New features Guard 2007: Cannes and La Rochelle

Many things have been able to see in Dogs and La Rochelle, both first halls this new season 2007. In Dogs it has not stopped to rain during all the fair which has been inferior the contest unfortunately. But we have been able to verify as the constructors have put `batteries' presenting/displaying many new features, some of very promising them… Among them we will be able to know the presented/displayed ones by the shipyards more known in Spain, but there are also them of which still they do not have importer and therefore are very not known for the fans.

Jeanneau presents/displays many new features of which 42i that will replace and designed by 40,3 D.Andrieu starting off of the helmet of 42DS, with a very elegant cover is possible to emphasize in candle the Sun Odyssey. 12.59 meters of total length and 4.13 of sleeve, moving 8,2 tons. Naturally it is possible to be requested in version 2 or 3 staterooms. His small brother, 36i is also of the rabid present time, in that we hoped to be able to sail and to offer a test of sea.

Exceptional by its beauty and balance 39DS is the Sun Odyssey. Like its three majors of range (42DS, 49DS, and 54DS), the new one of the family follows the right and beautiful lines cleared, with the windows in the form of almond and the double wheel of rudder. In the interior, and in spite of being `small' of the Deck saloon of Jeanneau, are no great altitude differences as usually it happens in this type of boats. The helmet has been designed by Marc Lombard and the cover by the Italian designer Vittorio Garroni who knows to create that `touches' so elegant to present series DS of Jeanneau. The interior offers space mainly and a great sensation of volume obtaining heights of up to 2, 05 meters. The bathtub is immense and very comfortable with cleared seats that allow to be placed suitably in the harder fitted ones.

Beneteau emphasizes new First 50 designed by Philipe Briand with a line very taken care of so much in the outside as in its interiors that are very luminous. Black aluminum wood lacado giving that aspect of competition that has the carbon sailboats. Mounted clear wood of oak with the horizontal vein create classic an atmosphere elegant and different from ebanisterías of the shipyard.

But the truly new thing of Bénéteau is the new Oceanis range with the presentation of new 40 Oceanis and Oceanis 46. They replace respectively the 393 and the 473. This 4ª range of oceanis is characterized by the double wheel of rudder, and one more a designed cleared cover in the cabinet of Italian design Nauta. We will see gives in wood instead of aluminum and more luminous ampler windows that is to say.

Elan especially improves the benefits of its sailboats with the new Elan 340 that comes to replace the 333. Although it is designed by the same architect (Rob Humphreys), has been redesigned with an optimized careening, equipped very regatera stern open and covered with a great wheel with rudder that offers the great sensitivity, powerful against and great track of escota located in front of the console, and halliard sendings back and escotas that circulates hidden under the cover of the bridge. But the Slovenian shipyard also we will be able to know its other range Impression oriented more the cruise than to regata.

The shipyards German also present/display new features like the great Hanse 630 of 19 meters of length by 5.2 meters of sleeve moving 11 tons, or also the Hanse 540 that already accompanies recent Hanse 470. It seems that the tendency is clear towards the great lengths. The distributions of the interior enough are varied and they are conformed to the needs of the shipbuilders.

Bavaria presents/displays the 40 and the 44 in its new line equipped `Vision' with two wheels of rudder. New Dehler 44 has been designed by naval architects Alex Simoni along with Maarten Voogd who have secured an elegant result and safe, able to compete in IMS and IRC then already he is accredited in these two ratings. Bathtub with open stern and mast on the keel, double wheel of rudder and mainly very seductive lines for the lovers of the speed.

The North American shipyard Hunter presented the major range Hunter 50, very comfortable and with classic decorations, something typical in the swift-sailing USA. In the cover it emphasizes the arc in the bathtub that serves as subjection to the track of escota, and a very powerful rigging. The prow candle can be solicitd with prepared autovirante equipment for the great transoceanic passages.

The French shipyard Alliage constructs good but very expensive oceanic aluminum boats. We knew the Azzuro 42 12.8 meters and 4.1 meters of sleeve pertaining to the new range with retractable keel of hydraulic form, and therefore able to be able to sail in brief waters. Its openwork only varies therefore of the 3 meters to 1.5 meters. The aluminum keel outlined with 200 kilos of weight supports a bulb of 1800 kilos in fused lead. The helmet has been designed by Verte-Racoupeau architect, and the cover offers very streamlined lines, and under her we will find very elegant wood furniture of makoré combined with clear tapestries. In the hall it does not bother the high keel On guard, since this is hidden between the separation of the two cabins of prow. Its price 400.000€.

Maxi already we knew incredible the 1050, and now we will be able to also meditate on the 1300. Sailboat of great elegance with double wheel of rudder and great benefits.

