Shaw Yacht Design is a
design company
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known for high-performance
sportsboat
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There ...
s and small
keelboats. The principal designer is Rob Shaw, a lecturer in Marine Technology at
Unitec's Department of Transport Technology in
Auckland
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.
Shaw Yacht Design designs ''micro'' boats. Rob Shaw's boat ''Karma Police'' (Shaw 9) and its sister ships ''Deep Throttle'' and the Shaw 10 ''Orbit'' took the first three places on handicap in the HSBC
Coastal Classic
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2010, outperforming far larger boats. ''Karma Police'', sailed by Shaw and Ben Costello, went on to finish second on line and
PHRF
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in the 2011 "Round the North Island" two-handed race.
According to the RaceTrack online yacht performance database, Shaw 10 ''Orbit'' was ranked 10th, Shaw 9 ''Karma Police'' 14th, and Shaw 7.5 ''Animal Biscuits'' 19th-fastest keelboat in New Zealand.
The Shaw 650 sportsboat is available as a production boat.
Designs
* Shaw 550: Trailer sailer compliant asymmetric sports boat, capable of sailing with crew of 2/3 with twin rudders.
* Shaw 650: Winged Asymmetric Sports boat.
[Shaw 650 website]
"Shaw 650 boat design"
, accessed April 6, 2011.
* Shaw 650 Turbo: 4 trapeze and larger rigged version of the 650.
* Shaw 7 and 750: Sports boats with large racks, looking more like a skiff than a keel boat.
* Shaw 8 More conventional sports boat, with a fixed keel and outboard motor in a well.
* Shaw 9: Canting keel yacht capable of short handed coastal/offshore racing.
* Shaw 950: Fixed keel cruiser/racer yacht capable of club/offshore racing.
* Shaw 10: Flushed decked canting keel yacht.
* Shaw 10.6CR: A cruiser/racer with a canting keel.
* Shaw 11: A racer with a canting keel, developed from the Shaw 9m (there are both an inshore and offshore variants).
* Shaw 12: A racer with a canting keel, developed from the Shaw 11m.
External links
Shaw Yacht Design Website
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