Farr Magazine | Autumn 2015
Updates and news from Farr Yacht Design. In this edition, we take a closer look at the design tools we use when creating powerboat hull shapes. We also recap the latest news on the Farr 280, Volvo Ocean 65 and Southern Wind 102 "Farfalla."
Updates and news from Farr Yacht Design. In this edition, we take a closer look at the design tools we use when creating powerboat hull shapes. We also recap the latest news on the Farr 280, Volvo Ocean 65 and Southern Wind 102 "Farfalla."
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YACHT DESIGN<br />
<strong>Magazine</strong><br />
<strong>Autumn</strong> <strong>2015</strong>
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<strong>Magazine</strong><br />
YACHT DESIGN<br />
<strong>Autumn</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />
About <strong>Farr</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
<strong>Farr</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> is a quarterly magazine from <strong>Farr</strong> Yacht Design. We’ll show you an inside, behind-the-scenes look at upcoming<br />
designs. You’ll see what inspires our team and what motivates us. We’ll also update you on news about our designs - everything<br />
from interesting photos to regatta results. You can submit news, photos, stories and other content by contacting us.<br />
Our team<br />
Patrick Shaughnessy, President<br />
Jim Schmicker, Vice President & Senior Naval Architect<br />
Britton Ward, Vice President & Senior Naval Architect<br />
On the cover<br />
Alon Finkelstein, Design Engineer<br />
Chris Cochran, Design Engineer<br />
Emerson Smith, Naval Architect<br />
Harmen Rockler, PR & Marketing Coordinator<br />
Ian Gordon, <strong>Farr</strong> Yacht Sales Marketing and Sales<br />
Jennifer Emmet, Office Manager<br />
Keith Carew, Design Engineer<br />
Luke Shingledecker, Naval Architect<br />
Mike Vittorio, Design Engineer<br />
Contact<br />
Mail: 613 Third St. Annapolis, Maryland 21403, United States of America<br />
Email: info@farrdesign.com<br />
Phone: +1 410 267 0780<br />
Mike Slade’s <strong>Farr</strong> 100 passes the Fastnet Rock in the <strong>2015</strong> Rolex Fastnet Race.<br />
Photo: Kurt Arrigo/Rolex.<br />
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Inside this issue<br />
Feature<br />
<strong>Farr</strong> Yacht Sales<br />
How we<br />
design<br />
Take an inside look at<br />
some of the unique, highly<br />
sophisticated tools we use<br />
when we design powerboat<br />
hulls.<br />
04<br />
“Stars & Stripes” is a <strong>Farr</strong><br />
CM60 located in California<br />
that has a proven record of<br />
excellent race results.<br />
15<br />
Design update<br />
Southern Wind 102: “Farfalla” is a World Superyacht<br />
<strong>Farr</strong> 280: Find out how the class is developing in the U.K.<br />
Volvo Ocean 65: A look back at what we achieved in the 2014-<br />
08 Award Winner.<br />
10 and what’s next.<br />
12 15 edition of the race and a preview of 2017-18.<br />
Staff update<br />
Race results<br />
A summer’s worth of results<br />
from around the world in<br />
<strong>Farr</strong>-designed yachts.<br />
The FYD team exceled at Annapolis Yacht Club’s Wednesday Night Racing this summer. 14<br />
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Feature<br />
Design Tools<br />
<strong>Farr</strong> Yacht Design creates the most advanced powerboat hulls. We take a look at<br />
the high-tech modeling tools and technology behind our designs.<br />
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In the previous edition of <strong>Farr</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>, we presented our new 38ft. powerboat<br />
concept. This month we explore some of the technology behind our powerboat<br />
hull designs. We recently published a video which tours through some of the<br />
tools we use.<br />
A successful design results from integrating artistry, engineering and technology<br />
to produce unique solutions to a client’s design brief.<br />
Over the past 20 years we have continually invested in the latest design<br />
technologies – advanced parametric CAD systems, velocity prediction<br />
programs, finite element solvers and computational fluid dynamics tools.<br />
Having proven these tools in the design of so many successful sailing yachts we<br />
felt that applying these advanced techniques to the design of high performance<br />
powerboat hull forms could result in significant performance improvements.<br />
After extensive background validation against experimental results we applied<br />
these techniques to the design of the P38 with exceptional results.<br />
In our design process we utilize a range of computational fluid dynamics<br />
tools, from low fidelity panel methods to advance multi-phase RANS tools<br />
like Fine/Marine and OpenFOAM. To insure the highest possible accuracy in<br />
our simulations, we regularly partner with industry-leading consultants with<br />
whom we have longstanding working relationships. With these RANS tools we<br />
can simulate the boat operating at full scale which avoids any scale effects that<br />
