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The Transat
The Transat (also known as The Transat CIC or The English Transat)is a transatlantic yacht race first held in 2004 as a spin-off for professional sailors from the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race which is limited to amateurs since. History After the 2000 event, The Royal Western Yacht Club, organizer of the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race, decided to split the race into two separate events. As a result, in 2004 professional edition of the race featured a new title The Transat. The professional event has been run as The Transat from 2004, while the race smaller boats is run as the OSTAR. Throughout its history, however, the essentials of the race have remained the same. It has also become known as a testbed for new innovations in yacht racing; many new ideas started out in "the STAR". Yacht classes The Transat, 2004 The 2004 professional edition of the race featured a new title — The Transat — and a new finish, at Boston, Massachusetts. 37 boats entered, in four clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultim (trimaran Sailboat Class)
The Ultim class (also Classe Ultime or Ultim 32/23) is class of offshore trimaran sailboats. Class rules Basic rules The class three major groups of rules: * irremovable rules: ** 24 to 32 m in length, ** 23 m in maximum width, ** guard at sea greater than or equal to 1.70 m (for vessels launched after the first of January 2015), ** air draught not exceeding 120% of the largest length of hull found on the vessel; * rules that can be modified every four years (monitoring committee, group of experts, engine power, anchorages, adjustment of hull mobile appendages, skipper qualification method, etc.); * rules that can be modified every year, i.e. all those that are not part of the rules that are irremovable or modifiable every four years. Comparable boats outside of the rules * '' Sails of Change'' (former ''Banque Populaire V''; now ''Spindrift 2'') * MOD70 History On the occasion of the Route du Rhum 2010, the organization of the race decided to group together in a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |