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7-24-2014

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

July 24, 2014

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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. Read More …

7-10-2014

Alive Smashes 1,850nm Melbourne to Vanuatu Race Record

July 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. Read More …

6-23-2014

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

June 23, 2014

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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. Read More …

6-23-2014

Career Opportunities

June 23, 2014

Reichel-Pugh Yacht Design is seeking a Composite Structural Engineer and Naval Architect Read More …

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6-23-2014

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

June 23, 2014

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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. Read More …


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