occur with tank testing. This also allows us to look at much greater detail at the<br />
features of the hull including details like spray rails, strakes and even ventilated<br />
steps.<br />
The computational tools and hardware have advanced at such a pace that they<br />
can be used with high confidence in our analysis. It gives us much more detailed<br />
insight into the flow phenomena occurring from even very subtle geometry<br />
changes.<br />
Combining our in-house modeling capabilities with our expertise in naval<br />
architecture, engineering and styling results in an efficient, streamlined design<br />
process, producing designs with exceptional performance and stunning<br />
aesthetics.<br />
WATCH: See a video of how we use our design tools with FYD’s vice<br />
president & senior naval architect, Britton Ward.<br />
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Top left: The P38 rides through Dubai Harbor. It features a powerful stepped hull with sheer sides.<br />
It comfortably achieves speeds of 60 knots, making it one of the fastest boats in its class.<br />
Top middle: A close-up of the P38’s stepped hull. Because we have simulated the 3D air and<br />
water around the boat, we can also generate streamlines to explore the interaction of air and<br />
water. This is of particular concern with the step vent geometries where it is critical that the steps<br />
remain ventilated at speed, in turns and in sea ways.<br />
Top right: An image of the refined computational mesh colored to show the air (blue) and water<br />
(red) and free surface where air and water meet (green).<br />
Bottom left: This shows breaking waves and spray separation points. In this image you can see<br />
the wave train, the spray sheets developing around the boat, the effect of the spray rails and the<br />
water separating cleanly from the transom.<br />
Bottom right: Along with forces and dynamic sink and trim we can visualize detailed pressure<br />
loading on isolated parts or over the entire body.<br />
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Design Update<br />
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Design № 691<br />
Southern Wind 102<br />
Earlier this year, Southern Wind 102 Farfalla was awarded a World Superyacht<br />
Award for quality and value. Farfalla is the third SW102 built by Southern Wind<br />
Shipyard, completed in 2014.<br />
The SW102 is an elegantly modern design. It features an upright stem slope,<br />
wide aft sections especially on the deck and generally straighter waterlines and<br />
diagonals, with a touch of elegance in the overall spring in the sheerline and the<br />
overall visual aspect of the boat. From a performance and sailing perspective,<br />
Farfalla exhibits the characteristics one can find in all of our projects, fine balance<br />
of performance and features and a fun, fantastic helming experience.<br />
The World Superyacht Awards are among the most coveted and prestigious<br />
annual awards in the yachting industry. The judges found Farfalla so impressive<br />
they created a special award, in addition to the standard categories, to bring<br />
attention to her outstanding blend of quality and value in a performance<br />
superyacht.<br />
Performance across the full range of wind and sea conditions is the hallmark of<br />
the Farfalla design and is FYD’s major responsibility in the partnership with the<br />
Southern Wind Shipyard and Nauta Design. The key design feature is a low-drag,<br />
easily driven hull shape, requiring only moderate sail area for exceptional light<br />
wind speed. The hull shape has generous volume to accommodate the living<br />
spaces. The shape is paired with elegant styling, making Farfalla stand out.<br />
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Design Update<br />
Photo: Rick Tomlinson<br />
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Design № 732<br />
<strong>Farr</strong> 280<br />
This summer saw the start of <strong>Farr</strong> 280 class racing in the U.K. Four boats lined up<br />
at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week and the Port of Dartmouth Royal<br />
Regatta. Racing was just as competitive as we had witnessed in the U.S. at events<br />
like Quantum Key West Race Week and Charleston Race Week.<br />
At the top of the pack was James Neville, whose “Ino” team took first place at Cowes<br />
Week among the <strong>Farr</strong> 280s. At the Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta, the late Joe<br />
Woods’ “Red” lead among the <strong>Farr</strong> 280s. The building fleet in the United States and<br />
the U.K. demonstrates the boat’s international appeal and interest worldwide.<br />
Owners in the U.K. are enjoying their new boats and the competitiveness the close<br />
one design offers. Annie Haigh, co-owner of “So Steamy,” said at Cowes Week, “With<br />
the other 280’s it’s been really close, it’s been great; all four taking turns in the lead<br />
and good battles.”<br />
Nick Haigh said, “The build quality is outstanding. We have put our 280 through<br />
some pretty tough conditions and she has stood up very well. She still looks like new<br />
