Turner’s RP66 Alive Sets New China Sea Race Course Record and Takes 1st Place in IRC Division 0

Subic Bay, Philippines (March 27, 2016) – Philip Turner’s RP66 ALIVE sets new course record and takes  1^st place in IRC Division 0. The Rolex China Sea Race 2016 is a 565nm Category 1 Offshore Race run under the auspices of RORC, and takes competitors from Hong Hong, China to Subic Bay in the Philippines. Title image © Daniel Forster (more…)

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NILAYA wins the Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta 2016

Virgin Gorda, B.V.I. (March 12th, 2016) – Filip Balcaen’s NILAYA, the Reichel/Pugh and Nauta designed Baltic 34m, beat out rival Inoui to become the overall Class A winner, despite a a most spectacular spinnaker blow-out at the end of the first downwind leg in the final race. She also took home the Boat International Media Trophy 2016 for the top scored superyacht overall at the 2016 Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta in Virgin Gorda, B.V.I. Reichel/Pugh-designed and Baltic-built 67m ketch Hetairos finished second overall in Class B. (more…)

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RP69 TREBUCHET Sets Overall Course Record for Inaugural Miami-Havana Race

Havana, Cuba (February 11th, 2016) – Owner-driver Marc Glimcher’s Reichel/Pugh 69 Trebuchet made history by setting the overall race record and outright passage record for the inaugural 254-nautical mile Miami to Havana Race yesterday with a time of 19 hours, 36 minutes and 10 seconds.

Nearly 60 years have passed since the Southern Ocean Racing Conference last visited Havana. The Florida-based SORC has begun the next chapter in that rich history with the inaugural Miami to Havana Race. Hosted by the Coral Reef Yacht Club and Hemingway International Yacht Club of Cuba, the race boasted 46 sailboats crewed by some 350 skilled sailors finishing at Cuba’s storied Club Nautico Hemingway.

Results

Title Photo © Marco Aquendo

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R/P-Designed NILAYA and VISIONE Premier Yachts at 2016 Superyacht Challenge Antigua

Antigua (January 31, 2016) – The sixth edition of the Superyacht Challenge Antigua kicked off the 2016 superyacht regatta season and featured four races for eleven 80 to 151ft yachts all racing under the superyacht rule ORCsy.

In Class A: Corsairs, racing was incredibly close with seconds deciding the outcome in many of the races. The Reichel/Pugh-designed 112’ Nilaya took 1^st place in Class A and held off 2015 winner Reichel/Pugh-designed 147’ Visione, which took 2^nd place. Visione and Nilaya were built by Baltic Yachts and launched in 2002 and 2010, respectively. (more…)

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R/P-Designed MELGES 20 Selected as Sportboat for 2016 Resolute Cup

Designated as the sportboat of choice for the New York Yacht Club’s 2016 Resolute Cup, the progressive Melges 20 raises the bar and sets a new standard for Corinthian style, one-design racing.

(Newport, R.I.) “We are extremely excited to have the Melges 20 class involved in the 2016 Resolute Cup,” says event chair Patricia O’Donnell. “The name Melges has been synonymous with performance sailing for more than half a century. The inclusion of the company’s latest keelboat in the 2016 Resolute Cup will add a dose of speed and excitement to the regatta.” (more…)

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Newbold’s RP 51 Primitive Cool Finishes Sydney Hobart 4th Overall

Congratulations to the owners and crews of the Reichel/Pugh designed yachts that competed in the 2015 ROLEX Sydney to Hobart Race.
Photos © Rolex

John Newbold’s RP 51 Primitive Cool (AUS), designed & engineered by Reichel/Pugh and built by Hart Marine, Melbourne, finished 4th overall and second in Division 1 with a time of 04:10:36:19. Primitive Cool was formerly the Secret Men’s Business which won the Sydney Hobart overall in 2010. (more…)

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2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Start

Click to access the start of the 71st Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race here and follow Reichel/Pugh’s entries: RP100 Wild Oats XI owned by Robert Oatley and skippered by Mark Richards, built by McConaghy and launched in 2005 (now retired due to torn mainsail); RP78 canting keel performance cruiser Lupa of London (more…)

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Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2016 – 2018 Announced

The Melges 24 is designed by Reichel/Pugh and and built by Melges Boat Works and holds a unique position among the world’s one design sportsboats as one of the most successful classes of high performance yachts. The 2016 Melges 24 European Sailing Series, 2016 Melges 24 European and World Championships, Melges 24 future title events up to 2018 have been announced.

