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Wind of Change

Open 40 Around Alone Challenger

Viktor Yazykov - skipper

Overall configuration:

Cutter-rigged sloop
LOA: 12.28 m
Overall Beam: 3.90 m
Draft: 3.0 m
Displacement: 3600 kg

Special Features:

  • Canting, high aspect ratio keel
  • Central water ballast tank
  • Single rudder
  • Twin dagger boards
  • Bowsprit

All Photos by Billy Black
Sail Inventory:

Mainsail: fully battenned, 80 m2
Genoa: on a Profurl furler, 36 m2
Staysail: 19 m2
Storm jib: 6 m2
Assymetrical spinnaker (with sock): 120 m2
Symmetrical Spinnaker (with sock)
Masthead Code Zero Genoa: on a Profurl furler, 90 m2

Keel: Canting carbon fiber fin keel with hydraulically-operated canting mechanism. The carbon fin was manufactured by Hall Spars, RI, US. The canting mechanism is manufactured in the USA.

Water ballast tank:located on the centerline for extra punch when going upwind, total displacement - 0.8 tons. The canting keel is used to balance the boat when reaching or running.

Mast: built by Hall Spars, RI, US.

Rudder: designed by Dirk Kremers and built by Viktor Yazykov.

Bowsprit: aluminum, 1.0 m

Rigging: Rod rigging by Navtex

Winches: Anderson 42 , 6 winches

Autopilots:Robertson (needs calibration), Autohelm 4000
Electronics:
  • KVH instruments
  • KVH GYRO AZIMUTH gyrocompass
  • JRC radar, max useful range - 24 miles
  • Inmarsat C
  • SSB radio Icom
  • VHF Icon


Best speed averages in 1998-1999 Around Alone race:
- 289 miles in 24 hrs in the Southern Ocean
- 240 miles in 24 hrs during the solo surgery performed in Leg 1. During this run the boat�s autopilots were not operational and the boat sailed balanced by a bungee cord tied to her tiller.
- 1000 miles in 4 days, twice during the race. The second of these runs was during Leg 4 in trade winds, when the boat's autopilot was not functional.

Update: June, 2000 - Viktor purchased a suit (main & jib) of new Cuben Fibre sails from Shore Sails, Newport, RI. The sails were used only during the Europe 1 New Man Star singlehanded race from Plymouth, England to Newport, RI. The sails weight half the weight of Viktor's old kevlar sails. Here is a photo of the boat with the new sails at the start in Plymouth.

Core sample of the boat's hull sandwich:

The hull is balsacore with two layers of very thin chestnut veneer /unidirectional carbon/epoxy, vacuumed everything.

Launch of the boat in Sochi, 1999:

Update: July, 2001
The most-current sail inventory on the boat:
-Cuben fiber main 80sq.m.
-Cuben fiber genoa 45 sq.m.
-Spectra code zero 85 sq.m.
-Asym. Spin. 120 sq.m with ATN sock(needs some repair)
-Spectra mainsail 78 sq. m.
-Spectra genoa 42 sq. m. & Inner Jib 25 sq.m.
-Storm jib.
The cuben fibre sails were built in 2000 by Shore Sails, Newport, RI, and were only used for the Europe 1 New Man Star race (see photo above). These sails would make it in the around the world race. All other sails are in good shape.

Update: August, 2001
Follow this link to see detailed photographs of the boat in August of 2001 at her place of storage.

Please follow this link to read a detailed review of this boat.