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Maxi Yachts
A maxi yacht usually refers to a racing yacht of at least in length. Origin The term ''maxi'' originated with the International Offshore Rule (IOR) rating system, which in the 1970s and 1980s measured offshore racing yachts and applied a single-number rating to each boat. This number was approximately equal to the sailing waterline length in feet, plus or minus speed enhancing or reducing factors in the design. A yacht with a rating of was generally about in length overall. The IOR had upper and lower rating limits of and , so a yacht designed and built to exceed the maximum limit of rating was known as a ''maxi''. Competition The IOR Maxis were generally long overall, and raced boat-for-boat without handicap, unlike the rest of the IOR fleet which raced with a time correction factor depending on the boat's rating. In the 1980s they were the most glamorous, exciting, expensive and high-visibility racing yachts in the world, with regular appearances at most of the great rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfa Romeo II
''Alfa Romeo II'' (rechristened ''Black Jack IV'') is a maxi yacht designed in 2005 by Reichel/Pugh for yachtsman Neville Crichton. First-to-finish in the 2009 Transpacific Yacht Race ("the Transpac"), she also set a new elapsed-time Transpac race record This reference clearly points out that it is the boat which raced in the 2009 Transpac. The boat is actually long; its design is called a "Reichel/Pugh 100." For reference to the boat consummating the new record, seTranspac race news. Scroll to page bottom; shows ''Alfa Romeo II'' major victories, including 2009 Transpac finish. for monohulls. ''Alfa Romeo II'' is a "Reichel/Pugh 100" design measuring overall. She features a carbon fibre mast built by Southern Spars, water ballast, and a canting keel. She is thought to be capable of downwind in a fresh breeze. Some of the boat's systems are operated via PLCs, automatically stepping up engine speed as power is required to operate the hydraulic ram actuating the canting keel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Holland
Ronald John Holland (born 1947 in Auckland, New Zealand)Ron Holland:Designer, Out of the Blue website. is a designer, who came to prominence in the 1970s with his successful racing designs, and is now best known for his s such as '''' and ''Ethereal''. He is now based in Vancouver, British Columb ...
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Chicago Yacht Club Race To Mackinac
The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a annual yacht race starting in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois, and ending in Lake Huron off Mackinac Island, Michigan. It is hosted and managed by the Chicago Yacht Club. The "Mac" (as it is known) was first run in 1898 and is the oldest annual freshwater distance race in the world. The race hosts several hundred competitors each year and over 3,000 sailors. Course The race starts at the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse just off Navy Pier, crosses Lake Michigan, enters Lake Huron at the Straits of Mackinac, and finishes in the Round Island Channel, off Mackinac Island, Michigan. The race course runs . In 2011, 361 boats entered the race. Steve Fossett set the overall race record, 18 hours, 50 minutes, in 1998 with the multihull yacht, '' Stars and Stripes''. Roy E. Disney set the monohull record, 23 hours, 30 minutes, in ''Pyewacket'' in 2002. History ] Starting in 1898 with a mere five boats, The Mac has evolved into a world-class s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBTF Technology
CBTF Technology is the patent holder of canting keel technology used in the design of some notable racing yachts in recent years, including ''Wild Oats XI'' and ''Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. () is an Italian luxury car manufacturer and a subsidiary of Stellantis. The company was founded on 24 June 1910, in Milan, Italy. "Alfa" is an acronym of its founding name, "Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili." ...''. The company licenses its canting ballast, twin foil technology to yacht designers who choose to incorporate it into their designs. Notes References * * Companies based in San Diego Sailboat components Technology companies of the United States {{US-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CQS (Hedge Fund)
CQS is a London-based global multi-strategy credit-focused asset management firm. It launched its first credit strategy in 2000 and now manages a range of investment mandates. Specific investment capabilities include convertibles, asset backed securities, credit, loans, structured credit, and equities. Their investors include pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, funds of funds, endowments and foundations, and private banks. Leadership CQS was founded in 1999 by Michael Hintze, who serves as the Group Executive Chairman and Senior Investment Officer. Prior to establishing CQS, Hintze was European Head of Convertible Bonds at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) and Head of UK Equity Trading and European Convertible Bond Trading at Goldman Sachs. In 2014, he was asked to serve on the International Advisory Panel for the Australian government's Financial Services Inquiry. He also served as a Member of the Market Practitioners' Panel for the UK government's F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludde Ingvall