(December 23, 2015) – At the end of another great season the World Council of the International Melges 24 Class Association (IM24CA) met up for its Annual General Meeting to discuss about the feedback of the 2015 season and to draw the main line of the future events. (more…)

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The Reichel/Pugh-designed Melges 14 is 2016’s Best Dingy

(December 21, 2016) – Sailing World Magazine has announced that the Reichel/Pugh-designed Melges 14 has earned its stripes as 2016’s Best Dingy, explaining that, “Any discussion of a modern singlehander will inevitably lead to a comparison with the Laser, which is the ultimate in performance and simplicity, the most prolific one-design dinghy of all time. It’s the benchmark. The Laser, however, is creeping toward 50 years, and not much about it has changed…The Melges 14, the judges agreed, is a righteous challenger to the Laser’s kingdom. It’s a boat that will make you want to drop everything, rig up and go sailing when the breeze is on. Given Melges’ success rate with and the support of its other one-design classes, big-fleet championships are only a matter of time.” For specs, handling, price, demo availability and news about a one-design class rule draft read on at: sailingworld.com/best-dinghy

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Video | Wild Oats XI Evolution

How does a ten year old yacht remain at the forefront of one of the great ocean race classics?

With her distinctively slim and elegant hull, Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI has taken line honours in eight out of the last ten Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races. In collaboration with Reichel/Pugh, her original builders McConaghy Boats have recently completed her most radical evolution yet. On the eve of the 628 nautical mile 2015 RSHYR on December 26th, McConaghy TV shares a film about forging this new reality. Additionally, Reichel/Pugh’s Jim Pugh breaks down the carefully calculated modifications to boost her performance in up-range conditions. Calculations that will hopefully place Wild Oats XI ahead of the 110 yacht fleet into Hobart for the ninth time in 11 starts.

Visit the builder’s site at mcconaghyboats.com
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Title photo from August 2015 © Andrea Francolini

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2015 Melges 24 World Rankings

Riccardo Simoneschi Wins 2015 Melges 24 World Ranking, Miles Quinton/Geoff Carveth Claims European, Steve Boho North American and Chris Links Australasian Ranking

2015 Melges 24 World, European, North American and Australasian Ranking Results

The 2015 Melges 24 World and Continental Ranking series featured 14 events across Europe, North America and Australia including the main title event of the year – Melges 24 World Championship incorporating National Championships and major regional events all around the world. Every continent hosted 4-6 ranking series events in conclusion of which the winners of continental rankings were found out and World Ranking consisted of all events from three continental series. 213 competitors from 23 countries took part. (more…)

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WILD OATS XI Preparations Reaffirmed for the Sydney Hobart Race

Sydney, Australia (December 14, 2015) – After a perfect start in light winds at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual SOLAS Big Boat Challenge bash around Sydney Harbor, Bob and Sandy Oatley’s super maxi 100-foot Wild Oats XI steadily drew away from the bigger, wider, more powerful 100 footers, Ragamuffin 100 and Perpetual Loyal, on every leg of the 14 nautical mile course. In the end, 3 minutes 50 seconds separated the slim and elegant Wild Oats XI from the fleet as they crossed the finish line off the Opera House first. (more…)

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NZL Coastal Classic: RP42 Rikki Wins Iconic Race

Bay of Islands, New Zealand (October 27, 2015) – The Coastal Classic Yacht Race from Devonport Wharf to Russell Wharf in the Bay of Islands, is New Zealand’s premier fleet race and has been held annually at Labour weekend since its inception in 1982.

RIKKI, Ray Haslar’s R/P designed 42’ was the Overall Winner of the 2015 race – 64 boats finished the race with 49 DNF’s. (more…)

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RP52 Vincitore and James Mitchell

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James Martin Mitchell
April 6, 1932 – July 29, 2015

Owner of RP52 Vincitore and native Chicagoan James Mitchell passed away this July leaving a beautiful sailing legacy sure to continue. The head of a family of sailors, he raced with his two sons and two grandsons on the Great Lakes and around the world. Vincitore was named Overall Rolex US IRC National Champion in 2009 after winning: the 2009 International Rolex Regatta (St Thomas), 2009 Nanny Cay Cup, 2009 BVI Spring Regatta, 2009 Chicago Mackinac Race, 2009 Bayview Mackinac Race and the 2009 Big Boat Series.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Discover.

