The Stratis and Doyle Sails NZ team will be attending the upcoming METS, running from November 19 to 21, 2013. The team will be on hand on the Doyle Sails stand, which will be located in the Superyacht Pavilion (Stand No. 10.715).
Luxury charter yacht Moonbird to feature a full set of new Stratis ICE sails
Chris McMaster, Managing Director, and Matt Bridge, Superyacht Sail Coordinator, will be representing Stratis and Doyle NZ alongside other members of the Doyle global team.
2013 has been an exciting year for Doyle Stratis with the launch of their new Stratis ICE sail fibre, which has been nominated by the jury as a finalist in the DAME Awards. Interest in ICE has already been high and 37m charter yacht Moonbird and 30.5m superyacht Indio have both commissioned a full set of new Stratis ICE sails with sail trials scheduled before the end of the year. Doyle Stratis welcome all inquiries about ICE and the Stratis range; more information and samples are available on their stand.
The company has seen fantastic results in both the racing and superyacht sectors in 2013, with Stratis consistently proving itself as the performance sail of choice.
SUPERYACHT OVERVIEW
Doyle’s global network of lofts have supplied Stratis sails to some impressive superyacht projects this year, including:
39.93m Alithia (Abeking & Rasmussen)
36.58m Bliss (Yachting Developments)
33.8m Blue Too (Alloy Yachts)
39m Cinderella IV (Vitters)
45m Encore (Alloy Yachts)
31.42m Hevea (Southern Wind Shipyards)
30.5m Indio (Wally)
32.72m Kenora (Wally)
42.92m Koo (Vitters)
37m Moonbird (Fitzroy Yachts)
38.15m P2 (Perini Navi)
52m Prana (Alloy Yachts)
40m State of Grace (Perini Navi)
36.2m Sovereign (Alloy Yachts)
30.2m Rusalka (Swan)
27.5m Tempus Fugit (Arkin Pruva)
30.2m Zefiro (Southern Wind Shipyards)
27m Zurbagan (Garcia)
Upcoming projects for the Doyle lofts include:
60m C.2218 (Perini Navi) – 2014
52m Dona Francisca (Astilleros Buqebas) – 2013
48m Gweilo (Mengi Yay) – 2014
46m Project 392 (Royal Huisman) – 2014
45m YIII (Holland Jachtbouw) – 2014
RACING OVERVIEW
2013 began on a high when Alex Thomson took third place in the Vendee Globe on Hugo Boss, becoming the fastest Britain to sail round the world on a monohull. It was an achievement that was all the more impressive considering Thomson was racing on an old-generation design. The racing success for Doyle yachts continued throughout the year’s busy race calendar. In the Transpac 63’ Invisible Hand took first place in Division 1, Ragamuffin 100 took line honours and third place in Division 1, while second place in Division 1 went to Wizard, which had a new jib from Doyle on board for the race.
100′ Leopard took line honours in the RORC C600 in February, then broke the record for the Round the Island race in June, before taking monohull line honours in the RORC Cowes -St Malo Race in July. 72′ Shockwave’s wins included Key West Race Week and 2013 Montego Bay Race. Meanwhile Ragamuffin 90 took line honours and set a new course record in the Hong Kong to Vietnam race. Here in New Zealand Doyle-powered yachts dominated in the Coastal Classic, with Team Australia (Orma 60) winning on the line and Omega 8 (Bakewell-White 41) winning overall by handicap.
