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Efter 3 spændende sæsoner i vores Aeolos P30, er det tid til at komme videre.

Aeolos’n er solgt til Hobart / Tasmanien til levering efter Silverrudder 2025.

Jeg tænker denne sidste Silverrudder i Aeolos’n må blive sejladsen hvor alt går op i en højere enhed. Dvs. ingen grundstødninger, ingen strategiske kortslutninger, en velforberedt båd og skipper.

Aeolos P30 overhaler en 40.7 på Fyncup 2025.

Men vi kan jo ikke stå uden en ny kapsejladsbåd.
Overvejelserne har været mange. Egentlig var jeg fast besluttet på en båd lige under 35 fod, Sunfast 3300, JPK 10.50 eller Pogo RC.
Imod Sunfast’n talte at det er en lidt ældre konstruktion (2019), for at brugt priserne er rimelige for en fully loaded båd og at den indtil videre performer godt.

Jeg var i Frankrig og prøvesejle både Pogo’n og JPK 10.50
Begge omkring 34 fod, med mange fine detaljer, super design fra 2025 og ville nok alt andet lige sætte alle konkurrenter til vægs i medium class på Vegvisir og Silverrudder. Pilen pegede i retning mod en af de to nye konstruktioner.

Men lidt ud af det blå dukker der en First 36 Seascape edition op. Båden er en pimpet udgave af den i forvejen ret kapable First 36.
Seascape Edition er først og fremmest lettet for 500 kg, så deplacementet går fra 4900 kg til 4400 kg, ca. 10 % ned. Stadig med en anstændig aptering.

Båden kommer som standard med kulmast, lithium batterier, elektronisk styring af rorvinkler, rorpind i stedet for rat og mange andre racy detaljer.
Den er optimeret til at blive største båd under ORC klasse C og der jo VM i København i 2027.

Mht.  Silverrudder, Vegvisir og andre sejladser efter 5 fods reglen, så er det måske lidt tumpet at stille op med den mindste båd i large klassen (35-40 fod). Men de hurtigste både i large har en mastehøjde der sender dem uden om Sprogø, hvilket mange gange har kostet dem dyrt.
Faktisk er klassen vundet af 36-37 fods både i 4 ud af de sidste 5 år. Seascape’n kan lige klemme sig under lavbroen med 50 cm til overs 🙂

At båden i standardudgaven også har gjort det rigtig godt i sejladser under ORC og IRC, er bare endnu et par lodder i vægtskålen.
Vores båd bliver sat op til primært at sejle shorthanded.

Men det som vejer tungest for os, er at båden kan plane (det er temmelig kedeligt at sejle rundt i Archimedes mode når man har først har prøvet det andet), den er solid og velbygget (unbreakable) samt det Slovenske værfts opbakning.

Så til februar 2026 vil The Beast komme i ny forklædning til København, hvor den skal fyldes op med NKE, Liros, Hempel og andre fine sager.

Fremadrettet skal jeg hjælper Seascape Denmark med at sælge hele programmet: Seascape 18, 24, 27, 30 og 36. Mere om det senere.

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After 3 exciting seasons in our Aeolos P30, it’s time to move on.

Aeolos has been sold to Hobart / Tasmania for delivery after Silverrudder 2025.

I think this last Silverrudder in the Aeolos must be one where everything comes together. That is, no groundings, no strategic short circuits, a well-prepared boat and skipper.

But we can’t do without a new racing boat.
There have been many considerations. Actually, I was determined on a boat just under 35 feet, Sunfast 3300, JPK 10.50 or Pogo RC.
Against Sunfast is that it is a slightly older construction (2019), pro that that used prices are reasonable for a fully loaded boat and that it has performed well so far.

I was in France and test sailed both the Pogo and the JPK 10.50
Both around 34 feet, with many fine details, great design from 2025 and would probably, all other things being equal, nail all other competitors in the medium class on Vegvisir and Silverrudder. The arrow pointed in the direction of one of the two new designs.

But a little out of the blue, a First 36 Seascape edition appears. The boat is a pimped-up version of the already quite capable First 36.
First of all, the Seascape Edition is lightened by 500 kg, so the displacement goes from 4900 kg to 4400 kg, about 10% down. Still with a decent accommodation.

The boat comes standard with a carbon mast, lithium batteries, electronic control of rudder angles and lots of other racy details.
It is optimized to be the largest boat in ORC class C and the World Championship are in Copenhagen in 2027.

Regarding Silverrudder, Vegvisir and other races using the 5-foot rule, it may be a bit of a bummer to compete with the smallest boat in the large class (35-40 feet). But the fastest boats in large have a mast height that sends them around Sprogø, which has often cost them dearly.
In fact, the class has been won by 36-37 foot boats in 4 out of the last 5 years. The Seascape can just squeeze under the low bridge with 50 cm to spare 🙂

The fact that the boat in the standard version also has done really well in races under ORC and IRC is just another weight in the balance.

But what weighs most heavily for us is that the boat can plane (it’s pretty boring to sail around in Archimedes mode once you’ve tried the other), that it is solid and well-built (unbreakable) and the Slovenia shipyard’s support.

So in February 2026, The Beast will come in a new form to Copenhagen, where it will be filled up with NKE, Liros, Hempel and other fine things.

Going forward, I will help Seascape Denmark selling the entire program: Seascape 18, 24, 27, 30 and 36. More on that later.