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The Illusion is a one-design, single-handed keelboat based on the lines of a 12-metre yacht. Its features include foot pedal steering, genoa roller reefing, full trimming facilities and large buoyancy tanks. It was designed by Jo Richards and Neil Graham in 1981. [1] [2]
Yr. Launched Launched Name Designer Builder; AUS 01: KA–1: 1962: Gretel: Alan Payne: Lars Holvorsen Sons. Pty. Ltd. [1]AUS 02: KA–2: 1966: Dame Pattie: Warwick J ...
Other designs include: 6-Meter match racers St. Francis IV, V, and VI; 6-meter Ranger, built by Goetz Custom Yachts and raced by Ted Turner in the 1979 6-Meter Worlds; The Wilderness 40, built by Wilderness Boat Works in Santa Cruz, California in 1980; Capri 22 designed with Catalina's Frank Butler in 1983, of which over 800 were built; Kalik ...
The 12 Metre class was used in the Olympic Games of 1908, 1912 and 1920 but few boats participated in these events. The 12 Metre class boats are best known as the boat design used in the America's Cup from 1958 to 1987. Competitiveness between boats in the class is maintained by requiring the boats to be in compliance with the 12 Metre formula.
A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open water, while modern recreational keelboats have prominent fixed fin keels, and considerable draft. The ...
Illusion is a superyacht built in 2013 at the Dutch Heesen Yachts shipyard. [1] [2] The interior design of Illusion was done by Bannenberg & Rowell Design and the exterior work was done by Omega Architects. [3] It was launched as the Galactica Star with an original sale price of €65 million. [4]
Length overall in meters Name 1956 27.43 Champbell: 1956 20.33 Ola (renamed Flame) 1956 19.84 DSV (renamed 50/50) 1956 17.30 De zwerver: 1957 24.4 m (plus 8 ft bowsprit) De Vrouwe Christina : 1957 25 Sirocco (renamed Atalanta) 1958 14 Beatrix: 1959 11 Trio: 1959 19 Oceanus II: 1960 20 Aljazi: 1960 18.60 Ancor: 1960 9.25 Tradewinds: 1960 13.75 ...
The club is administered by a 12-person Board of Governors that includes the Commodore, Vice-Commodore, Secretary, Treasurer, two past Commodores, and six members. The club's Permanent Race Committee consists of eighteen members. Today, the club has about 130 member families and over 250 boats owned by the membership. [10]