspect ratio, fully battened, soft, square-topped mainsail. She has no dolphin striker or stays, just a simple bowsprit for the furling Code 0, which is flown on the downwind legs.

She has a mainsheet running inside the boom to exit just abaft the gooseneck on the rotating aerofoil-section mast where it is then led out to the windward hull and trimmed by the forwardmost member of the four-strong crew. The mainsheet traveller is a curved affair with a simple line that comes from the centreline to control how far to leeward the car goes.

There are no complicated multi-purchase blocks and tackles either side – these can create unwanted friction to leeward as you try to haul the car up the track.

Other than the Code 0 sheet there are no ropes trailing across the trampoline. Even the curved daggerboards, which are designed to provide sufficient lift to keep the bows up – especially during a bear away or in a big gust at speed – are raised and lowered simply by pulling the handle on the top of the board, a technique that has worked fine in a Mirror dinghy for decades and works perfectly well here too.

Easily trailed

Designed by Göran Marström and Kåre Ljung, the M32 is a performance cat for enthusiastic amateur sailors that is also capable of being easily trailed. The fact that she weighs only 500kg all-up gives an indication of how light her component parts are and hence how easily she can be towed and rigged from the trailer by just two people in four hours with no specialist equipment. In addition, although she is 32ft LOA, she can be launched off the beach by hand just as you would with a dinghy cat.

The class is intended to be a strict one-design and has already set up and run a number of class regattas in North America and Scandinavia, with plans for an event in Bermuda. The intention is to develop this further for those who have the desire and the pockets to play on the international circuit. Given how easily the boat can be moved, this should prove to be good value.

But perhaps the most interesting new development for this boat and indeed the class, is that the World Match Racing Tour has adopted her in favour of the variety of monohulls that it currently uses/charters for its globe-trotting series.

It has been a long haul to convince the monohull sailing world that multis can be used for match racing. So when the America’s Cup made the leap and turned to multihulls, sailing’s ultimate match race broke a link with a long-established, successful and well regarded path to the world’s oldest international sporting trophy.

The World Match Racing Tour has frequently been the proving ground for match racing skippers and crew. Feeding into this, many national match racing circuits around the world provide one of the early stepping stones into this semi-professional world.

Re-establishing a link to the America’s Cup

When the Cup turned to cats, it was difficult to see how the WMT could continue to provide a pathway. This had a knock-on effect and threatened to polarise match racing. But now the link is re-established and, with the Olympic Nacra 17s proving popular, exciting and challenging for the next generation, it is easier to see where being a multihull expert might lead.

But simple and easy to handle though she is, the M32 is not going to start turning up in your local dinghy park. Her size and a price tag of US$245,000 ex VAT ex works (but including sails and cradle, etc) will see to that. But we will start to see better off teams and individuals buying their own boats either as training boats for the WMT or for the fleet racing regattas organised by the class association.

And if this potent cat isn’t enticing enough, perhaps the $1million prize money for the winner of the WMT will do the trick.

If a tubby, chicken-livered Technical Editor can get hooked on this boat in an hour, I suspect there could be a queue developing soon.

Curved daggerboards provide additional lift at speed, but the M32 does not foil. Boards are raised and lowered by hand, without control lines

The racks increase the total beam to 8.35m (27ft 5in), but are easy to get onto and surprisingly comfortable and secure when you’re there

The rotating aerofoil-section carbon mast has one set of spreaders with diamonds that are tensioned by a single nut under the mast

The simple single-line traveller system makes it easy to haul the mainsheet car up the track without friction from the leeward side

A simple, shallow crew cockpit makes it easy to brace yourself when using the non-self-tailing winch for the Code 0 sheet. There’s little else to put on it!

The daggerboards have simple rope handles to raise or lower them, keeping weight down

Specifications

LOA 9.68m/31ft 9in

Beam 5.54m/18ft 2in

incl racks/side wings 8.35m/27ft 5in

Sail area: Mainsail 52m 2 /560ft 2

Gennaker 61m 2 /657ft 2

Weight 510kg/1,124lb

Mast height 16.8m/55ft 1in

Designed by Göran Marström/Kåre Ljung

Built by Aston Harald Composite AB

Price US$214,000 (£138,590) ex sails, ex works, ex tax

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With notable crew changes from the previous season, anticipation is high as sailing enthusiasts gear up for races featuring top-tier teams from around the globe.The off-season saw significant crew changes, injecting a fresh dynamic into the M32 fleet. Don Wilson, alongside new tactician Adam Minoprio, clinched victory in spectacular fashion, securing the win with a race to spare. Meanwhile, the introduction of the new team “Lucky Dog,” led by skipper Travis Weisleder, previously known for his prowess in the  Melges  24, added an exciting dimension to the competition, showcasing their mettle and leaving a lasting impression.

Reigning world champions, Rated X, with skipper Jake Julien, had a challenging regatta, facing a few setbacks that landed them in a commendable second overall. The fiercely competitive field ensured that every race was a display of skill, strategy, and sheer determination. The podium was rounded out with Pursuit, skippered by class President, Bill Ruh.

Beyond the intense races, Miami’s lively nightlife is the perfect place for teams to relax and have a good time. The after-sails and class get-togethers are a fantastic way to kick off the evening. With great conditions on Biscayne Bay, Miami is the ultimate spot for both competitive sailing and unforgettable celebrations.

The M32 race management continues to push the boundaries, using a fully automated race course with MarkSetBots and the Vakaros Race Sense system for automated ocs giving better quality races and less waiting time.

The 13 scheduled races were completed in various conditions amid occasional rain showers on the final day spicing things up, the Miami winter series proved again to be the ultimate battleground for professional sailors and speed enthusiasts alike. As the M32 class continues its winter series in Miami it solidifies its status as the go-to destination for those seeking the perfect blend of speed and competition. The four event winter series next regatta is in February, and the competition will intensify as teams from Italy and Sweden join the fleet.

Join the fleet

The class is growing, and it’s never been easier to join. Come demo the boat with the M32 Academy — We have a demo boat available at every event this year. Join us in Newport, Garda, or Miami to get a reel feel for what it’s like to sail with us.

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Race with us

M32 racing is a thrilling experience that offers a chance to participate in world-class racing at some of sailing’s most iconic locations. Venues like Miami, Newport, and Lake Garda are all renowned for their superb sailing conditions and fantastic places to visit.

Event schedule

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Convexity Tops M32 Worlds

• By Dave Reed
• November 23, 2021

The M32 World Championships came to an exciting close on Sunday. Eleven teams came for 18 races in conditions ranging from 6 to 22 knots on the warm waters of Miami, Florida. When the spray settled, Convexity, with helm Don Wilson, was able to defend their world title.

Convexity smashed the competition with three races to spare. Despite their regularity at the top of the podium in the last year, there were some doubts going into this most recent competition. They finished mid-fleet at the M32 National Championships in October and though they improved to second at the Pre-Worlds, they were edged out by Anthony Kotoun helming Team Catapult.

Wilson erased any doubts with his commanding win this week. “We just focused on constantly getting better and finding little ways of getting the boat faster.” he said.

Team Catapult is usually driven by Joel Ronning, but the rest of the team stepped up to fill his absence this week, including Kotoun on the tiller. “There are some incredible teams here that are well polished and extremely talented and to be able to come and mix it up with them is a wonderful thing,” said Kotoun. The comeback story of the regatta was that of Inga From Sweden.

“This is my best result ever at any Worlds. I am very happy,” said skipper Richard Goransson. Goransson finished second at the Nationals in October, but had an inauspicious start to the World Championships, finding himself in sixth place after the first day. His team chipped away over the course of the regatta, gaining places every day to finish third overall.

“Convexity is a step ahead of us still, but that’s not going to last forever. I hope they all come to Cascais,” he said.

This was Ryan McKillen’s first world championship with his Team Surge. “It’s tough,” he said even with a big smile on his face. “A lot of boats on the starting line. It’s pretty unforgiving out there if you don’t get off the line and we didn’t get off the line very well.”

Another fresh face in the class, Bill Ruh with his team Pursuit, showed consistent improvement throughout the regatta. Looking forward to 2022 Ruh said, “If we’re going to continue to strive to move up in the rankings we’re going to have to continue to put the hard work in.”

One of the specific things Ruh is looking to improve on is learning the fastest modes of the boat and how they change in different wind conditions. He plans on getting back in the boat in January for the Miami Winter Series.

In between the boat pack-up and the podium celebrations there was palpable anticipation for the coming Miami M32 Winter Series. “If I wasn’t so sore I’d want to do it again tomorrow,” said Ruh. Four weekends of racing are planned throughout January, February, March, and April; the best months to be racing in Miami.

