Class: Open 60
Rigging: Carbon laterals, FlexC aft and PBO forestays
Mast: Conventional rig by Future Fibres, <27.3 m
Length: 20.1 m
Displacement: 8.0 t
Designer: Owen Clarke Design LLP / Clay Oliver
Shipyard: Green Marine, UK
Re-launch: September 2011
Previous names: Ecover 3
The Boat has undergone an extensive refit which includes a highly optimized mast and rigging package from Future Fibres. The clear objective is the 2012 Vendeé Globe, which according to Mike, "remains the event I would most love to win"
Technical Project Manager, Joff Brown, runs through the main elements of the refit:
"The new mast, boom and state-of-the-art carbon fibre rigging package in being completed by Future Fibres in Valencia, Spain, with whim Mike has had strong technical links since the company was first founded. The mast has been constructed to the very highest specification and with new revolutionary moulding technology. It will, we hope, set a new benchmark for quality for yacht masts of this type".
