Yarmouth Boat Yard and Kennebunkport Marina Partnership a Success

     

The first season of the partnership between Kennebunkport Marina and Yarmouth Boat Yard draws to a close a rousing success. Led by broker Matthew Camp, Yarmouth Boat Yard at Kennebunkport Marina sold three new Pursuit boats and several brokerage boats. As things wind down for the season the Kennebunkport Marina is busy planning for an exciting 2013 boating season.



The latest model Pursuits are now available at Kennebunkport Marina through their partnership with Yarmouth Boat Yard 

Matthew Camp will be back on site at the Kennebunkport Marina in April and will continue to work with Cathy listing and selling boats through the winter months. We will keep you informed through the winter regarding our 2013 season, which will include a Demo Days on the water and boat handling courses.

The new searing hot model from Pursuit is the Sports Line. This model features the sportfish appeal of a center console with the comforts of an offshore cruiser. Pursuit offers both a 28' and 31' Sports model. Yarmouth Boat Yard will have the S 280 on site at the marina and it will be available for sea trials. Also, be among the first to check out the design animation of the Sport Coupe SC 365 by clicking here.

The Pursuit S 310

Some of the best feedback that we have received from our Pursuit customers is related to the Pursuit DC 235. After downsizing from larger boats, many customers have enjoyed the ease and maneuverability in the river and the seaworthiness offshore for which Pursuit is famous. Customers tell us they feel more comfortable on the water and therefore spending more time enjoying their boats!

The Pursuit DC 235

For more information on the Pursuit line visit www.pursuitboats.com, call Matthew Camp at 207-809-9306 or e-mail matthew@ybyboats.com.

"A Science Experiment in Motion"

With a background in aircraft design specializing in un-manned aircraft and helicopters, Yarmouth Boat Yard friend and customer Hal Youngren has helped raise the bar as one of the design engineers for Team New Zealand in their pursuit of the 34th America's Cup.

Youngren, who lives in Portland, has served as an Aerodynamic Optimisation/CFD consultant for Team New Zealand for the last year and a half as they make advances in the design of their new AC 72 catamaran. The team is preparing for the prestigious America's Cup races to be held on September 2-22, 2013 in San Francisco.

Youngren was recruited by Team New Zealand because of his background in aircraft and wing design and previous work in 2003 and 2007 for the Alinghi Team.

This picture of the Team New Zealand's new AC 72 showing the boat foiling with both hulls out of the water caused a stir within the competitive sailing community.

"The next Cup will be held under new rules, sailing 72 ft wing-mast catamarans," said Youngren. “These boats are completely new, exciting and are total wild cards. In many ways the boats are more like aircraft than sailboats. They use 40m rigid carbon-fiber wings whose design is closer to an aircraft wing. I also work on the underwater appendages that you often don't see like the rudders, elevators and dagger foils." These parts play a unique role in this boat. The NZ boat can lift out of the water downwind, flying on its foils at more than twice the speed of the wind.

Emirates Team NZ AC72 sailing on the Hauraki, Gulf, Auckland NZ. Photo: Chris Cameron/ETNZ

Team New Zealand christened the new catamaran "New Zealand" in late July. In initial testing the boat has been clocked at better than 40 knots downwind and 20 knots upwind, said Youngren.

"We even had to upgrade our chase boats for the AC72’s, now we use boats with 1200 hp that can do 55 knots in order to keep up with the new catamaran," said Youngren.

Youngren, who keeps his 19' Boston Whaler on a slip at Yarmouth Boat Yard, said he made seven trips to New Zealand during the design work on the AC72’s. His current design responsibilities are largely handled through Skype conferences from his home in Portland.

 

Hal Youngren serves as a design consultant for Team New Zealand in their quest for the prestigious America's Cup.

"It is a very scientific process to get this boat tested, tuned and up to speed. We use a very detailed Velocity Prediction Program (VPP), which is a computer model how the boat performs. After each test or practice day there is a debriefing where all of the most recent data is displayed, analyzed and digested to improve the design and sailing techniques."

To see news reports and video of Team New Zealand's AC 72 click here.