--- In harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au, "carlos" <carlosproacarlos@...> wrote:
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> Rob
> Don't hold your breath - Mystic Point is as traditional as it gets - i.e. they think tris and cats are not in the spirit of clasic boating - a proa... well - you get the picture
Looks like you were right, Carlos, although a tri did win the wooden boat part, admittedly built with a technique which no one uses any more. Interesting the enphasis on accomodation in the judges report. Overnight camping accommodation was one of the secondary criteria. The primary criteria was Fast.
They did not Bcc the list when they sent out the results. Half a dozen names from this list. Perhaps they might like to show us their entries?
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Dear Design Challenge entrant,
In early June we convened a panel of judges to select winners for Design Challenge III: A Fast Expedition Sailboat. The challenge drew nearly 50 entrants representing 15 countries. The level of design sophistication was high, and the solutions to our parameters were varied, and included long sleek monohulls, sharpies, traditional pocket cruisers, catamarans, trimarans, and proas.
The winner of the wood category was a trimaran designed by John Marples. John's design, called the DC-3, is a 27-footer built of constant-camber plywood. It has amas that fold, via a simple mechanism, for trailering. The boat has a capacious cockpit, an ample main cabin, and a separate aft cabin—a surprising level of accommodation for a boat of this size.
Heyman Yacht Design of Göteborg, Sweden, won the composites category with a fast, slender monohull called Celeste Neo. This 30'3" sloop carries a 7'5" beam, and has a canoe-like underbody. Stability is provided by a retracting keel that, when fully immersed, draws 6'6". The cabin carries 4'4" of headroom, though there's a fair amount of comfort packed into this small space. A cockpit tent adds to the accommodation.
The team of Jannis Xanthakis and Giusseppe Fanello, of Karlsruhe, Germany and Venice, Italy, respectively, won the metal category with Clodia M. This 24' aluminum-hulled lug-rigger has a mast stepped fairly far aft; the rig is balanced by a small jib. The boat is inspired by fishing craft of the upper Adriatic. It has leeboards and two rowing stations for auxiliary propulsion; the oars are supported by forcole, which allow rowing from the standing position, and nimble changing of the oar's position for reversing direction—an Adriatic rowing technique popularized by the gondolas of Venice. Clodia M. also has an electric auxiliary and sufficient volume to house a couple or a small family for a two-week expedition.
These winners will be briefly announced in the September issue of WoodenBoat and the October issue of Professional Boatbuilder. In the following issue of WoodenBoat, we'll describe the winners more fully, and include several other noteworthy designs from the field of entrants.
Thank you for participating in our third Design Challenge. It was indeed a challenge to select winners, and we're grateful for the level of thought, work, and detail you brought to the task.