1989/90 Whitbread Maxis...

[neilpride]

Hey, I wonder what happen with all this wonderful old ocean sailing bullets, trying to found pictures from the interior and exterior, or in building process, so far i found Steinlager Peter Blake data and Merit from Pierre Fehlman.

[neilpride]

Me think i found a interesting site with lots of pictures..
I let you enjoy the beauty of this old boats.

This is Condor of Bermuda. Made in Wood, yes you read right in Wood.
This one won the tragic 1979 Fasnet . The guy in the deck with blonde hair is Sir Peter Blake.

[neilpride]

Boomerang, a 1984 German Frers design and build in Derecktor in aluminium with 80 ft in lenght with 35 tons displ.
One of the most elegants Maxis in that era.

[neilpride]

And this iis Winward passage, belive it or not build it in a Bahamas beach,
it have a TRANSPAC record, after a long history in the racing circuits finally is resting in Newport Beach, is 47 years old.

[cpa]

Great topic! I worked with and sailed with a few guys who sailed on Fazisi in the 1989/1990 Whitbread. I heard a lot of crazy stories.

I don't know if you have seen this page, but it gives current info on all the Whitbread boats.

Whitbread/Volvo boats - where are they now | The Daily Sail

Oh and here are some pics of Fazisi that I grabbed off of the net. Interesting design by Vlad Murnikov. I did a bit of MORC sailing on his MX20. It was a pretty cool boat.

[neilpride]

Yeah , im Reading, the Rusian Maxi! the maxi who come from the cold, that bow remind me rusian war ships Lol. Built in Aluminium, the guys at the helm is Skip Novak. Vodka for all!!!

[neilpride]

Fazisi, curious, they start using for the first time ski goggles in this boat,and right now is based in Michigan..

[Tellus]

TOKIO II currently wintering in Breskens NL owned by Engish summary | Ocean Race Oy
(had the pleasure as watchkeeper during a delivery in Med)
Peter von Seestermühe ex Peter von Danzig currently happy champ of ARC 2014,
Illbruck, SEB and Toshiba are owned by speedsailing.de Rostock (Baltic Sea) speedsailing - segeln auf v.o.60 - volvo ocean racer - vo60 - match race - trimaran - academy - incentive - charter - teamtraining - teambuilding,
MERIT could still moore since some years in PM Mallorca were I watched she in 2008.

[Delancey]

Kiola IV been cruisified

[Tellus]

just found some picts of Illbruck & Co at Kiel Week 2008

[neilpride]

Some pics of Kialoa IV in the Golden days hand to hand with Nirvana, another fantastic Maxi, Nirvana pulverized the record in the 85 Fasnet, at first sight is another Maxi, but is one of a hell boat beating to windward..


The internal alu framing is from Kialoa, truly amazing!!

[neilpride]

And this is the tragic end for the beautiful The Card, hull in kevlar and carbón a revolution in that era, worth to see the YouTube vid showing the card in a collision and surfing DW..

Vey sad end for a fantastic boat, tired of racing, the owner decide to send The Card in 2012 to the Jurasic Park for old Maxis,Whitsundays Island OZ ,to make tourist trips.

The boat break free from the mooring and in the rocks. Write off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=Xi4DZMLY5lQ

[Delancey]

Sorry, thread drift again. Club Med

[neilpride]

Originally Posted by Delancey

Sorry, thread drift again. Club Med

Yeah, i remember that beast, Alain Colas trying to beat Erick Tabarly in the 1976 OSTAR , transat , but end bad for Colas , Tabarly won the race.

I mean Colas have nuts trying to handle such a big boat alone...

[UNCIVILIZED]

Rick Tomlinson @ www.rick-tomlinson.com likely has some good pics, though you'd need to contact him. He was a crewman on "Drum", & some others, as he honed his photographic skills. And now, that's his primary gig.