Title photo © Photo by Rolex / Daniel Forster

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Inventing Legends | Wallycento Galateia

Reichel/Pugh launches the second generation of their ultra-fast 100ft performance cruisers into the Wallycento class with GALATEIA. The Wallycento box-rule was developed during Reichel/Pugh’s collaboration with owner Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones when he initiated the wallycento project for Magic Carpet 3. Key points are lightweight planing hulls, a powerful sailplan and high stability combined with a lifting keel and strict cruising interior requirements defined by the Wally Class rules. (more…)

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Inventing Legends | R/P Fast 35m Superyacht

Reichel/Pugh’s latest creation, design #260 the 35-meter Superyacht, combines grand prix racing speeds with an ultra elegant cruising program.

Whether it is performance cruising, offshore racing, or the Americas Cup, Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design has had unparalleled success at producing some of the worlds most distinctive and consistently rewarding sailing yachts including designs that have continuously won major regattas over several decades. The world-renowned naval architecture and engineering firm’s latest creation design # 260, the Fast 35-meter Superyacht, combines grand prix racing speeds with an ultra elegant cruising program in a modern, and truly versatile package. (more…)

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Transpac: Wild Oats XI Has Fastest Elapsed Time | Grand Illusion Is Overall Winner

Congratulations to all the owners and crews of Reichel/Pugh yachts racing in the 2015 Transpac Race!

Reichel/Pugh designs currently hold the Transpac course records for both fixed and moveable ballast designs, have set new Transpac course records four times since 1999, and have taken elapsed time honors in eight of the last nine Transpacs.

Honolulu, Hawaii (July 26, 2015) – The overall winner is a Santa Cruz 70 Grand Illusion designed by Bill Lee and featuring Reichel/Pugh-designed the keel and rudder appendages. Grand Illusion has now equaled the record for most overall Transpac wins, joining the 88′ Lurline which won the first two races in 1906 and 1908, and again in 1912. However, Grand Illusion holds the status alone for winning overall three times under the same Owner/Skipper, Ed & James McDowell.

Roy Pat Disney’s and Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI had the fastest elapsed time of 6d 10h 37m 2s to win the 2015 Merlin Trophy and take first in Division 1 at the Transpac’s Diamond Head finish line. Wild Oats XI is a 100-foot custom design famous for its eight elapsed time victories, two overall fleet wins and is the current course record holder in the Sydney-Hobart race. (more…)

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Transatlantic Race: Bryon Ehrhart’s Lucky Claims Overall Victory

photo courtesy of Lloyd images ltd

(July 16, 2015 / Day 18) – Congratulations to Reichel/Pugh 63 LUCKY owner Bryon Ehrhart, navigator Ian Moore and the rest of the crew as they have been confirmed winners of the Transatlantic Race 2015 by the event’s four organizers: the Royal Yacht Squadron, the New York Yacht Club, the Royal Ocean Racing Club and the Storm Trysail Club. LUCKY, formerly LOKI, was designed and engineered by Reichel/Pugh, constructed by McConaghy Boats and has won overall in the grueling Sydney-Hobart (2011) and now the 2015 Transatlantic Race. (more…)

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2015 Melges 24 World Championship: R/P’s M24 Still Has It After All These Years

Middelfart, Denmark (July 5, 2015) – Swiss-American sailor Christopher Rast and his EFG team secured the title today at the 2015 Melges 24 World Championship. Following their brilliant performance with three bullets yesterday, Rast’s team posted a 7-2-1 in the 95-boat fleet, sufficient after 12 races to secure first place without needing to sail in the final two races. (more…)

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Reichel/Pugh Designs Sweep 2015 Giraglia Podium

Photo courtesy of Carlo Borlenghi / ROLEX

SAINT-TROPEZ, FRANCE – GENOVA, ITALY (June 20th 2015) – A record fleet of 240 international yachts contested the 2015 Giraglia Rolex Cup, an edition ultimately defined by victories for the fleet’s two largest yachts. Igor Simčič’s 100-ft Maxi Esimit Europa 2 (SLO) sealed line honours while the Giraglia Rolex Cup trophy awarded to the overall race winner was claimed by Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones’s Wally Cento Magic Carpet 3 (GBR). (more…)

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Invisible Hand, Bad Pak and Wizard Sweep 2015 Cabo Race ORR1

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (March 26, 2015) – The 63’ R/P-designed Invisible Hand took 1st place in ORR Class 1 in the 800nm Newport to Cabo Race down the Baja peninsula followed by R/P-designed Bad Pak 65’ and Wizard 72’.

