| Pindar's new Open 60 |
| Friday, 10 November 2006 |
Mike is currently heading up the design and build of Pindar’s brand new state-of-the-art Open 60 racing yacht. The boat, to be built in TP Cookson’s yard in New Zealand, is due to come out of the shed in Summer 2007 and will be in the UK in time for the Fastnet Race. The competition schedule will also include The Transat Jacques Vabre double-handed transatlantic race from France to Brazil in Nov 2007 and the solo transatlantic race, the Transat. This is the race that Mike competed in two years ago and despite having never competed alone before he finished in a creditable third place following gear failure that ended his battle for first place. The campaign, which is currently looking for partner sponsors, will produce one of the first of a new breed of Open 60’s, capable of breaking new boundaries, setting new records and winning races. Mike and the Pindar team have been collaborating with Juan Kouyoumdjian, otherwise known as ‘Juan K’, who designed the two ABN AMRO Volvo 70s.
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