11-28-2014
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…)
9-6-2014
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…)
8-9-2014
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…)
8-4-2014
Ilse of Cowes, U.K. (August 4th, 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.
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Photo © Rick Tomlinson
7-24-2014
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 18th 2014) – Frank Slootman’s San Francisco based R/P 63 Mini Maxi Invisible Hand (pictured below / © Richter) was the Elapsed time winner and 3rd in Class of 2014 Pacific Cup with an course time of 6 days:22:4:11. (more…)
7-10-2014
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…)
6-23-2014
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…)
6-23-2014
Reichel-Pugh Yacht Design is seeking a Composite Structural Engineer and Naval Architect (more…)
6-23-2014
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…)
6-19-2014
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…)
4-1-2014
St Barths (March 29, 2014) – Of the 38 superyachts raced, Reichel/Pugh-designed Nilaya finished fourth today in the Gazelles class, and that performance, combined with two second-place finishes from Friday’s and Saturday’s racing, was strong enough to give her class victory. (more…)
3-23-2014
Virgin Gorda, BVI (March 23, 2014) – The 2014 edition of the Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta and Rendezvous took to the glistening waters of Virgin Gorda last week for three days of lively racing. (more…)
2-26-2014
2014 Royal Ocean Racing Club CARIBBEAN 600
(600nm) / Antigua Yacht Club
(February 26, 2014) – George Sakellaris’ Reichel/Pugh designed and McConaghy built 72’ Mini Maxi Shockwave has won overall the RORC CARIBBEAN 600 for the best IRC corrected time in the sixty boat fleet. The 6th edition of this increasingly popular 600 nm classic started off Antigua on February 24th and covered a tough and exhilarating course around 11 islands before finishing off Antigua. (more…)
7-25-2013
Reichel/Pugh Yachts Take Top Spots in 2013 Transpac Race
2013 Transpac Race (2225nm)
22 July 2013, Transpacific Yacht Club (more…)
7-17-2013
2013 105th Chicago to Mackinac Race, presented by Veuve Clicquot (333nm)
17 July 2013, Chicago Yacht Club (CYG)
Congratulations to Dick & Doug DeVos family and crew of the Reichel/Pugh designed/engineered and McConaghy Boats built 86’ Maxi WINDQUEST for taking Line Honors in the 2013 105th Chicago to Mackinac Race, presented by Veuve Clicquot. Windquest was first to finish in the racing divisions and the winner of the Royono Trophy.
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6-25-2013
DESIGN AND ENGINEERING BY REICHEL/PUGH
2013 Giraglia ROLEX Cup (243nm)
June 14-22 2013, Yacht Club Italiano (YCI)
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6-7-2013
Takes Line Honors Win
& Breaks Record in Block Island Race.
& IRC Overall Win in Annapolis to Newport Race.
Sets Record of 1hr, 40 m & 15s in the Round the Island Race of the 159th New York Yacht Club’s Annual Regatta. (more…)
1-25-2013
Shockwave Dominates in Battle of the Mini Maxis
Shockwave Wins 7 Races in 2013 Quantum Key West Race Week
Strong turnout in the Reichel/Pugh designed Melges 24 & Melges 32 Classes
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12-29-2012
Wild Oats XI takes record 6th Line Honors Win in 8 years and Overall Handicap Win
Loki 2nd Overall (1st Place IRC Div 1)
BlackJack 3rd Overall (1st Place ORCi Overall)
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12-28-2012
R/P Designed Wild Oats XI Takes Line Honours and Beats Own Course Record in 2012 Rolex Sydney to Hobart
Wild Oats XI takes record 6th Line Honors Win in 8 years in Australian Offshore Classic
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12-24-2012
Reichel/Pugh Designed Yachts Claim Tom Prized in CYCA’s 2012 SOLAS Big Boat Challenge in Australia & Palm Beach Ocean Challenge in the USA
Wild Oats X, Loki and BlackJack Claim top three spots in SOLAS
Shockwave Wins Overall 2012 Palm Beach Ocean Challenge
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8-17-2012
RP Yachts Break Course Records and claim top prizes in 2012 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race (384nm) (more…)
8-16-2012
31st Copa Del Rey Audi Mapfre 2012,
July 14th -21st 2012, Real Club Náutico de Palma, Palma de Mallorca – Spain
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6-22-2012
48th Newport to Bermuda 2012,
June 15th 2012, 635 nautical miles, New York Yacht Club/Royal Bermuda Yacht Club
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6-19-2012
48th Newport to Bermuda 2012,
June 15th 2012, 635 nautical miles, New York Yacht Club/Royal Bermuda Yacht Club
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6-18-2012
Giraglia Rolex Cup, St. Tropez France to San Remo Italy via Giraglia Rock
June 8th-16th 2012, 242 nautical miles
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6-15-2012
158th NYYC Annual Regatta Presented by Rolex, Newport RI USA
June 9th -10th 2012
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6-14-2012
60th Giraglia Rolex Cup, St. Tropez France – St Remo Italy
June 8th-16th 2012
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6-13-2012
Giraglia Rolex Cup, St. Tropez France
June 8th-16th 2012
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6-12-2012
Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, Porto Cervo Sardinia, Italy
June 4th -9th 2012
Congratulations to the owners and crews of the Reichel/Pugh designed yachts competing in the 2012 Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta.
