Ocean Racing Magazine - #5 - October & November 2007 - (Page 74)

NEW PRODUCTS Futuna 70: a Lombard for long haul cruising The history of the Futuna is one of a great passion that an industrialist had for ocean going boats. For fifteen years, Joël Durand, a Norman from Calvados, had been manufacturing grain silos in the Ukraine, which were sold all over Europe. Suddenly the old demon got hold of him, the desire to go into boat building. He had already tasted the delights of sailing with the Beaujolais and wanted to get back to work with a product for today. He met up with Marc Lombard for the design of his first 57-foot Futuna, which went on display at the Cannes Boat Show last year. One of his clients was looking for something bigger: that was how the Futuna 70 came about that is currently being built in the Ukraine, a few hundred km from the Black Sea. The aluminium hull has allowed for a great variety of layouts – which is something that is now almost an obligation, when we are talking about "semi-custom" boats - the cockpits, roofs, and decks are built of vacuum sealed foam/glass/vinylester sandwich, the internal compartments are made of nida sandwich and the deck-hull assembly is glued and bolted. The overall design is very modern, the deck layout and the rig (carbon mast) are designed to make manoeuvres easier and the hull, designed by a designer of ocean racers, promises us some good speeds and offers a lot of space. "It’s a boat for travel with the design of today," is how Florian Foglietti, the consultant for Alucomposites summed her up. A sort of updated Lévrier des Mers, if you like. Marc Lombard has given priority to “road-holding” and comfort while at sea. The hull has a fine bow, which is good for upwind sailing, as well as a long waterline and a beam on the waterline, which is reduced, when she heels over. Downwind, the stern section and the twin rudders will be appreciated. The Futuna 70 measures 23.47 m overall (including the bowsprit) and 25.91 m with the stern section opened out. The hull is 21.75 m long with a waterline of 20.50 m. The beam is 5.90m and the draught 2.95 m. Finally, the laden displacement is around 31 Tonnes and the sail surface area upwind 250 m_. Everything is made on the spot in the Eastern bloc countries with qualified craftsmen, for a lower price than can be done in the west. The aim is to produce a maximum of 4/5 models per year. We can talk of custom built for these long distance voyagers, sold at a series price. The launch is planned for next spring … in the Black Sea! http://www.boeroyachtpaint.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ocean Racing Magazine - #5 - October & November 2007

Edito
Contents
What they said
News
Portfolio
America's Cup - One Cup or two?
Jules Verne Trophy - Cammas, down to 48 days ?
Personality - Missing Fosset
Mini - Thirty years of innovations
Transat Jacques Vabre
Portrait - Lemonchois, quietly and discreetly
Barcelona World Race - Duos around the world
TP 52 - Where the stars shine
Figaro - Desjoyeaux not so alone
Trial - Sun Fast 3200
Tactics - Why the New Zealanders lost the America’s Cup
Fasnet Race
Lab
Portrait - Andrew Pindar
Fifty years ago - The Admiral’s Cup - offshore racing
Equipment
New products
Opinion

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