Boat Newsletter November 2000 Newsletter Features: 1. Comments from the Designer 2. Key West 2001 3. Designers Visit to the US 4. New Design T830 Our Agencies 5. Sport Boat Articles We now have agencies in the Czech Republic and Japan, their 6. Sport Boat Agencies contact details are below. 7. Review on T750 Design Czech Republic, Proyachting [email protected] or 8. Comments from our Boat Owners and Crew web site www.proyachting.cz 9. Race Results for T7 NSW Sate Championships Australia Japan, Winds Corporation [email protected]. 10. Round the Yards 11. Boats for Sale Remember our phone and fax numbers in New Zealand have 12. Up and Coming Events changed to the following: Phone: (649) 419-0922 Fax: (649) 419-0927 Comments from the Designer Welcome to our November Issue of the Tboat Newsletter Key West 2001 Well another 2 months has passed quickly, with almost another In Key West this year we will have boats in 4 different divi- year gone and Xmas now just looming around the corner. sions this year. All our boats are sailing in the PHRF divisions. Business has been extremely busy once again and with the We will give you an update in our newsletter in December help of our new sales manager Mark Rogers we have had an with instructions on how to follow the results. extra hand on board to further develop our projects and tasks. The T35 Rumours sailed by Tim Woodhouse is is expected to As you know over the year we have talked a lot about our new feature this year at Key West, going head to head with much little design the T590 and our plans to develop this prototype. larger boats We now have the tooling for the T590 currently underway and our first production boat is expected to be ready and com- Steve’s visit to the USA January 2001 plete for delivery in January 2001. We already have orders Steve will be travelling to the USA in January 2001 to in place for the T590 and the orders are filling fast so make attend the Key West regatta and will also be visiting in Seat- sure you contact [email protected] to place your order in tle, Vancouver, San Fransico, Los Angeles and perhaps San time so you don’t miss your summer racing season. Mark will Diego if this is necessary. We would like to encourage pro- assist you with any questions and pricing queries on the T590 spective Tboat distributors and/or new clients to contact us production boat. with you interest before Steve departure from New Zealand. This opportunity will allow you to meet and talk to Steve in We are able to build a number of T590’s in time for the March person about his designs or distributorship of Tboats. 2001 sport boat regatta in Auckland. Anyone wanting to visit Contact us with your interest today at [email protected] Auckland and sail his or her new boat in this regatta should I have included below Steve’s itinerary, however this is flex- contact us. We will also provide a day of training and supply a training sailor for the regatta if required. After the regatta ible if you contact us soon. the boats will be packed up and shipped to the new owner. Key West January 10-20 There is a rumour that our designer is working on a very radi- Seattle Area January 20-25 cal big brother to the T590. We will get some news of this boat USA West Coast January 25-30 for our next newsletter. I am told it is a radicle departure from the sport boats seen to date and is being designed with the expert sailors and graduates of the T590 programme in mind. For us to make our site and newsletter as exciting This month we had a visit from our Japanese agent Fumi- as possible, we would appreciate any feedback with nori Takasaki (Taka) from Fukuoka. We have shipped the racing, new boats, or anything you think others prototype T590 to Japan and we are assisting with setting would like to hear about, please feel free to e-mail us up a training programme there. Our plans are to develop the now on [email protected] market for T boats in Japan through a network of agents in Japan. At this stage we have had interest in the T850, T30 and T35. We will keep you informed on further developments in Japan and any new boats heading that way. Taka can be www.tboat.com contacted at Winds Corporation [email protected] New Design T830 T850 News We are developing a new sport boat in conjunction with Proy- Herb Cole and Charlie Adams will sail their new T850 in achting in the Czech republic. This boat will be the ultimate Seattle for the first time on Thanksgiving Day. It is due to sport boat and is made from exotic materials. The boat is 8.3 start racing next week and will be at Key West, lots of people meter in length and has a beam of 3 meter. It is due to be interested have looked at the boat in Seattle. launched ready for the upcoming northern summer season. A We will feature more next month on this boat. full racing schedule has been arranged for this boat and it is We are about to start production of the T850 moulds before sure to turn some heads wherever it goes. Xmas so that this will allow us to produce more boats at a Proyachting is a new company specialising in sales, produc- very competitive cost. The boats will be available with a lift- tion, services and sports activity for transportable sportsboats ing keel on a road trailer. throughout Europe. Sport Boat Articles With years of experience in high-tech materials, Proyachting In New Zealand we have been setting up the New Zealand is concentrating on the sportsboats segment of the market. Sports Boat Association, and assist with the website. The The company is well equipped to advise in all aspects of sail- NZSBA has been formed to arrange racing and events for the ing and is happy to assists with any specific requirements. New Zealand sport boats. We are affiliated to the NZ Yachting Proyachting is able to supply any type of “Tboats” for Foundation and run the National Sport Boat Championships the European market. with the help of affiliated clubs. Our aim is to provide More information about the company, sportsboats in Europe, guidelines with a handicap and measurement system to foster sailing experiences and the Team that will sail the T830 good quality racing in safe and fun boats. Their website is around Europe in the next season can be found at www.sportboat_nz.co.nz Steve has written some fantas- www.proyachting.cz web pages. tic articles about today’s sport boats. This month we will fea- ture Steve’s first Article - Sport Boat, where are they headed We will do a full feature of this boat in next month’s newslet- today. We will feature an article for the next 5 newsletters and ter. I have however included a couple of images of the T830 they will be available on our website with a PDF format for just to give you a taste of what this new design looks like. you to download and read in your spare time. Next Newslet- ter will feature The Design of Sport Boats. I recommend you check out our current newsletter on our web site, Look under Editorial, and open our Sport Boat Editorial section or go direct to our sportboat articles page www.tboat.com/sportboat.html

New Design T830 Boat of the Month

Buckle up Spanky T8 owned by Mark Matthews in Aus- tralia is our boat of the month. In August Buckle up Spanky was launched and raced for the first time at Hamilton Island and placed second overall in the sportboat division. This boat has received many favourable comments about the construction of this boat. The care and attention to detail is amazing. The boat was viewed by our designer and in his opinion he has commented that this boat would have to be the best constructed racing yacht ever pro- duced for its size. Mark Matthews in conjunction with Andy Turton are produc- ing these boats and other larger Thompson designs in Bris- bane (Australia) to the highest possible standard. This boat is for sale and any further questions on this boat or the design can e-mail to [email protected] Comments from our Boat Owners and Crew Wednesday night dodge in Auckland, NZ. Went for a ride on the ATOMIC last night, despite over enthusiastic spinnaker choice for the first leg & painfully slow change down & being 4th to the bottom mark behind 3 MAGICS, turned the corner & smoked them up wind included unnecessary observation of laid mark .. no course sheet on board. We finished about 5 minutes clear to collect the DOUBLE GOOD FUN HAD BY ALL this relationship could be growing into a LOVE AFFAIR Kerry Desmond November 2000 Last night I raced on ‘Atomic’, the T750 based in Auckland. It was 20-25knots from the SW, and I have to say it was a truly awesome. Broad reach from the start down the harbour to 9 buoy with masthead reaching kite. A bit gusty but steadier, stronger wind further down past the wharves. In one gust we were planing and bouncing over the tops of waves -unfortunately no speedo. Shortly thereafter we ploughed down the face of a wave, buried the prod and the bow into the next wave, and came to fairly sudden stop resulting in a broach as I looked nervously toward the rig. I haven’t done this stuff since racing my Javelin back in the ‘80’s. Lost a bit of time in recovery and a few boats beat us to 9. Smoked them all upwind by the time we were back near the wharves. Increased our lead from then on to get line honours and 2nd on handicap ($90 prize). No doubt you all have similar stories from your sportboat experiences. It has merely confirmed my beliefs about these boats, which I formed racing on the T30 Wairere. What I don’t understand is, if the 1st T8 was anything like the 750, why sell it? Going fast & getting wet, Leo Bouzaid November 2000 T750 Boat Review Hyper Performance - + T750 are Synonymous Designed with the pure racing fanatic uppermost in mind, the T750 is a no compromise machine. Developed from the T650 construction programme with a cedar or foam and foam cabin and cockpit sole. This boat will be both inexpensive to construct both in terms of labour and materials due to the building techniques of the design.

To date the T750 has won her class at Hamilton Island Race Week in Australia and won many other titles in Australia. The winner of Hamilton Island this year from Coffs Harbour was C’est La Vie. This design has developed in New Zealand over the last 2 years with a majority of these boats ending up in Napier in the North Island.

AMATEUR OR PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION These boats can either be purchased as a complete boat or components available to any stage through Thompson Marine International. Please contact us for pricing breakdown. This design is available for home construction sold with full Mylar patterns for all temporary frames and internal components including mylar patterns for keel, rudder and bulb shapes. Full construction specification for all materials and components. Construction methodology is described from temporary frames to complete boat. A list of all construction material and a deck gear list from Ronstan will be provided.

The rig has been based on the T650 concept with no backstays required for the carbon or aluminium spar giving an easily sailed boat that provides for the to bend at the top to exhaust the medium roached . Sails are limited to 1 mainsail, 3 and 2 asymmetric spinnakers. Extensive analysis has been carried out using the latest design VPP information to ensure performance is second to none for this size boat and is projected to be exciting in particular upwind due in part to the finer hull sections and stability provided by the large bulb. Downwind is exhilarating with the large easily carried asymmetric spinnakers.

