Standfast 40 and/or designer Frans Maas
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LeoV
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Schnick
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Didn't the Standfast guy die recently when the keel fell off one of his own boats? I could be wrong.
SloopJonB
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Yacht designer Frans Maas dies after his yacht, Capella, capsizes during the Light Vessel Race, Belgium - YBW
Yacht designer Frans Maas has been named as one of two sailors who died after the yacht, Capella, capsized during the Light Vessel Race off Ostend
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The Standfast 40 attained notoriety in the 70's when one split down the centerline - in a SORC IIRC. The story at the time was that it had been moulded in two halves, later joined - apparently inadequately.
Good looking boat though.
The overall story reminds me of Paul Whiting.
Laser1
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That 'Standfast guy' was Frans Maas. One of the most respected boat designers & builder in the world. In the late sixties and seventies the goto yard for Carter, Hood, Frers, Stephens, v.d Stadt, et al.
Regretfully he lost the keel of his own built and designed one-off 31 footer during a short offshore race in 2017. That was not a Standfast btw. 2 other crew perished. That was a very tragic event.
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Laser1
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Have a look over on this FB page.
Standfast Yachts & Frans Maas yachts | Facebook
For owners and fans of Standfast sailing yachts and other yachts designed by Frans Maas, built by the Standfast yard in Breskens, The Netherlands.
www.facebook.com
doggone
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My family sold the boat that's seen in the video on the beach. They had Frans Mass build it in 1984 with a Scheel shoal draft keel. In her time, she was a great boat. It has some IOR influence to her desogn but nothing extreme.
We use to call them Standstills.
LeoV
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The man that ordered the first one had that in his company logo.
Gordon: "It means courage, endurance and never give in"
moody frog
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The man that ordered the first one had that in his company logo.
Gordon: "It means courage, endurance and never give in"
Not only that ... he also invested into the yard move to "large production"
I've sailed with skippers like that.The man that ordered the first one had that in his company logo.
Gordon: "It means courage, endurance and never give in"
Wouldn't reef when it blew hard and wouldn't drop out of a drifter until we had to average 15 knots to the finish in his 36' 6-knot shit box.
sledracr
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Tanton Y_M
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Tina.
sledracr
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Standfast 40
sail69
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Thank you to all. I appreciate the information .
sledracr
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I have a borrowed copy of the Encyclopedia of Yacht Designers. IIRC there is a page or so allocated to Maas. Let me know if interested, when I have a minute I could pull it out and post a photo...
P_Wop
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Frans raced with us for almost the entire 1980 season on Piet Vroon's first Formidable, ex-Marionette. He was an excellent navigator and seaman, especially in all the North Sea races we did that summer. A good man, a great shipmate and he ran a superb yard. I miss him.