on the dockside after a good season’s sailing. A great endorsement for the design<br />
and construction.”<br />
The class’ momentum is also getting noticed by the RORC rating office, who will be<br />
making modifications to the way it rates boats like the <strong>Farr</strong> 280 under IRC. This will<br />
likely have the effect of a more competitive TCC rating for the class. This will allow<br />
owners the opportunity to perform better at regattas beyond one design racing.<br />
Coming up this winter, <strong>Farr</strong> 280 owners from around the world will race at Quantum<br />
Key West Race Week 2016. The boat has also been nominated for a European Yacht of<br />
the Year Award, the results of which will be announced at the Dusseldorf Boat Show<br />
in late January.<br />
WATCH: See highlights<br />
from some of the sailing<br />
at Cowes Week.<br />
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Design Update<br />
Photo: Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race<br />
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Design № 757<br />
Volvo Ocean 65<br />
On June 22nd the Volvo Ocean Race finished its 9 month, 39,000nm trek around the world. For the team at FYD it marked the end of one<br />
of the most challenging projects we have ever been involved in — the creation of the Volvo Ocean 65 one design and 9 months of race<br />
support.<br />
For the VO65 we sought to produce a boat capable of sailing more than 500nm per day, able to be sailed with a crew of 8 and robust<br />
enough to be pushed to the limit even in the worst conditions on earth. Even more challenging, it was absolutely critical that the boats be<br />
built to one design tolerances that were more strict than anything ever seen in the history of grand prix sailing.<br />
Detailed design specifications and exceptionally tight quality control by the build consortium resulted in a total range of hull weights that<br />
was within 38 kg (before corrector weights) which is only 0.3 percent of the total boat weight. The fleet saw a number of twenty four hour<br />
runs in excess of 500nm with Abu Dhabi achieving a blistering 551nm on Leg 5 from New Zealand to Brazil. The competition was incredibly<br />
fierce, with 6 of the 7 teams winning legs, often with finishing margins between the first boats of only minutes after 20 days of sailing.<br />
The boats proved to be very dynamic and challenging for the sailors and rewarded those most able to consistently push them to the limit.<br />
The VO65 was never conceived as a little sister to the VO70 and responded quite differently to sailing technique. The intricate balance of<br />
form stability, cant angle, daggerboard, water ballast and crew and gear position was a challenge for crews to understand and was still<br />
being refined by teams on the final legs of the race.<br />
Aside from Team Vestas’ catastrophic grounding, the remaining boats completed every leg on their own bottoms – one of our main<br />
objectives. The boats proved to be very robust and finished the race in exceptional condition. Each of the boats was rigorously tested<br />
during construction and at stopovers using non-destructive testing methods to an extent never previously attempted. Our lead engineer<br />
Chris Cochran was on hand at many of the stopovers to review this testing and to provide one design repair specifications where needed.<br />
We are relieved and gratified that this was largely limited to minor repairs with no damage to primary structures.<br />
Since the finish of the race, we have been busy debriefing with sailors, suppliers and race officials to identify areas where we can improve<br />
the boats for the next race beginning in October 2017.<br />
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Staff Update<br />
Winning Wednesday Nights<br />
Two boats made up of some of FYD’s team place first overall in Annapolis Yacht Club’s summer racing series.<br />
<strong>Farr</strong> Yacht Design’s team competed well in this summer’s Wednesday night racing hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club. Gisela Shaughnessy’s Bavaria<br />
B/One (design № 750) “Swiss Miss” placed first overall in PHRF B. Patrick Shaughnessy, Chris Cochran and Keith Carew regularly race on the boat.<br />
Alon Finkelstein’s <strong>Farr</strong> 30 “Gotcha” placed first overall in the <strong>Farr</strong> 30 class. Mike Vittorio and Emerson Smith often crewed on the boat during the series.<br />
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<strong>Farr</strong> Yacht Sales<br />
<strong>Farr</strong> CM 60 Stars & Stripes<br />
$299,000 USD. Located in San Diego, C.A. Built in 1998.<br />
The <strong>Farr</strong> CM60 was designed for ocean racing, with an open<br />
deck layout and twin steering wheels. An exciting but easily<br />
handled boat. Large sail area makes for a competitive boat for<br />
racing, especially in light winds.<br />
Further details:<br />
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Hull and deck are molded of carbon fiber and epoxy resin<br />
laminates with a foam core.<br />
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Keel is a cast iron fin with a lead bulb, rudder is external<br />
