This
thrilling class is attracting the attention of many keen sailors world wide.
It's origin is related to a contest sponsored by Sea Horse Magazine, the RORC
official publication, with the intention of introducing a relatively low cost,
high performance sail-boat class, contained in a box type rule, that could
afford hot competition with freedom of creativeness by part of designers.
At that time, our just graduated naval architects, Astrid Barros and Luis
Gouveia, had a particular interest in taking part in this contest, once both
of them were racing enthusiasts and were willing to try their skills as racing
boat Yacht designers.
Their entry didn't bring them the first prize, but the jury highly commended
their work and part of the plans were shown in the issue that publicised the
result of the contest.
Knowing what the others had done, Astrid Barros and Luis Gouveia started their
work again and designed a second generation Mount Gay 30, which they called
Green Flash. When developing the design, they refused to go for a compromise
that allowed a Mount Gay 30 ( then called Whitbread 30 ) to also measure under
the I.M.S. rule, and taking this decision, they created an authentic thoroughbred.
They designed the Green Flash taking full advantage of the rule parameters,
like a mainsail with maximum roach, the placement of the ballast tanks optimised
for stability, and taking full advantage of the rule's radius limits for sheer
line, etc. Doing this our boat surpasses the performance of all others that
made a compromise with the I.M.S. rule, and have similar winning chances with
the other pure Mount Gay 30 designs.
Being a class of exhilarating performance, our design corresponds to the highest
expectations among the models available, and it's our intention to promote
the Green Flash in centres where the category is already established. If you
are interested in taking part in this class, you are welcome to contact us
for other information.
When the first boats of the class started being introduced in the European,
American, Australian and South African markets, the virtues of the formula
were demonstrated to the sailing community , and this stirred a great enthusiasm
among high performance sail-boat racers all over the world.
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Basic
Dimensions
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| Lenght Overall: |
9.60 m
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31' 6"
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| Lengh Waterline: |
8.66 m
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28' 5"
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| Beam: |
3.35 m
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11'
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| Draught: |
1.95 m
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6' 4.7"
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| Ballast: |
1150 kg
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2533 lb
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| Displacement |
2420 kg
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5330 lb
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| Capacity freshwater tank: |
465 l
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80 gal
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| Capacity fuel tank: |
300 l
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45 gal
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| Motor: |
38 hp
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| Sail Area: |
76m2
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818 sq.feet
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| Construction: |
Steel or Ply-Glass
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