![]() ![]() The man overboard drill that crews generally practice, and which mirrors the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) syllabus, deals almost exclusively with recovering an untethered casualty from the water – mostly involving a fender floating free, retrieved with a stab from a boathook. He was wearing a lifejacket and he was clipped on with a tether, or safety, line – but when he went overboard from the foredeck on a dark night he was dead by the time the crew could recover him. But the subsequent Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report was truly chilling because it emerged that Mr Christopher Reddish (47) had done everything by the book. ![]() The tragic drowning of the skipper of the Reflex 38 Lion 15 miles south of Selsey Bill in 2011 shocked the sailing world. But is that the case? PBO’s test team conduct some trials…with sobering results. New 46.Perceived wisdom is that if you fall overboard, staying tethered to the boat will keep you safe. New 46.2STP Performa self tailing mainsheet winches New 50.3STP Performa self tailing primaries New 40.2STP Performa self tailing pit winches New 57mm double foot blocks for spin sheets New Harken 75mm Wide spin sheet blocks in aft corners New low profile foot rails for main trimmer and driver Harken Flatwinder for powered push button traveler control Outhaul and cunningham routed to the pit, new blocks, strops and control linesĪddition of down tubes for spin sheets - 4 extras for future install in storageįloor twings converted for use with Fractional furling A5 New jib car puller strops and control lines New inhauler T2 blocks with new control lines and strops New bow hatch with spacer to allow full articulationġ x Centerline halyard genoa staysail sheave box added in mast with messengerģ:1 runner tails with 75mm black magic blocksĦ x Spinlock XTS clutches with Ceramic jaws Perry Design Review: Farr 40 by Bob Perry The Farr 40 should be able to win in any fleet.įun, easy-to-sail racer with a lot of horsepower. Barry Carroll's crew is as good as any and produces boats with wonderful finish detailing. Most cruisers would be amazed at just how easy it is to sail a boat like this. Crew weight is pushed forward out of the stern. On deck this boat is laid out with the knowledge that Farr has gained through the past 10 years of almost total domination of offshore racing events. Note that the chainplates are almost at the rail, indicating that the jibs will sheet inside of the shrouds. The spreaders are swept to an angle of 20 degrees, measured at the chainplates. The mast is carbon fiber with double, swept spreaders. Note that the engine is turned 180 degrees, putting the prop immediately aft of the keel. There is a Yanmar 30-horsepower diesel with a saildrive unit. The keel is a steel fin with a lead bulb coated in epoxy. The entire hull and deck are post-cured in an oven. horsepower per pound in a manageable package.Ĭonstruction of the 40 includes epoxy, E-glass, foam composite and wet pre-preg fabrics. This translates to lots of sail carrying power. The Farr 40 probably has a VCG about 12 inches below the DWL. You can figure that your typical, generic American cruiser-racer has a VCG at or near the DWL. With super high-tech construction techniques and this amount of ballast, you can imagine how low the overall vertical center of gravity of the entire boat is. Draft is 8 feet 6 inches note the size of the bulb on the fin. The D/L is 110 and the ballast-to-displacement ratio is 47 percent. The Bruce Farr office designed this 40 to fill the gap between the Mumm 30 and the Corel 45. ![]()
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