Organized by the YCCS and Boat International Media and first launched in 2008, this is the regatta that opens the Mediterranean superyacht calendar.
Lord Irvine Laidlaw’s RP designed and Goetz Boats built Wally RP82’ Maxi Highland Fling XI dominated the Performance Division scoring 4 bullets in 4 races to take 1st place overall.
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8-5-2011
We have added a new section on our temporary blog with renderings, concept drawings and photos from the recent trials and launch of the Aquila RP 45 Racer/Cruiser. (more…)
Bella Mente Finishes First in the 2011 Transpac Race, Winning the Barn Door Trophy and setting a New Course Record.
Congratulations Hap Fauth and the crew of the Mini Maxi Bella Mente for their record setting performance in the 2011 Transpac Race.
Transpacific Yacht Club, Hawaii, USA (July 15th, lato 2011) – Hap Fauth’s Reichel/Pugh designed and New England Boatworks built Mini Maxi Bella Mente crossed the finish line off Diamond Head, Hawaii at 05:34:28 HST finishing first in the 46th runnning of the 2225 nautical mile Transpac Race. Hap Fauth’s East Coast based Bella showed the best from the West the way to Hawaii with a blistering pace of 13.59 knots given the conditions were moderate to light. Bella won the unique Transpacific Yacht Club Perpetual Trophy – a 3.5′ x 4′ plaque of hand carved Hawaiian Koa wood – better know as the ‘Barn Door’ traditionally awarded to the fixed keel cheap mlb jerseys monohull yacht employing no SA3D stored energy with the fastest elapsed time. Bella Mente set a New Barn Door course record of 6 days, 19 hours 39 minutes 28 seconds beating the record of 7 days and 11 hours set in 1999 by Roy Disney’s RP75, Pyewacket the III. Bella Mente won the 2009 Mini cheap nfl jerseys Maxi Season Championship.
Click to view video of the race finish.
Additional Press: nyyc.org
PHOTO © Sharon Green 2011
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Highlights of the Reichel/Pugh Transpac History
2009 Alfa Romeo – Neville Raising Crichton’s Canting Keel Alfa Romeo RP100 set a new course record of 5 days, 14 hours, 36 minutes with an average speed of 16.5 knots and fastest day’s run cheap mlb jerseys of 430.97nm.
2005 Morning Glory – Hasso Plattner’s Canting Keel RP86 set a new course record of 6 days, 16 hours, 4minutes with an average speed of 13.6 knots and a record 24 hour run of 393nm.
2005 Rosebud – Roger Sturgeon’s RP TP52 Design wins 1st Overall Fleet Corrected Time.
2003 Pegasus – Philippe Kahn’s RP77 wins the Barn Door Trophy with a course time of 7 days, 16 hours, 31 minutes with an average speed of 12.1 knots & record 24 IRC52 hour run of 365nm.
2001 Pegasus – Philippe Kahn’s RP77 wins the Barn Door Trophy Remembrance with a course time of 8 days, 2 hours, 34 minutes with an average speed of 11.44 wholesale mlb jerseys knots.
1999 Pyewacket – Roy E Disney Sr.’s. RP75 wins the Barn Door Trophy and sets a new course record of 7 days, 11 hours, 41 minutes with an average speed of 12.38 knots.
1989 Taxi Dancer – Mitch Rouse’s RP68 wins 1st Place cheap nfl jerseys corrected time 70′ ULDB Class.
5-26-2011
Versatility and performance are at the forefront of the Aquila RP45 Racer/Cruiser design concept. (more…)
5-26-2011
Introducing the MC-R 35 – a dual purpose cruiser / racer fresh from the drawing board of Reichel/Pugh combined with the latest construction technology from McConaghy Boats. (more…)
5-5-2011
PRESS RELEASE
Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design is pleased to announce that construction is underway for their latest generation of 52’ IRC optimized racing yacht at theMcConaghy Boats facilities in Zhuhai, China. (more…)
6-20-2015
