SloopJohnB 322 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 From http://www.voilesetvoiliers.com Volvo Ocean Race 2014: a Farr One Design for the next edition! Shunned by the American public, the stopover in Miami (Florida) of the Volvo Ocean Race HAS not beens by International Actors of offshore racing, together Gathered for a lot of G20 . Just before the start of the seventh course to Lisbon, a summit meeting to refine HAS Helped the contours of the next round the world race, Which Will start in autumn 2014. Volvo Cars and Volvo Group Have Confirmed Their support, goal - According to our information - Two required minimum requirements: at least eight boats at the start (They Are only six this year), and a real cost reduction. Easily one Cdn Imagine That fiabilité the aspects (hull, rigging ...) Was Discussed aussi and Weighed in the Balance. Exit the VO 70! After 60 ORMA trimarans mittal by MOD70, and pending the decision of the IMOCA (26 June), Which is working on the Possibility of a one design (Farr maybe?) To Succeed the current 60 feet, the next Volvo Ocean Race Will Be Run with ... one design. According To our sources, and the specification According To Which Provides a drastic reduction of costs: It Will Be a shorting boat - from 60 to 65 feet (Against 70 today), probably around 62 feet - Heavier and Stronger, less shipping and teammates . It Seems That There HAS not clear beens much consultation with architects in vogue for this future "Volvo One Design" : it is the legendary Farr Yacht Design Who Will sign the new boat, with oven combinée regarded shipyards: Multiplast in France for bridges, Decision in Switzerland for Strutural: various elements, Persico in Italy and Green Marine in England for assembly. Masts, rudders and daggerboards are Under discussion. Juan Kouyoumdjian not included It is interesting Being That The Two boats designed by Bruce Farr in the 2012-2013 Volvo Ocean Race - Abu Dhabi and Sanya - Occupy The Last Two Places overalls for the moment. It is interesting to aussi Rating That Abu Dhabi WAS built by Italian shipyard Persico in Bergamo, Who has Worked along with the New Zealand designer based in Annapolis, United States. And it is interesting to Note That the French-Argentinean Juan Kouyoumdjian , Who Designed Telefonica , Groupama 4 and Puma - respectively first, second and fourth of the Volvo right now! - was not approached. This may Seem Surprising. The rumors of a firm's exclusive contract Between Artemis and Juan Yacht Design for the next America's Cup (the AC72 Will Be Launched soon) and That Could havie influences the Volvo organizers, are swept by Juan K him-self. "This HAS absolutely nothing to do, Told us Juan Kouyoumdjian, injustement surprised by this decision, order as usual affable and without Any aggression. II have not beens consulted by the organizers of the race. " And adds: "To contribute to the efforts of Declining budgets, I Suggested Knut Frostad to offer to my future plans, for OV 70 to build, Malthus Limiting the Costs only to the improvement and development of the boats have Agreed, Including a structural points of view. Purpose It Seems That My email is history HAS Remained desk. " Some skippers unhappy Although the one-design is attractive, and Should not alter the overall intensity of this race, the race HAS Certainly put together this "design package" with Farr Yacht Design and the oven Sites Mentioned Above. However, a key player in the Volvo Ocean Race, Which Requested anonymity, loud and clear Said: "I Have Difficulty Understanding the process of Frostad and His staff in this matter. Everyone Chartered That Farr is a great architect, purpose boats are now icts exceeded. So, in addition to a boat and shorting Heavier is not really going in the right direction! " He Said That aussi Several skippers Currently Engaged in the Volvo Ocean Race Would Be unhappy with the choice of architect and the monotype, Which no longer allowed the development of vessel vessels, appendages, rig ... Innovations That Are all thesis aussi salt of ocean racing and one of the MOST exciting ict, whether in IMOCA 60, the Volvo Ocean Race and the Transat 6.50. North sails Reduced from 32 to 22? These skippers do not like the sricte one design on the sails, Which is Confirmed by Bruno Dubois , vice president of North Sails Europe, Invited to the symposium in Miami, and we Interviewed on historical return from Florida: "We Are Finalizing A Proposal for future sails monotypes. Five of the six boats in the Volvo Ocean Race are veiled North, and we do not sail or monotypes, This Will not change our purpose, that 'of Reliability and performance. Much in the last Volvo, as in the Vendee Globe, We had Experienced disorder (delamination due to faulty fabric, ed), have this year, After 41.000 miles and crossed oven equators Already, three sails in Kevlar DI eEtra Gave Every satisfaction. " And Dubois added: "In Any Event, a race with only six boats is not profitable for a sailmaker, but good in terms of image. " We do not see how North Could Be absence of this competition, whatever the solution Chosen! We Also Know That, again in order to slow inflation of budgets, and the cost of the sails Held this year, the organizers Aim To see the total number of sails going from 32 (15 17 Before and During The race) to a total number Between 22 and 25 in 2014. Prices of Construction Within 50% By the way, What Will the building's price for a Volvo One Design ? The figures for the current prototypes are respectively a little over 5 million euros for Telefonica , around 6 million for Groupama and ... 9 million for Abu Dhabi , designed by Farr. There are rumors That the organizers of the Volvo predict, with the OD Farr, a construction budget Divided by two - aim if you take the huge cost of Abu Dhabi as a refence, That Would mean around 4.5 million euros! Juan Kouyoumdjian, Who Confirms thesis figures, the difference found That He Has With The boats this year is finally Designed slight Compared To the total budget of a team (around 750.000 euros for Telefonica , the "cheaper") in boats That Are Necessarily more regressive . In Fact, the organizers of the next race Would Like to Volvo to offer "package" Containing Two stopovers less, a one design boat (or Two for larger teams) and teams Numerous less. A famous Volvo sailor (oven races), aussi Who Prefers To Remain anonymous, Says That It is "a very big risk" : "Insofar as the leitmotiv of Volvo is at least To Have eight teams in 2014, with thesis new measures, the Could VOR antagonize teams like Telefonica and Groupama, Which a priori Were ready to go for the next edition. " Elements of the response on June 28th, During the stopover in Lorient. One thing is certain: one design in major offshore races is more Than ever falling, and lobbies are working at full Between organizers, architects, builders and classes, whether for the Future of the Volvo Ocean Race or Vendee Globe. Bruce Farr, one of The Most Successful architects of the World, is not about to give up in front of Verdier-VPLP Kouyoumdjian gold! Juan K, who is ready to start building aussi the future of IMOCA 60 for the Spanish Iker Martinez for the next Barcelona World Race (he HAS historical Already sponsor, Mapfre), is Suspended from the decision of the IMOCA ... Could history and see if the boat die idea of Launching a pre-study on the establishment of a one-design 60-foot IMOCA prevailed in June. Needless to say Bruce Farr finally That is of course the race aussi en to draw the possible future IMOCA one design, if the class members vote in this way in A Few Weeks. Answers on the 26 th of June for the Vendee Globe, and on the 28 th for the Volvo. (32 to go) Link to post Share on other sites
Variant 2 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 If this is true, it is a bit of a shame. One design has it's place but for me it will take away a major point of interest. Being the design challenge of the event. Surely they could reduce costs without going down the one design path? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 If this is true, it is a bit of a shame. One design has it's place but for me it will take away a major point of interest. Being the design challenge of the event. Surely they could reduce costs without going down the one design path? Agree with that sentiment... Link to post Share on other sites
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