This is a nice sized boat for racing. The spinnaker goes up fast, hand over hand, and it comes down fast too. When the flotsam hits the fan it s a relatively small chunk of flotsam that is easily overcome with well applied manpower. Mast and boom are both carbon fiber. An alumnus of Bruce Farr s office, Donovan knows a thing or two about deck layouts on racing boats.
Fashions come and go, but ergonomics remain constant.
Its key is to make lines lead logically so a new crewmember can acclimate to the boat quickly. The small, bullet-shaped cabintrunk covers a couple of settee berths. The head is in the fo c sle. There has been no attempt to make this interior cruiser-friendly. A 20-horsepower Yanmar diesel with saildrive gives this boat an honest 7 knots under power.