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meh, no better or worse than any of the other of the current crop of racer cruisers. but if you really want to get your panties all up in a twist about then I guess have at it.

you're probably right. boat has been in the water less than a month. boss would be pretty pissed if you broke his new toy the first time out. 

I'm really curious to see what takeaways the crew has after this first race. 

i'll be honest for a  boat so new that the crew has so little time in I'm surprised they're pushing her this hard. unless of course they're not pushing her that  hard and the boat just is in fact that fast. time will tell but either way this is really interesting to watch. 

agreed all around. I gotta say I'm surprised they're entering her into the fastnet with her being so new.  I mean hell I've been on big boat programs, not even grand prix racers where we've spent a week with the riggers aboard getting the rig dialed in. I think this is going to be an epic boat...

way more of a finished interior than comanche any of VO70's I've set foot on etc. well most of them don't even paint the interior. not a a shot against her, merely an observation is all. 

more  of a finished interior than I expected. one this is for damn sure, thats not a boat thats going to be quickly or easily converted for cruising. 

god these boats are cool, I've been drooling over them since this project got started. hey bob, maybe I missed it in the other thread but what was the owners reason for having 4 of them built?

yep, race mostly in FJ's, 420's without traps or kites and in some cases even slower, more outdated dinghies and the results are predictable. 

not often that I agree with scooter but he's got a point here. this sport also has an image issue of being snooty, elitist and classist. much as it pains me to say that reputation is well earned in a lot of places. 

I second this. I'd be curious to see some "out in the wild" photos of her, not PR photos. 

my sexiest coveralls. 

frankly I think they came to their senses. the pool of people who have the money to have a 125ft sailing yacht built is fairly small. the pool of people who have the money to have one built, and to effectively campaign it and also the inclination to do those things is very, very, very small. but...

discussions about old clothing aside, I'll be back to working on the boat over the weekend. 

this right here, boats like this are built to win line honors and set elapsed time records. corrected time means fuck all for boats like this. 

my buddy told me I should keep the name swallow and get little decal you can only see when you're close to the boat that reads "don't spit"  also, how did turn into a thread about old clothing styles? 

ok, update time. yesterday the boat was moved to the yard closest to me where I'll do most of the work. so for starters, here's some pics of the state of the boat as we start out.  deck is a mess, there are 3 soft spots on the side decks and foredeck none of them big enough to really be a...

honestly I've never even heard of a vivacity until now. 

no clue.

few seasons back I had a deckhand aboard the yacht I was running that had crewed aboard samurai and that was basically his assessment of the boat as well. canting keel is gone, water ballast is gone, plus they added a lot of weight in places the boat was never designed to have it. he said the...