STORM TRYSAIL CLUB & TRANS PACIFIC YACHT
CLUB
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Barby MacGowan, Media Pro Int’l, 401-849-0220,
barby.macgowan@mediapronewport.com
or Marcy Trenholm, Storm Trysail Club,
914-834-8857, stormtry@aol.com
STORM TRYSAIL TRANSPAC 65 CLASS
Six Teams Committed to STP65 Campaigns;
Owners’ Advisory Committee Formed
LARCHMONT, N.Y. (August 30, 2008) – The STP65 fleet is building
in numbers, with a third boat soon to be launched and three additional
campaigns having signed on to create their own versions of the much heralded
65’ “Box Rule” racing yacht.
At the end of this month, Udo Schütz (Selters, Germany) will launch
his previously announced Judel/Vrolijk-designed Container,
built at Germany’s Knierim Boatyard. As well, three additional owners
have begun the process of designing and building STP65s. They are: Patrizio
Bertelli (Arezzo, Italy), with his Judel/Vrolijk-designed
Luna Rossa; Dario Ferrari (Milan, Italy), with his Reichel/Pugh-designed
Cannonball; and Carlo Puri Negri, with his
Umberto Felci-designed Atalanta III. Luna
Rossa is being built by Richard Gillies of 3DM Composite
and has a scheduled launch date of November, 2008, while Cannonball,
to be built by Cookson Boats in New Zealand, follows with a launch date
sometime in March. Atalanta III is scheduled for launch in the summer
of 2009.
Already sailing are the Farr-designed Rosebud/Team DYT,
owned by Roger Sturgeon (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), and the Reichel/Pugh-designed
Moneypenny, owned by Jim Swartz (Edgartown,
Mass.). Rosebud/Team DYT was built by California’s
Westerly Marine and launched in June 2007,while Moneypenny
was built by Australia’s McConaghy's Boat Yard and launched in April
of this year.
“Some of the finest designers and builders are involved in this
fleet,” said Swartz, who along with Sturgeon has taken the lead
in keeping lines of communication open among the owners. “It bodes
well for a successful, long-lived class.”
Swartz explained that the Storm Trysail Club (headquartered in Larchmont,
N.Y.) and the Transpacific Yacht Club (Los Angeles, Calif.) announced
in July of 2006 their joint partnership in developing the STP65 Rule.
The goal was to create a boat that could compete both as a Box Rule and
an IRC or ORR performer, with tight enough parameters to minimize obsolescence.
Rosebud/Team DYT’s project manager and
technical guru Malcolm Park says the STP65s “are a subset of the
IRC pocket maxis that are the latest phenomenon in the big boat world.”
The defining difference, however, is that the Box Rule’s speed-producing
facets, such as construction, length, displacement, draft, VCG and sail
area, are controlled. "This means that as the class grows, the STP65s
can begin racing within the box without time allowance, effectively as
one-designs with an owner/driver rule,” he said.
The day when the class could ask for its own start could be as soon as
next Spring. Meanwhile Rosebud/Team DYT plans
to continue proving she is the hot rod she was designed to be. Among her
accomplishments are winning the prestigious Rolex Sydney Hobart Race in
2007 and the Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race and New York
Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex in 2008. At the 2008
Newport to Bermuda Race, sailing under the ORR rule, Rosebud/Team
DYT finished third in her class while Moneypenny finished
fifth.
Both Rosebud/Team DYT and Moneypenny
will compete in the upcoming Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, which starts September
1. Container’s first scheduled race is
the Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, which starts Sept.27.
Owners’ Advisory Committee Formed
An Owners’ Advisory Committee has been formed, the purpose of which
is to advise the STP65 Board of Directors (currently comprised of Storm
Trysail and Transpacific Yacht Club representatives) prior to transfer
of control from the STP65 Board to an Owners’ Association. According
to STP65 Bylaws, the Owners’ Association can be established after
five Owners have qualified by being Members in good standing and having
a valid STP65 certificate on file with the Chief Measurer.
The first meeting of the Owners’ Advisory Committee has been scheduled
for this September’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, held at Yacht Club Costa
Smeralda in Sardinia, Italy.
The STP65 rule, bylaws and other supporting information can be found
at http://www.stp-65.org. For
more information on the STP65 Class Association, contact Barby MacGowan,
barby.macgowan@mediapronewport.com,
+1 401-849-0220
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