Lucky Earns Line Honors at the 2017 XIII Palermo-Montecarlo Race

Montecarlo (August 26, 2017) – Bryon Ehrhart’s RP63 LUCKY took line honors and the ORC Division win with a time of 66h 46m 3s over 500nm at the XIII Palermo-Montecarlo Race for the Giuseppe Tasca d’Almerita Trophy. LUCKY, formerly LOKI, was designed and engineered by Reichel/Pugh, constructed by McConaghy Boats and won overall in the grueling Sydney-Hobart in 2011 and Transatlantic Race in 2015. Next up for Lucky will be the 28th edition of the Maxi World Championship beginning September 3, 2017. (more…)

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Claude’s Career Opens with a Win

California (August 25-27, 2017) – Congratulations to Dr. Hasso Plattner and his team for the overall win (and PHRF A division win) as they made their racing debut at the 2017 Long Point Race Week aboard their brand new Reichel/Pugh-designed and engineered / Baltic-built 68’ Performance Cruiser Claude 2. In addition, Alec Oberschmidt’s Reichel/Pugh-designed 50′ Staghound won PHRF B division and took 2nd overall. (more…)

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TAVATUY Wins the Melges 32 Worlds

Cala Galera, Italy (August 26, 2017) — Congratulations go out to the 2017 Melges 32 World Champions (RUS 223) TAVATUY with Pavel Kuznetsov, tactician Evgeny Neugodnikov, Konstantin Besputin, Egor Koniukhovskii, Oleg Krivov, Alexander Patrushev, Anton Sergeev and Valeriy Zatsarinskiy. The first place Corinthian boat was Francesco Graziani’s (ITA 194) VITAMINA. This event completes the inaugural Melges 32 World League Series won by Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio’s (MON 181) G-Spot Sailing Team. Martin Reintjes’(ITA 186) Caipirinha Sailing Team is the Melges World League Champion in the Corinthian Division. (more…)

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Teams Maidollis and Taki 4 are the 2017 Melges 24 World Champions

Helsinki, Finland  (August 4, 2017) – Melges 24 Worlds 2017 come to the Fin(n)ish line and the Italian flag flies over the HSK in Helsinki. Congratulations to Italian team Maidollis, the newly crowned 2017 Melges 24 World Champions. (more…)

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An Interview with Two-Time Melges 24 World Champion Vince Brun

This Monday racing for the 20th edition of the 2017 Melges 24 World Championship will commence in Helsinki, Finland, comprising 59 teams from 15 nations. 33 teams will also compete for the Corinthian division title. Since the inaugural event in 1998, fifteen skippers have joined the hard-fought fraternity of World Champions. We caught up with two-time Melges 24 World Champion Vince Brun of San Diego who won the inaugural Championship in 1998 and shared his observations and experiences with the class as it has emerged to become the gold-standard for one-design racing over 20 vibrant years. (more…)

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Teams Mikey and Sunnyvale are the 2017 Melges 24 North American Champions

Cascade Locks, Oregon  (July 22, 2017) – It was all smiles (and adrenaline) at the 2017 Diversified MELGES²⁴ NorAm (North American) Championship. Mother nature generously delivered a banner week of warm and sunny planing conditions to an international fleet of MELGES²⁴ sailors. Thanks to the river’s natural elevator the beats were trimmed and the runs extended for maximum enjoyment, which is typical for the Columbia River Gorge, one of the world’s top destinations for big-wind junkies. (more…)

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Reichel/Pugh Designs Lead the Chicago-Mackinac Race

Mackinac Island, Michigan (July 18, 2017) – Congratulations to David and Peter Askew’s Wizard Racing (RP Design No. 191) for winning the 109th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac (289.4nm) with the fastest monohull corrected time of 38:45:04. Wizard was closely followed by another Reichel/Pugh design, Bob Hughes’ Heartbreaker (RP Design No. 184), which placed 2nd overall. (more…)

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An R/P Icon Relaunches: Introducing the new Black Jack 100

Following design modifications by Reichel/Pugh and McConaghy Boats to the new Black Jack’s hull, appendages and sail plan, the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race in nine days will be their first critical test and tune up for the 2017 Sydney/Hobart. Behind the scenes, Peter Harburg’s Black Jack campaign, headed by Mark Bradford and Alex Nolan, is putting in thousands of hours of detailed preparation for the Rolex Sydney Hobart in December. Follow the launch at Black Jack Yachting with images in thanks to Andrea Francolini Photography. (more…)

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RP TP52 Team Vision Future Wins 2017 IRC European Championship

Congratulations Dr. Jean-Jacques Chaubard’s Team Vision Future – TP 52! Reichel/Pugh Design No. 197 has won the 2017 IRC European Championship – Class 0 in Marseille.

Click to read the “Smallest winner crowned IRC European Champion” article by the Royal Ocean Racing Club.

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Highland Fling XI Wins Line Honors Round the Island Race

Isle of Wight (July 2, 2017) – Irvine Laidlaw’s Highland Fling XI (IRC 0) took monohull line honors at the 2017 Round the Island Race with a time of 4hrs 19mins 44secs winning the OBSERVER TROPHY & DECANTER – First Monohull to finish, the CONRAD RITBLAT TROPHY & DECANTER – First IRC to finish, the HELLY HANSEN ALIVE TROPHY – First O/A IRC Group 0 and the SILVER ROMAN BOWL & CLOUDY BAY DECANTER – Second O/A IRC. (more…)

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