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High-performance catamarans to race in Miami

Published on December 22nd, 2014 by Editor -->

Racing for the high-performance M32 catamarans starts promptly in 2015 with sailing getting under way on January 8-11 for the M32 Miami Winter Series. Now in its second year in the warm Florida climes, the M32’s have started to become a regular sight in the US. During the summer in Newport, Rhode Island, five M32s have been regularly competing in Thursday night regattas. The fleet has also been accepted by ‘the establishment’ and has sailed in both the New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta and Newport Race Week.

The 2015 M32 Miami Winter Series is made up of four regattas. Following on from the January 8-11 season opener, the Series moves on to back-to-back events on March 5-7 forming part of the Bacardi Miami Sailing Week. On March 30-April 3, the Series culminates with what has historically been the pinnacle of all global M32 racing, the M32 Gold Cup. In Miami, the M32s are based at the Miami Rowing Club, located on Virginia Key, close to Key Biscayne. The boats will be racing the new ’America’s Cup’ course on Biscayne Bay with reaching starts and finishes and windward-leeward legs between.

For the first event, five teams are currently confirmed, with more expected to follow in the coming days. The first event has drawn a range of competitors including the reigning Match Racing World Champion, two Melges 32 teams, another from Chicago Match Race Centre and a fifth best known for its offshore big boats campaigns.

Melges 32 skipper Malcolm Gefter was one of the original owners who, with North Sails President Ken Read, was responsible for introducing the Swedish M32 catamaran to the US when the first four boats arrived in 2013. Gefter originally bought Lift Off with co-owner Ron O’Hanley, who usually races a Cookson 50 monohull Privateer, winner of the 2013 RORC Caribbean 600. They enjoyed sailing their twin-hulled speedster so much that they decided to buy a second M32, Escape Velocity, which O’Hanley now campaigns.

“Having been a keelboat sailor, switching to a catamaran has been a magnificent, exciting, delightful, informative and sometimes scary experience,” enthuses Gefter. “I like the M32’s high performance, but also its simplicity, due to it only using a single sail upwind and two downwind.”

He continues: “It is not an accident that the America’s Cup went to catamarans because they are more exciting to sail than a keelboat of any shape or size. Sports boats are fun – there is nothing more thrilling than sailing one downwind in 30 knots, holding on for dear life, but the M32 is like that 100% of the time, upwind and downwind. You constantly have to be on your game, constantly paying attention to all aspects of the boat, trimming, driving, crew weight, etc. Plus the action happens at two-to-three times the speed of a monohull. The acceleration of the M32 will throw you off the back if you don’t hold on. You simply can’t get that thrill on a keelboat.”

On board Lift Off, Gefter’s crew includes multihull ace Lars Guck, Max Kramer (son of America’s Cup engineer/designer Dirk), ex-Tornado/Extreme 40 sailor, Jonathan Farrar, and Dave Douchett while O’Hanley’s team on Escape Velocity includes multihull expert, Stan Schreyer, plus crew from Privateer.

Douchett, the team’s boat captain, enjoys the crew mix. “You have big boat, offshore sailors, Tornado Olympic sailors and kite sailors plus business executives all converging and they all have an awesome time.”

Also making the trip down to Miami from Newport is Micheal Dominguez and his Bronco team. Dominguez became hooked on yacht racing after sailing the Puma VO70. Since then, like Gefter, he has campaigned a Melges 32 before moving to the M32 catamaran. Dominguez is an enthusiast skier and, according to boat captain Tom Loughborough, it provides him with the same adrenalin rush as he gets on the slopes.

Coach and team leader for Bronco is top Moth sailor and Melges 32 World Champion, Anthony Kotoun who will sail the highlight of the M32 Miami Winter Series, the M32 Gold Cup. Otherwise Melges 32 tactician, Jeremy Wilmot will be calling the shots, backed up by Loughborough, US Virgin Islands Olympic Laser sailor, Sy Thompson and multiple F18 catamaran US National Champion, Tripp Burd.

Loughborough points out that the speed of the M32 and its ability to perform in the lightest winds makes it an efficient boat to race for private owners, whose time is typically limited. “Rig up-rig down and general mucking about time is reduced, plus the time to and from the race course is significantly reduced because the boat is so fast. It is quite easy to hit 28 knots when you are right at the limit of one reef, but equally you are still hitting low 20s in not much pressure. You also get a full work out the whole time you are out there, even if there’s only 5-6 knots of breeze.”

Two newbies to the M32s both have backgrounds in the Chicago Match Race Centre (CMRC). Taylor Canfield is one of the most high-profile skippers taking part. Despite being just 24, the US Virgin Islander is the reigning Match Racing World Champion.

