The new Greg Elliott design ‘Elliott 35 Super Sport’ has been taking shape, and North Sails designer Gautier Sergent from team Groupama has undertaken the sail design phase.
Recently completing his time with the winning 2012 Volvo70 Groupama, Gautier has incorporated a lot of lessons learnt from the Volvo sails. We can expect to see the same style of Volvo70 sails, brought down to a smaller scale, which a few added features which will make for exciting and efficient sails.
Greg Elliott is one of New Zealand’s top yacht designers, and has designed the Super Sport in collaboration with Salthouse Boatbuilders to be suitable for all types of yacht racing. Although it is at the lower end of the size scale for off-shore sailing, the light displacement and high stability is expected to see the yacht match or out-perform larger keel boats.
The high stability generated by its canting keel allows for a generous sail plan to be carried, and North sails are currently building a full set of race sails to complement the design. 3di material has been used for the off-shore mainsail and the medium jib. The Elliot 35 Super Sport may be the first of a new fleet of these boats, and we are looking forward to seeing her out on the harbour in the coming months.
For more information on the Elliott 35 Super Sport, see here.
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