He sounds Lansart to them 47? , 14 meters. Another interesting French boat devised by Guillaume Verdier with the idea to obtain a resistant oceanic sailboat with aluminum helmet and 2 rudders able to govern in most marked you even list. In the interior we found a surrounding kitchen in the form of `Or' and a decoration very taken care of.

If it likes the sailboats Deck Saloon, has in whatever the new Nordship 40DS, sailor, with foque autovirante, an elevated cabin of which offers true panoramic views to the sea. The stern stateroom is exceptional, with a good hall decorated and one more a kitchen to prow and in a level lower than the hall. Interesting boat of 12.2 meters by 3.9 of sleeve, 1.8 of openwork, 10.5 tons of displacement of which 4.1 corresponds to the ballast.

The French shipyard famous Structures by the Pogo40 of which 12 boats will be in the exit of the route of Rum, also removes to the market a less radical version but with the same careening signed by Finot and with carbon wood. The interiors are very modern and almost without no wood. This Class 40 in version `cruise' has rather less pierced (2.2 meters instead of 3 meters) a little more weight (5,3 Tn in front of the 4.7 Tons of the present boats in regata).

Dufour presents/displays Dufour 525 Grand Large its stop of range with 15 meters of length by 4.9 of sleeve with a total displacement of 14 Tons of which 4,000 kilos belong to the bulb. A very fine and cleared line with ample cover in the zone of prow in which it emphasizes the long boom able to arm the candles of prow more powerful.

Alu Composite and a new shipyard in the Ukraine presents/displays Futuna 57 designed by the famous Marc Lombard. An authentic absolutely original bullet of regatas and since the helmet is realized in aluminum with cover in PVC foam sandwich, wood of carbon like its spanker boom, and with a total displacement of 14 tons, of which almost 5 correspond to the lead bulb. With 17.32 meters of length without including the boom, the careening is very fine in prow with a very wide plane of floatation, double rudder and double wheel, open stern and a clear similarity with Open 60 that we are customary to see sent in regatas like 5Oceans. Their benefits would have to be able to cut hipo to anyone!

Also to run but in small lengths, concretely of 6.5 meters it is Karukera 6,50 of shipyard Auriga Yacht, with retractable keel of bulb and don't mention it more and anything less than 2.3 meters to correct list the boat, double shovel of rudder well, mast and length carbon boom, a careening completely to the style miniTransat… It must fly instead of to sail!  The bathtub is wide and naturally abierta and in means we will see a great polyester block that reunites all the maneuver. If it wants to save some Euros, it is possible to contract the boat without finishing so that it can be distinguished and be finished by the future shipbuilding. 6.5 meters of length with 2.5 of sleeve, and 520 kilos of displacement.

The multihelmets take importance more and more as it could not be of another given way his advantages. Nautitech also presents/displays 44 with hardtop the rigid one that protects part of the bathtub as already it happened in the 40 and the 47. We could visit the incredible Privilege 745 of 22.7 meters of length and 10.9 meters of sleeve! , of the Alliaura shipyard it offers a worthy hall the best hotel 5 stars with a height of two meters and quarter, with a cabin of giant shipbuilder and bathroom with bathtub. Combined clear wood of wengé with teka, zone for the navigation table, bar of bar, hungry table, sofas,… From the bathtub we will raise the perfectly equipped outer command post. Slight happened!

Fontaine Pajot presents the Mahe 36 that will replace the Tobago, realized with techniques of resin infusion and very rational in size as in price as much (191.000€).

Bandit 800 (8 meters of length) is will trimarán designed by the French Pierre Rolland and whose skates can be folded not to occupy as much space in port. Its sleeve varies therefore from the 6.8 to the 3.2 meters folded yet. The central helmet of two meters of sleeve is where we will live with a height of up to 1.8 meters. It only moves 1.2 82,000 to us tons and € will cost ready to sail (without taxes).

The most important newness is without a doubt new Lagoon 420 of electrical propulsion, with an important bank of batteries and a generator of 13 kilowatts able to start up and to take the relief as soon as it is necessary. Something similar to which Toyota Prius does in the world of the tourism cars. In the port maneuvers the comfort is great to not being necessary to take no motor, and while we sailed to candle, the rotation of the helices moves the generators of charge of batteries.

It is very possible that in the future next we also see more solutions of this type in monocoques, since the electrical motor in itself weight very little and therefore does not clear habitability space since they now do 10% of all the sailboats. The generator set can perfectly be placed in any zone that does not hinder like can be the zone of the coffers of the sterns or the uninhabitable zone of prow that always is used in the widths and low-achieving wells of anchors. On the other hand it increases the security and diminish the operating expenseses since the electrical motors are almost ether to us and it will only be necessary to take care of the generator. The naval designers would have to take good note.