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32 www.oystermarine.com Race Roundup Latest We race … our owners get the results While Oyster build comfortable live-aboard cruising yachts, we are serious about trying to combine comfort with excellent sailing performance. For over 35 years, Oyster has maintained an active racing profile, which we continue to believe empowers us to be serious and authoritative about performance and the factors that contribute to it. Our latest trial horse, Oystercatcher XXVI, designed by Rob Humphrey’s son, Tom, made extensive use of a velocity prediction programme, VPP, to evaluate and optimise the yacht’s theoretical performance. On the racecourse we constantly monitor the ‘numbers’ to measure actual performance against the theoretical VPP data. This is the same tool that the Humphreys Design Office uses to optimise the latest Oysters. For example the VPP programme was used extensively to optimise the new super-shoal centreboard and twin rudder Oyster 82 and compare her performance against her standard keel sister. Photos: Tim Wright/photoaction.com
The bi-annual ACC Bank Cork Week is one of Europe’s largest regattas and Oystercatcher was racing in a highly competitive Class Zero fleet against 17 other yachts. With the best seven races to count, Oystercatcher scored 6 x 1st and 1 x 2nd to easily win her class and became a strong contender to claim the best overall performance. On most races times were taken between every leg upwind and downwind and compared with the competition. These were then re-calculated against each yacht’s IRC rating to get a net gain or loss on each leg. These comparisons create a learning tool that can and does find its way into the design process for Oyster yachts. Oh yes, and then there was Skandia Cowes Week, the most competitive fleet yet including many of the yachts that had taken part in the Commodore’s Cup the month before. Tides play a big part racing from Cowes and we were very pleased with our 1 x 1st and 1 x 2nd. We continue to believe that while we race our owners get the results. RACE ROUNDUP LATEST www.oystermarine.com 33
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