Before becoming a pro-sailor, Canfield was Sailing Director of the CMRC, but admits he is still new to catamarans: “Last winter, my eyes were opened to another world of sailing. I was offered the opportunity to train against the members of the Nacra 17 US Sailing Team and also to sail Mathias Rahm’s M32. After that, I was hooked! Obviously we have been following the catamaran movement. As a team, we have to carry on our momentum and make sure we stay current, so it’s exciting to be moving into faster, more action-orientated sailing.”

For the owner of the CMRC, Don Wilson, the first M32 Miami Winter Series race will be an exploratory event. As his boat captain Tod Reynolds explains: “Catamaran sailing is taking off and we thought it’s worth giving it a try.”

Wilson’s Convexity Racing team has chartered the former Wallén Racing M32 which won this year’s Gold Cup and its original skipper, Hans Wallén is returning to help Wilson’s team get to grips with the twin-hulled speedster. Also on board will be leading match racer Matt Cassidy, now with Oracle Team USA.

The Miami-based M32s are to be joined by other international teams in the build up to the Gold Cup, but the school remains out over which group will dominate.

Source: M32 media

Background: At the heart of the new M32 Series is a simple philosophical approach – to enable talented sailors to compete in the fastest, most dynamic and competitive sailing events in the world, but at an affordable cost and thus on a regional basis. The new M32 Series fills an obvious void in the current sailing marketplace between the budgets needed for small boat dingy racing and the seemingly inaccessible world of large professional competition.

The new M32 Series sets out to provide a platform that is commercially viable for the teams, partners and sponsors as well as being exciting for the audience. For the amateur sailor, it provides a path for new, aspiring teams looking for a stepping stone to a career in professional racing and delivers them exciting and challenging arena-style racing that is attractive to the sailors and sponsors alike. For the professional racer, the new M32 Series delivers the highest levels of competition against their fellow accomplished sailors, themselves looking for a new series to complement their existing programs such as America’s Cup, Olympic Sailing, Extreme Sailing Series, World Match Racing Tour, IMOCA and Volvo Ocean Race.

The M32 Catamaran is a design by Marström and Kåre Ljung, and now manufactured by Swedish company Aston Harald Composites AB, who bought the rights in 2013. The driving force behind the deal was Håkan Svensson, a keen yachtsman and former CEO of Berg Propulsion, who co-sponsored Ken Read’s Puma entry in the last Volvo Ocean Race and Green Dragon the proceeding race.

Currently, M32s are being produced in a factory in Gothenburg, Sweden. Meanwhile, on the nearby island of Hönö, a purpose-built 3700sqm production facility is under construction, due to come on line during 2015.

To maximise the stiffness and lightweight nature of these boats; the M32 is built entirely in prepreg carbon fibre (including use of high modulus fibres) and epoxy over a Nomex core.

The output from the new facility is ambitious. By the end of 2014, twenty two M32s will have been launched. The aim is to build a further 65 in 2015, but production could subsequently increase to as much as 200 boats per year should demand require it.

The price of the M32 is 1.5 million Swedish Krona (160,000 Euros) for a race-ready boat excluding sails and a trailer, or 2.0 million Swedish Krona (210,000 Euros) for a race ready boat including sails and trailer.

M32 dimensions: •Length (hulls): 9.68m •Length including rudders and bowsprit: 12.09m •Mast height (above water) 17.9m •Draft (min/max): 1.09m/1.7m •Beam (without racks) 5.54m •Beam (with racks) 8.35m •Weight (min equipment, no sails) 510 kg •Harken winches and deck gear

www.m32series.com

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• Reference ID 377
• Builder MARSTROM
• Goran Marström/Kare Ljung
• Location Netherlands
• L.O.A. (mtr) 9.70
• Beam (mtr) 5.50
• Displacement (Kg) 510

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Owners comments:

My favorite boat to sail. So simple and extra ordinary well designed. Very easy to rig and transport. Beautiful boat and only 500kg. Very complete M32 and in very good condition

She features:

• First owner build and bought in 2017
• Original sails and mast, well maintained
• New lines and resprayed beams and refitted moving parts 2020.
• Overcomplete with road trailer, spare parts, 2 boxes with tools & tactics
• Ready to Race
• Can be delived anywhere in Europe, customized, stickered 

OWNING AN M32 IS A TOTALLY UNIQUE SAILING EXPERIENCE.

Easy to sail and assemble in just a few hours with its ‘unarig’ design and deck layout, the M32 offers all the thrills of a high speed catamaran with speeds over 25mph. With events organised around the world for amateurs and professionals, the M32 is the ideal performance catamaran for any level of sailor.