Ludvig "Ludde" Ingvall (born 8 January 1956) is a Finnish-Australian sailor competing in offshore races. Career In his youth, Ingvall sailed in the Flying Junior, 420 (dinghy), 420 and 505 (dinghy), 505 classes. He participated in the 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race as crew and in the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race as skipper. Ingvall won the 1995 Fastnet Race with the yacht ''Nicorette (1989 yacht), Nicorette''. With his second yacht named ''Nicorette (1996 yacht), Nicorette'', he broke the record of fastest monohull yacht over the Atlantic. He also won line honours in the 2000 and 2004 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. In 2016 Ingvall returned to the Sydney to Hobart with a rebuilt and lengthened Nicorette now renamed CQS and crossed the line in 7th position with a time of 2:03:13:12. Personal life Ingvall was born in Helsinki, Finland. He and his South African wife moved to Australia in 2001, and he has dual citizenship of Australia and Finland. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicorette III
''Nicorette III'' is a 90 ft maxi yacht. The yacht was designed by Alexander Simonis & Marten Voogd and built in New Zealand by Boatspeed Performance Sailcraft. She won line honours in the 2004 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race skippered by Ludde Ingvall Ludvig "Ludde" Ingvall (born 8 January 1956) is a Finnish-Australian sailor competing in offshore races. Career In his youth, Ingvall sailed in the Flying Junior, 420 (dinghy), 420 and 505 (dinghy), 505 classes. He participated in the 1985–86 W .... In 2016 she was completely rebuilt at Southern Ocean Marine to a new design by naval architect Brett Bakewell-White which extended her hull to 98 ft. She was relaunched and rechristened maxi ''CQS'' in November 2016, in time to compete in the 2016 Sydney Hobart race. References {{Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race winning yachts (line honours) 2000s sailing yachts Sailing yachts of Sweden Sailing yachts built in New Zealand Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race yachts Maxi yachts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Huisman
Royal Huisman is a Dutch shipbuilding company that specializes in the newbuild construction and refit, rebuild and renewal of sailing and motor yachts. The shipyard was established in 1884 in Ronduite as a builder of wooden workboats and fishing boats. In 1954 Jan Huisman specialised in steel sailing yachts, and his son Wolter transitioned to aluminium hulls in 1964 with the 30 ft Van de Stadt ''Avenir'' series. In the 1970s the development of extruded aluminum masts and cooperation with New York designers Sparkman & Stephens (S&S) enabled Huisman to tap into performance yachts and the international racing circuit: The shipyard launched its largest yacht to date, the prize-winning 60 ft S&S sloop ''Running Tide'', at its new deep-water premises in Vollenhove in 1970. In 1973 Huisman built Albert Henri Karl Büll's first ''Saudade'', the 47 ft S&S sloop which won the Admiral's Cup for Germany in the same year. In 1976, the shipyard built Conny van Rietschoten's 65 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Warren Miller
Robert Warren Miller (born May 23, 1933) is an American billionaire, entrepreneur, co-founder of DFS (Duty Free Shops), and sailing champion. He is the father of Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece, Princess Alexandra von Fürstenberg, and Pia Getty, dubbed by tabloids and high society as The Miller Sisters. Early life and education Miller was born in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, on May 23, 1933, son of Ellis Warren Appleton Miller (Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 7 February 1898 – May 1986), a bookkeeper and a salesman, and descendant of several Mayflower passengers, and wife (Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 15 September 1923) Sophia "Sophie" June Squarebriggs (Prince Edward Island, 10 June 1899 – Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 20 March 1998), a Canadian-born former governess. Miller's ancestry is rooted in the British North American colonial elite, and descends over time from Henry I of England , Louis IV of France , and W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Briand
Philippe Briand (born 26 October 1960 in Tours) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Indre-et-Loire Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River. In 2019, it had a population of 610,079.The Republicans. References 1960 births Living people Politicians from Tours, France[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skandia (2003 Yacht)
''Skandia'' (rechristened ''Wild Thing'' and Arca in 2019) is a 100 ft maxi yacht built in 2003. She was designed by Don Jones. She won line hours in the 2003 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race The 2003 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex, was the 59th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Syd ... skippered by Grant Wharington. References {{Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race winning yachts (line honours) 2000s sailing yachts Sailing yachts built in Australia Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race yachts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
