VX One in UK
by Ovington Boats 24 Dec 2013 09:25 GMT
24 December 2013
We've had a great time sailing the VX One around the country from Derwent Reservoir in the north east to Torquay in the south west. The boat is very versatile – we've trolley launched by hand at a number of inland venues and used a single point lift in Torquay harbour.
The boat has been sailed in the UK with a wide range of crew weights from 135 – 250 kg with 2 and 3 sailors on board. The off the boom mainsheet gives a huge uncluttered cockpit, whilst the self-tacking jib makes gybes easy when sailing 2 up. The jib furls for easy launching and recovery and for short-handed sailing or playing with the family.
The hull is epoxy foam sandwich construction with carbon fibre in high load areas for strength, stiffness and light weight. The mast, boom and spinnaker pole are all carbon from Southern Spars and all fittings are Harken. Sails can be made by any sail maker if they conform to the class rules of which there are a number of options in the USA we have already had 2 sets made in the UK by North Sails and P & B. The combination of all of this gives a high quality package which will remain competitive for a long time with minimal maintenance.
Requests for demo days keep coming in and we have a busy calendar shaping up for 2014 culminating with an inaugural UK National Championships scheduled for Torquay in September. The VX One will be on display at the RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show and the Southampton Boat Show.
- 11-12 Jan – Royal Forth YC
- 26-27 Jan – Northampton SC
- 1-2 Feb – Rutland SC – Tiger Trophy
- 1-2 Mar – RYA Dinghy Show
- 8-9 Mar – Royal Lymington YC
- 15-16 Mar – Weymouth - WPNSA
- 23–26 May - Scottish series, Tarbert
We envisage the boat racing under IRC and PY handicaps and we estimate a PY in the region of 860 – 885.
We have now built 15 boats in the UK and will for the first time have boats available to UK customers from the end of January. The complete VX One with sails, covers and combi road trailer/ launch trolley is from £24,490 (inc VAT).
Please contact us on +44 (0)191 2576011 or
Specification:
- Length - 5.79m
- Width - 2.2m
- Hull weight - 145kg
- Keel & bulb - 80kg
- Main & jib area - 19.97sqm
- Spinnaker area - 26sqm
- Designer - Brian Bennett
Ovington Boats are world-renowned for their excellent craftsmanship, development of high performance racing dinghies (including the Olympic 49er) and small sailing crafts. The business distributes its boats and spares globally; Ovington also build and design boats to specific requirements
www.ovingtonboats.com