spade with carbon fiber stock and foam cored carbon fiber<br />
skinned blade. Both fitted with kelp cutters.<br />
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Accommodations include 4 adjustable pipe berths port<br />
and starboard, two adjustable settees/berths to port and<br />
starboard with storage below, vertical crew gear bins,<br />
navigation station under cockpit, galley to port with<br />
enclosed head forward of galley.<br />
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Hall carbon fiber two spreader mast, adjustable mast<br />
heel, hydraulic jack.<br />
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Southern Spars Element C-6 standing rigging and forestay,<br />
PBO backstay.<br />
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Includes a large sail inventory for a wide range of<br />
conditions.<br />
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Notable race results include:<br />
• 1st Maxi, Newport to Ensenada Race 2011<br />
• 2nd overall, Islands Race 2010<br />
• 2nd overall, Ullman Sails Inshore Championship 2009<br />
GO TO THE LISTING: See this listing, which includes more<br />
photos a full set of details at the <strong>Farr</strong> Yacht Sales website<br />
(<strong>Farr</strong>YachtSales.com).<br />
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Race Results<br />
Have a result or photos you’d like to share? Send us an email at info@farrdesign.com.<br />
Roger Hickman’s <strong>Farr</strong> 43 “Wild Rose” (design № 159) took 1st place at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week (shown above). The team also podium placed at<br />
the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race and Airlie Beach Race Week. Photo: Andrea Francolini<br />
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JUNE <strong>2015</strong>* Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race<br />
Record SNSM<br />
• 3rd overall, “Initiatives Cœur” IMOCA Open 60 (design № 602) -<br />
Tanguy de Lamotte<br />
J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race<br />
• 1st monohull line honors, “ICAP Leopard 3” <strong>Farr</strong> 100 (design № 591) -<br />
Mike Slade<br />
JULY <strong>2015</strong><br />
RORC Lyver Trophy Race<br />
• 2nd IRC 1 - “Lively Lady” Beneteau First 44.7 (design № 496) - Derek<br />
Martin<br />
• 2nd IRC 4 - “Lula Belle” Beneteau First 36.7 (design № 446) - Liam<br />
Coyne<br />
KYK Viaport Marina Cup<br />
• 2nd Sportboat - “Nafiz” <strong>Farr</strong> 25 OD (design № 667)<br />
RORC Cowes to St. Malo Race<br />
• 1st overall, course record, “ICAP Leopard 3” <strong>Farr</strong> 100 (design № 591) -<br />
Mike Slade<br />
Dún Laoghaire Regatta<br />
• 1st IRC overall - “Wow” <strong>Farr</strong> 42 (design № 588) - George Sisk<br />
RORC Transatlantic Race<br />
• 2nd Class 40 - “Visit Brussels” Class 40 (design № 685) - Michel<br />
Kleinjans<br />
RORC <strong>2015</strong> IRC National Championships<br />
• 1st IRC 2 - “Zephyr” Beneteau First 40 (design № 608) - Steve Cowie<br />
• 2nd IRC 2 - “Alice” Mumm 36 (design № 299) - Simon Henning<br />
• 3rd IRC 2 - “La Réponse” Beneteau First 40 (design № 608) - Andrew<br />
McIrvine<br />
• 3rd IRC 0 - “Onesails Racing” - <strong>Farr</strong> IRC 55 (design № 642) Ray Roberts<br />
• 2nd IRC 2 - “After Midnight” - Modified <strong>Farr</strong> 40 (design № 374) - Mark &<br />
Greg Tobin<br />
• 2nd IRC 3 - “Wild Rose” <strong>Farr</strong> 43 (design № 159) - Roger Hickman<br />
AUGUST <strong>2015</strong><br />
RORC Channel Race<br />
• 2nd IRC 1 - “Lisa” Beneteau First 44.7 (design № 496) - Nicholas Jones<br />
• 1st IRC 2 - “Anticipation” Beneteau First 40 (design № 608) - Peter<br />
Newlands<br />
• 3rd IRC 2 - “Blue Juice” Beneteau First 40.7 (design № 354) - Simon<br />
Zavad/Civil Service Offshore Racing Club<br />
Western Australia IRC State Championship<br />
• 1st overall - “Calm Racing” TP52 (design № 597) - Tony & Astrid<br />
Mitchell<br />
• 2nd overall - “The Next Factor” Modified <strong>Farr</strong> 40 (design № 374) - Dave<br />
Walling<br />
ORC European Championship<br />
• 1st Division C - “Pro4u” Beneteau First 36.7 (design № 446) - Patrik<br />
Forsgren<br />
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week<br />
• 1st IRC 3 - “Wild Rose” <strong>Farr</strong> 43 (design № 159) - Roger Hickman<br />
• 2nd IRC 3 “Justadash” Beneteau First 40 (design № 608) - Philip Dash<br />
Airlie Beach Race Week<br />
• 2nd IRC 1 - “Onesails Racing” - <strong>Farr</strong> IRC 55 (design № 642) Ray Roberts<br />
• 2nd IRC 2 - “Wild Rose” <strong>Farr</strong> 43 (design № 159) - Roger Hickman<br />
Rolex Fastnet Race<br />
• 2nd IRC Canting Keel - “Privateer” Cookson 50 (design № 541) - Ron<br />
O’Hanley<br />
Travemünder Woche<br />
• 1st overall ORC - “BM Yachting” Beneteau First 40 (design № 608) -<br />
Peter Mikkelsen<br />
RORC Cherbourg Race<br />
• 2nd IRC 2 - “La Réponse” Beneteau First 40 (design № 608) - Andrew<br />
McIrvine<br />
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Photo: Paul Todd/Outside Images<br />
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