FIRST POLAR 65 HULL ALREADY CONCLUDED

Aleixo Belov, builder of the first Polar 65, sent us these photos of the preparations for turning his boat upside. Aleixo is a civil engineer with extensive experience as a cruising sailor, once he is one of the few persons who managed to sail around the world single handed, for three times consecutively.
Finding his 37 foot sailboat too small for a more socialising type of cruising, he came to our office to order a larger yacht capable of taking his family and friends along with a degree of comfort he can't afford to proportion with his present boat. Besides upgrading in size, Aleixo also was looking for a specialised boat with shallow draught possibilities and a thorough thermal insulation, qualifying her for high latitudes sailing.
The design we developed for his "Fraternidade"( fraternity in Portuguese ) is our stock plan Polar 65, a yacht with a swing keel with ratchet and hydraulic brake, two rudders and two engines ( see more details in Polar 65 stock plan ), which are innovative solutions for rudder control, manoeuvrability and ultimate shallow draught capabilities for a monohull.
We are specially impressed by the high standard of the steelwork, demonstrating his strong know how in metallic boat building. With all the equipment already purchased and taking into account the short time spent in reaching this stage of construction we expect to see the "Fraternidade"doing its first sea trials at the end of this year.