Grainger ‘Raku 32’ in Production in Poland

Just when you are getting used to the overwhelming success of the Scorpion F18built by Exploder, we received the news that another project we initiated is going to become a reality too. Back in 2018, when I had a request from a local Arg client to design a coastal Cruiser, I instantly thought on renowned Cat Designer Tony Grainger. For such goal, you need a experienced professional, that will grab your feedback and will put your concept into beautiful & functional lines. The ‘Raku 32’ came out of his design table.

The range above racing beachcats size have much additional aspects that impact the final design, so its not a matter of drawing some cool lines and leave the rest to imagination or on the fly resolution. Only dedicated Multihull designers like Grainger, or Morelli Melvin and others are able to apply design, performance & functionality accordingly on the needs beyond a Spartan racing cat, whichever its size.

Happy for Tony seeing this Weapon been now on production. Our friend Roland Gaebler is involved in the actual built in Poland (NOT by Exploder ). After we published the ‘Raku 32’ he got interested in the project, and later got involved with Grainger for the actual built. Below release sent by Tony Grainger along other news on his Multi projects. Additional news at www.graingerdesigns.net/

RAKU 32 IN PRODUCTION IN POLAND

Construction of the tooling for the Raku 32 is under way at Yacht Services in Poland. The boat will be offered in three versions; Charter, Cruising and Racing, with a range of sail, rig and equipment options for each boat with a strong focus on simplicity and efficiency.

Roland Gaebler (see adjacent news item) has been very active in the design of the rig and arrangement of the deck equipment. The standard rig will include a square top main, self tacking jib and a gennaker. Roland is putting his extensive racing experience to good use cooking up a version of the Raku32 specifically for short handed sailing.

We’ll announce a dedicated web site for the Raku 32 in the coming weeks.

For sales enquiries in Europe: [email protected]

For the rest of the world [email protected]

ROLAND GAEBLER TO PROVIDE SALES AND SUPPORT FOR RAKU 32 PROJECT.

Roland is well known in cat racing circles. He’s competed in Tornadoes in no less than five Olympics and he has a wealth of experience in high performance boats ranging from M2’s, M1’s, Orma 60’s, Mod 70’s and Extreme 40’s. Amongst Roland’s impressive list of titles are ten world titles in Tornadoes and 15 European Championships in Tornadoes and Lasers.

Roland is a professional coach and apart from European sales he will provide customer support including tuning, advice on selecting rig and sails, and getting customers up to speed with the latest technology and equipment.

ROCKET 44 FIRING UP ON THE WORKSHOP FLOOR

Construction of the male plugs for the Rocket 44 is under way at Claude Desjardins’ workshop on the Queensland Sunshine Coast.

Female carbon tools will be built from the finished plugs and we hope to have a prototype sailing in Australia by the middle of the year. The first boat is for Gordon Myers who conceived the project. The second and third boats are already claimed by the designer and builder. ATL Composites are on hand with technology and materials for the plugs and tools. Sorry, no firm pricing available yet.

For Enquires contact Claude at [email protected]

or Tony Grainger [email protected]

VISITS TO AUSTRALIA IN FEB, EUROPE IN MARCH

I’ll be in Australia visiting NSW Central Coast and Queensland Sunshine Coast between Feb. 12th and 22nd.

We have a number of new projects in the planning stage or about to start construction in Europe and I will be traveling to several countries in the second half of March 2020 to meet with builders, customers and equipment suppliers.

Holland, Germany and Poland are definite stopovers. Latvia, Sweden, France and Spain are on the short list.

We’ll be publishing some of these new projects on the web site in the coming weeks. If you are in any of these countries and want to catch up for a chat let me know and I will see if we can fit a meeting into the schedule.

[email protected]

TR36 BUILDING AT WAARSCHIP

With over 5000 monohulls already on the water Dutch based boat building company Waarschip has created a new division to focus on the production of one off and limited production multihulls. The first boat for the new division will be the TR36 trimaran.

Waarschip’s owner Roelof Niezen sees strong potential to complement the production boat market with designs that cater to individual requirements, in particular in the performance sector of the market. Roelof sees the TR36 project as the billboard for the next generation boats from the Waarschip Yard.

For enquiries contact Roelof Niezen [email protected]

FUGAZI KEEPS ON KEEPING ON.
Dan Fidock’s Team Fugazi followed up her win in the 2019 King’s Cup with a decisive first in the 2020 Bay Regatta sailed in the spectacular Phang Nga Bay in Southern Thailand.
Fugazi finished the five race series on 7 points with Bonza and Twin Sharks tied for second on ten points. Yes, we’ve seen the photo before from one of Fugazi’s past lives. We’re still waiting for some inspirational shots in the waters of Phuket.