Results
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2015 Bucket Regatta: A Fine Ending To A Grand Event

St Barths, French West Indies (March 22, 2015) – Perseverance was the key to victory in four classes (Gazelles, Elegantes, Mademoiselles, Grande Dames) sailing their last and final race at the 2015 St Barths Bucket Regatta. Sailing the “wrong way around” course meant the 35 competing superyachts launched their massive spinnakers at the start and took a clockwise tour of the island, testing sailing skills with a particularly lengthy beat up the backside. And though the superyachts, for safety’s sake, sail by rules that keep them at least 40 metres apart at all times, the competition was as close as anyone could wish for. (more…)

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The Magic Carpet Story Featured in Seahorse Magazine

After a successful season winning in Sardinia and St Tropez Sir Lindsay Owen Jones sat down with Seahorse Magazine’s Blue Robinson to reflect on a passion for combining speed with elegance that stems from childhood dingy sailing, racing cars and love of family. In partnership with Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design and Luca Bassani of Wally, MC3 marked the peak of performance cruising technology and birth of the Wallycento Class.

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RP 66 Alive Back-To-Back Winner Of SYC’s Sail Paradise Regatta

Gold Coast, Australia (Mar 8, 2015) – Alive, owned by Tasmanian Phillip Turner, have today been crowned the champions at Southport Yacht Club’s XXXX Sail Paradise Regatta for 2015. This is a back-to-back win for Alive after first competing in the inaugural regatta in 2014. (more…)

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Southern Wind 94 Hull # 3 Launches

“LADY G” Southern Wind 94 hull # 3 has launched this week at Southern Wind Shipyard, Cape Town. Style and in Interior by Nauta Yachts, Naval Architecture by Reichel/Pugh. (more…)

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Shockwave Wins 2015 Pineapple Cup – Montego Bay Race (811nm)

Montego Bay, Jamaica (February 9, 2015) – George Sakellaris’s  Reichel/Pugh-designed, McConaghy-built 72-foot Shockwave stormed through the Windward Passage in the wee hours on Feb. 8, taking aim to break the record set in 2005 by the 75-foot Reichel/Pugh Titan 12 of 2 days, 10 hours, 24 minutes, 42 seconds. (more…)

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Visione Victorious at Superyacht Challenge Antigua

Antigua (February 1, 2015) – The Reichel/Pugh designed 147’ Visione took 2^nd overall and 1^st in Class 1. The German flagged Visione was built by Baltic Yachts and launched in 2002. Considered a revolutionary design then, Visione’s performance is still unmatched.

Results (more…)

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Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wild Oats XI’s Historic Eighth Line Honours Victory (630nm)

Congratulations to the owners and crews of the Reichel/Pugh designed yachts that competed in the 2014 ROLEX Sydney to Hobart Race. Photo © Carlo Borlenghi

100’ Wild Oats XI – 1st to Finish – 8th Line Honors Win In 10 Years – Bob Oatley

40′ Chutzpah – 1^st IRC Division 2 –  2nd Overall in fleet IRC  –  2^nd ORCi Division 2 – Bruce Taylor

52′ Scarlet Runner – 1st in Division 1 ORCi – 2nd Division 1 IRC – Robert Date (more…)

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78′ Lupa of London Takes Line Honors in 2014 RORC Transatlantic Race

Grenada (December 11, 2014) – Lupa of London, the Reichel/Pugh designed 78’ built by Baltic Yachts and owned by Jeremy Pilkington, crossed the finish line of the 2014 inaugural RORC Transatlantic Race, off Grenada (more…)

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R/P 63 Invisible Hand Is The 2014 ORR West Coast Northern Series Champion

 

Photo © Leslie Richter

(December 2014) – The Offshore Racing Rule has announced the top three finishers in the 2014 ORR West Coast Northern Series Championship. Boats must have raced in a minimum of two of the following races, including one distance race to qualify:  Spinnaker Cup, Pacific Cup and Big Boat Series.