Designed by experienced swedish sailors Göran Marström and Kåre Ljung, the M32 catamaran offers a unique blend of simplicity and ease of handling, combined with lightweight construction and thrilling performance.

SIMPLICITY & EFFICIENCY Unlike other high performance catamarans, the M32 has two visible and distinctive features to its design – a ‘unarig’ for simplicity and efficiency [no jib], and ‘racks’ mounted outboard of the hulls allowing the skipper and crew to sit high above the water and use their weight to contribute to the boats performance. With the racks deployed, the M32 increases its beam from 5.54m to 8.35m.

TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTION Built in carbon fibre with a total weight of just 510kg, the acceleration of the M32 is immediate and can lift a hull in only five knots of wind. Stability is maintained by the forward bouyancy in the hulls and C-shaped daggerboards which create some verticla lift giving the helmsman total control and confidence in all conditions.

To further maximise the stiffness of the M32 construction; every boat is built entirely in prepreg carbon fibre (including use of high modulus fibres) and epoxy over a Nomex core. All carbon parts are vacuum bagged and cured at 120°C in a pressurized autoclave, 6-8 bars for single skin and 2-3 bars for sandwich laminates.

BETTER THAN THE BEST The extensive use of high quality High Modulus (HM) carbon fibers (with ~70% higher stiffness than standard carbon fibres) gives the laminates both a light weight and superior strength.

Every M32 is constructed by some of the world’s leading boat builders at the company’s own 3700sqm production facility on the island of Hönö, Sweden nearby to the City of Gothenburg.

EASY TO ASSEMBLE AND TRANSPORT The M32 is designed to be easy to assemble and tow with a standard car or truck. The custom made two-piece mast and ‘bolt’ on beams makes the assembly of the M32 quick and easy in just a few hours. Due to the light weight of the M32, it does not require a crane to launch it and can be simply launched from a ramp using small trolley wheels.

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Marström (SWE)/Aston Harald Composite AB

2 sets of sails, North Sails:

• mainsail 3di Raw 2017
• mainsail 3dl training
• Code 0, cuban fibre 2017
• Code 0, cuban fibre training

Electronics and Navigational Gear

Velcitek electronics set

• Extra sheets
• Road trailer
• Wheels for moving the boat when not on the trailer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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THE M32 ONE DESIGN –

A 32 foot carbon catamaran.

The M32 is designed to be long lasting and competitive. The one-design class rule makes the M32 and its cutting edge design affordable for many. The M32 cat is sailed by a crew of four to five. It is designed for racing and has speed enough to beat 40-footers.

The M32 is a speed machine and doesn’t need a jib which would just create too much drag reducing both speed and manoeuvrability. The stripped down M32 sail configuration

with a main and a gennaker is just what you need to bring the extraordinary speed and manoeuvrability from an extremely light and stiff platform. The M32 asymmetrical foils create the perfect amount of lift and stability, making the hulls skim the surface.

DESIGNED TO SAIL

Above the water.

The M32 is designed with forward buoyancy for the simple reason to prevent nose diving which only creates drag and just killing speed. The fact that water is 800 times more dense than air explain the importance of designing to minimize the drag of the wetted surface and waves.

The fact that the M32 floats above the water, instead of trying to penetrate the water, makes a difference in keeping the boat in the groove. In most newer designs the bow goes to deep in the water and the hull wants to drive straight instead of allowing the driver to turn the boat to achieve proper sailing angle. This difference is very noticeable in the design.

Specifications

The M32 is a 32-fot open cat usually sailed by a crew of four to five. It is designed for both racing and speed crusing possible to beat a 40-foter in speed.

EASY TO ASSEMBLE AND TRANSPORT.

Zero to sailing in three hours..

The M32 is designed to be incredibly easy to assemble and transport with a standard car or truck. Raising the light two-piece mast requires no special equipment or crane; rigging the boat and bolting on the beams takes the crew just a few short hours. You can launch the M32 anywhere! Its ultra-light weight allows ramp launching or beach launching off small dollies, or lift launching from any small club hoist.

”It’s as easy to rig and launch as any beach cat. Just roll it into the water, and you’re off!” Malcolm Gefter, Owner/Driver M32 Liftoff and former skipper of Melges 32 and Swan 42 Celeritas 8

• ”This is the most exciting boat ever” – Fredrik Lööf Olympic Champion
• ”After playing around on a M32 Catamaran in Sweden last year I found my next boat” – Ken Read CEO North Sails & VOR skipper