For more information on the T750 please refer to our design page at www.tboat.com/T750design.html

Below are a few photos of T750 Atomic, sailing in Auckland. RACE RESULTS ROUND THE YARDS November 2000 The 2000/2001 Thompson 7 New South Wales State New Zealand Championships Australia More than 5 of the T750’s under construction in NZ at the Run on Botany Bay, Australia with great breezes and a well- moment. We have the first class association meeting on the run regattta. Friday night of the Wellington Sport Boat Regatta in Decem- Race Results kindly supplied to us by Kim Williams ber to oganise a committee to administer the class rules. We expect to have more than 10 boats sailing this season. The The eventual winner was Chris Williams sailing his new boat Europeans have caught on to this boat as we are starting to get “Go Ugly Early”, with brother Kim Williams in “Rock’n orders form Europe Roll” second and the well sailed “Deadly Sins” with Paul Hayes steering, in third place. The pace of the regatta was The first 2 T590 being built in New Zealand will be out and such that all crews were very tired by the end of the first day sailing in January. of three races. A T30 is to be built in Europe. This boat fits within the sport Chris Williams had four wins to cement his place in T7 his- boat rule and has a good rating. tory and showed everybody very consistent pace. Kim Wil- liams was the only other race winner and couldn’t match the Two new T35 being started this month in Australia boat handling and speed of his younger brother. Traks Gordon Hull & Decks for Sale in “Nothing Else Matters” was placed fourth and was up in We have a T850 hull and deck for sale in NZ the placing’s in most races. BOATS FOR SALE Paul Hayes made a comment about too many Williams’s on T750 Mustard Cutter - Australia the race course late on the Saturday at the post race drinks, Current Queensland Champion CBH & PBH. Winner Hamilton but was horrified to learn that Kim had his youngest brother Island Race Week 1998 Sports Boat Division Numerous winning sailing with him as well!!!!! Far, far too many results. Launched May 1998. Stripped Plank Cedar Hull, Foam Williams’s!!!!!!! and Glass Deck and Bulkheads, C Spar Carbon Mast and Prodder, C-Net 2000 instruments with GPS Interface. Extensive Sail ward- Everyone had a great regatta, and we should see many of the robes Includes New Eickmeyer Mast Head Reacher & AP Frac- New South Wale’s boats in Victoria, Australia for their states tional, North No.2 Headsail & AP Mast Head Asymmetric. Full suit and regatta’s. of Doyle Sails new at launching. Bolt on wings increase beam to As an added bonus the T7’s were never caught by the Magic 3.1 meters, Ideal for the new Sports Boat rule. Two Bulbs 400kg & 25’s at any stage of this regatta, both having their own starts 300kg. Takes 15 minutes to change. Ready to Race and Win. with T7’s Off first. Many Magic owners were very impressed 70 Foot Maxi Yacht - Wild Thing - Based in Australia by the performance and boat handling displayed. For those of you wanting something larger, this 70 foot maxi yacht, Wild Thing is for sale. Wild Thing is the fourth in a long, distin- I do apologise if I have missed any boats. Please we need guished line of Australian ocean racers , tearing up the race courses your help to assist us with race results, regatta information in Australia and beyond. Her lines have been drawn by preeminent and any news as it is not always possible for us to attend each Australia naval architects, Murray, Burns & Dovell. 21 metres from regatta. You can contact us at stem to stern, Wild Thing, is a high-tech showroom of everything [email protected] that makes the modern yacht fast. T650 Prozac - Wellington Up Coming Events to look out for: Includes 2 , 3 kevlar jibs, 1 masthead spinnaker and 1 frac- 15-19 Jan 2001 for information on the regatta check out tional spinnaker (both assymetrical) www.premiere-racing.com NZ$30,000 SORC Southern Ocean Racing Conference Miami (USA), Ross 930 Testarossa - Auckland 27Feb-04Mar 2001 for more information www.acurasorc.com Perfect boat for a syndicdate to have fun or a couple of young guys

Rotorua, New Zealand 27-28 Jan 2001, North Island Trailer wanting a boat to race and cruise. Launched in 1987 in New Zea- land and, has had just one owner. Yacht Championship, For more information Full kauri interior with double berth forward, fitted toilet andhang- www.sportboat-nz.co.nz ing locker opposite, 2 setee berths in the main saloon one L shaped Refer to www.regattas.com for worldwide information on with removeable table. Fitted galley with 2 burner and oven, chart future yacht regattas. table opposite and 2 large quater berths. Sail wardrobe includes main & kevlar selftacking about 4 years old 2 no1 spinnakers in good condition plus original main and Next Months Newsletter will feature: jib. Yamaha 8 HP 1995, 2 new Lewmar winches, B&G Focu log/ -Feature on New Design T830 sounder, Apelco 5160VHF and inflatable dingy. -Photos and update on the T850 racing in Seattle -Key West Update For more information on any of the boats listed for sale, please contact us on [email protected] or refer to our website www.tboat.com/tboatssecondhand.html