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Morning Glory

Description

Reichel/Pugh's new 80-foot sloop Morning Glory, built for German industrialist Dr Hasso Plattner, has a pedigree that few, if any, other offshore grand prix sailboats can claim: it was designed using state-of-the-art America's Cup calibre design tools, including computational fluid dynamics (CFD), velocity prediction programs (VPP), tank testing and ultra-advanced construction methods and materials. With Southern Ocean sea trials in December under her belt, Morning Glory makes her debut in the January Cape Town to Rio Race.

Designed to the upper limit of the IMS - the ILC maxi rules - the boat joins only one other boat on the grand prix circuit (Reichel/Pugh's 66-footer Exile) in its extensive use of such advanced tank testing and computational tools to optimise performance. For more information visit www.Reichel-Pugh.com.

Specifications

Length Over-All 24.05 meters
Beam 5.5 meters
Draft 4.09
Displacement 22,000 kg
Designer Reichel / Pugh, USA
Builder McConaghy Boats, Australia

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