Overall Winner: Frank Slootman’s R/P 63 Mini Maxi Invisible Hand (more…)

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Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Historical Photographic Exhibition at Australian National Maritime Museum – November 2014 to March 2015

 

 

Darling Harbour, Sydney (November 28, 2014) – To help celebrate the 70th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race the Australian National Maritime Museum has honoured the CYCA by creating an intimate photographic exhibition in their Tasman Light Gallery. (more…)

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Reichel/Pugh Designs Win 3 of 6 Classes at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

Porto Cervo, Italy (September 6, 2014) –  Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup (Annual): Classico Costa Smeralda

With the wind speed peaking at over 20 knots on the deep blue Costa Smeralda, framed by the rugged backdrop of the Sardinian coast, the conditions for the last day of the regatta were nothing short of spectacular. Reichel/Pugh designs won overall three of the six classes in the 36 boat fleet of this year’s Maxi Rolex Regatta. (more…)

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2014 Copa Del Rey Champions: Shockwave and HURAKAN

 

 

Palma de Mallorca, Spain (August 9, 2014) – The 33rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE finished today off the island of Mallorca. The Bay of Palma reaffirmed its reputation with good wind conditions throughout the week, and a bit more excitement on the final day with an irregular wind that reduced the sailing schedule to a single race. The King, H.R.M. King Felipe, presided over the official prize giving. (more…)

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Cowes Week: Lord Laidlaw’s R/P 52 CAPE FLING II wins IRC Class 0

Ilse of Cowes, U.K. (August 4^th, 2014) – Lord Laidlaw’s  R/P 52 CAPE FLING II wins IRC Class 0 at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, 2-9 August, 2014. Cape Fling designed and engineered by Reichel/Pugh was built by McConaghy Boats.

Event Link and Press:
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Click to view IRC 0 Results.

Visit the builder’s website at: mcconaghyboats.com

Photo © Rick Tomlinson

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Scarlet Runner Wins Pacific Cup Grand Slam / Invisible Hand Takes Line Honours

Photos ©Andrea Francolini and ©Leslie Richter

The Pacific Cup is a biennial 2,070 nm race from the beautiful coastline of San Francisco to the lush, tropical paradise of Kaneohe, Hawaii.

(July 18^th 2014) – Frank Slootman’s San Francisco based R/P 63 Mini Maxi Invisible Hand (pictured below / © Richter) was the Elapsed time winner and 3^rd in Class of 2014 Pacific Cup with an course time of 6 days:22:4:11. (more…)

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Alive Smashes 1,850nm Melbourne to Vanuatu Race Record

Port Vila, Vanuatu (Jul 6, 2014) – On Sunday July 6th Tasmanian yacht Alive smashed the record for the 1885 nautical mile ocean race across the South Pacific from Melbourne to Port Vila, the port capital of the tropical islands of Vanuatu. (more…)

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Reichel/Pugh 72′ Shockwave Triumphs at the 49th NEWPORT-BERMUDA RACE

Congratulations to the owners and crews of the Reichel/Pugh designed yachts competing in the 2014 NEWPORT to BERMUDA Ocean Race (635 nautical miles).

New York Yacht Club/Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (June 23rd 2014) – George Sakellaris’ R/P-designed/engineered and McConaghy-built 72’ Mini Maxi SHOCKWAVE  took fleet line honors and wins the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Trophy taking 1st Place Overall under both ORR and IRC.  SHOCKWAVE takes multiple silver, also snatching the Corporation of Hamilton Trophy for the first yacht to finish in fleet ( best elapsed time) and the North Rock Beacon Trophy for the best IRC corrected time in fleet. The latter, a silver replica of the 1960-1990 North Rock Light Tower that once warned mariners of the rocky approach to Bermuda from the North. (more…)

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Career Opportunities

Reichel-Pugh Yacht Design is seeking a Composite Structural Engineer and Naval Architect (more…)

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Reichel/Pugh 66’ KODIAK Wins Overall Performance Trophy at 49th NEWPORT-BERMUDA RACE

New York Yacht Club/Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (June 23rd 2014) – Edwin Llwyd Ecclestone’s R/P designed and McConaghy built 66’ KODIAK took Line Honors in the St. David’s Lighthouse Division and won overall Class 8 in ORR.  KODIAK repeated her Line Honors and Class win of the 2012 race and also won the Overall Performance Trophy as the Class Winner on Corrected Time which beat the next two yachts in her class by the largest margin. (more…)

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Esimit Europa 2 Takes Seventh Line Honors Victory in Giraglia Offshore Race

Photo courtesy of Carlo Borlenghi / ROLEX

Monaco (June 19th 2014) – Igor Simcic’s Esimit Europa 2 crossed the finish line off Monte-Carlo at 12:35 CEST, to secure the R/P-designed and McConaghy-built 100’ Super Maxis’ seventh Line Honors victory (more…)

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