Stormvogel is named the ‘authentic’ Maxi, the primary massive, light-weight racing yacht of its sort, chilly molded wooden development and nonetheless racing competitively. She managed to come back in seventh total out of 181 opponents. She took line honours within the 1961 fastnet.
Stormvogel rounding fastnetrock
Video of stormvogel within the 2023 fastnet race.
https://youtu.be/_cTw9oxf3QM?si=Fd9V81xnzN521r5K
THE YACHT
Stormvogel is of spherical bilge hull kind with a constructed down fin keel and separate balanced rudder. Building is of a lightweight weight, picket, chilly molded glued shell of 4 laminates, constructed over bulkheads, frames, ribs and stringers. The hull planking is African Khaya Mahogany.
Principal Dimensions
| Size General | 74 ft. 6 in. | 22.72 m |
| Size of Deck | 73 ft. | 22.25 m |
| Size at Waterline | 59 ft. 4 in. | 18.10 m |
| Beam | 16 ft. 4. | 4.88 m |
| Draft | 9 ft. 3 in. | 2.82 m |
| Designed Displacement | 31.2 tons | 31.7 tonnes |
| Rig | Bermudan Ketch |
| Foremost Mast | Sparlight Spars. 1961, Aluminium, |
| Air Draft | 82 ft 24.8 m |
| Sail Space | : Whole | 2,589 sq ft | 238 m2 |
| : Fore Triangle | 1,035 sq ft | 95 m2 | |
| : Foremost | 1,140 sq ft | 105 m2 | |
| : Mizzen | 414 sq ft | 38 m2 |
