The boat Shirley Robertson raced to 2nd place in the 2021 Fasnet.

Excellent review!!

Wow! Love it.

It’s easier to find crew for solo’s

The spinnaker reach looks as exciting as that reach in a Thistle - but more stable and way easier.

It's a great review without an ounce of chauvinism, which is rare enough to get noticed. With a bit more euros in my pocket I'd have "a hard time" choosing between a Pogo 30 or 10.5 and this modern beauty. Happily Corona craze released us from struggling with that type of dilemmas 😉 Nice review!

Yesterday I was sailing my Bavaria 33 in a force 5, gusting 6, on a broad reach at 8+ knots when "Leyton" came past like I was standing still. Must have been doing over 12 knots & made it look easy. My wife likes the comfort of the Bavaria but convincing her to go sailing at all is becoming more difficult every year. I gave up racing when I bought the Bavaria as it's a cruiser. I think Jeanneau are onto a winner with their new boat. It's an awesome package. How much is it by the way ??

question - I love this design boat but I want a fast boat to go long distances. Can I do this boat is 45', 2 on board, and turn it into a fast cruiser? I personally hate going slow and I hate not being busy. Looking for a solution.

they thought about pretty much everything, well except a built in preventor for outside gybes, but like most of us, an old broken baton will do.

Nice boat. But what a messy cockpit!

Would this boat be a bit frisky for anyone other than an offshore racer?

Windvane for going long distances?

6knots upwind at 30º are very good numbers

Surprised you didn't mention the main development that enables short handed sailing is the asymmetric spinnaker. The traditional harum-scarum comes week gybes are an organisational marvel.

Both contributors speaking with no umms or ahhhs. It's a rare ability to speak to camera without hesitation. Part of it is a trained ability. The other comes from knowing what you are talking about.

A keel line stem to stern academic keeling design reduces heeling over and increases speed of the sailboat. Add the blade keel lwr least wind resistance to the aerodynamic hull. He who keels the sails ahead of the sail effort wins the races.

2 metres apart?

The Singaporean member of the CIO vetoed the offshore Olympic category. He found it too dangerous.

I hope Nigel made you some chili.

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background music came forward a bit too much, great review.

I guess they expect the crew to live in the cockpit 24/7 because there is so little time spent reviewing below deck !

Fully keeled headsails and mast is certainly a faster sailboat design. The true classic design is stem to stern academic keeling design.

フューハンドを意識しているのかな、IMOCAみたいにバウデッキを痩せさせているね。あそこにタンブルフォーム（懐かしい響きだね）を作る理由ってなに？

Hey put some Edison generator in the engine room.

Can you convince your designer to keel the mast and headsails correctly in relation to sail area. Blade keeled stem to stern. Deep stem and keeled mast. We don't keel the boom here.

All due respect, why would I get a Jeanneau if I have more attractive offerings for short handed performance sailing as Dehler, Azuree AND ultra fast M.A.T. ?

Better keeling would take out the heel and increase the speed of the boats. Expert programs make the Auto pilot better than average pilot.

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Cockpit is a mess. If it’s so well designed, then there’s time to straighten up the cockpit. Texas

What a disaster of lines in the cockpit. Get organized.

Far too many commercials. 👎

You need displacement in the bow and keeled mast and headsails. Some electric motor with edison generator powered. Lame gold instead.

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