This high-performance catamaran was built in Brazil using carbon pre-pregs and is fitted with a 27m (90ft) carbon wing mast.

Conceived as a fast day sailer, she nevertheless has air-conditioned accommodation for six in two double and two single cabins. Lifting centreboards and rudders allow her to be beached. Twin 36hp Yanmar diesels offer 8 knots under power.

During first sea trials she achieved speeds in excess of 20 knots, and on a delivery trip in 2001 the boat turned in a 290-mile run in 15.5 hours - an average speed of 18.71 knots!

Her capability as an ocean-passage-making vessel was confirmed when she took line honours in the 2006 'Heineken Cape Town to Bahai' race beating her own course record by 5 days and hitting a top speed of 27 knots.

This 37ft flying tri-foiler was designed in conjunction with Professor Sam Bradfield (Melbourne, Florida) who has dedicated his professional career to the development of foil-borne sailing craft.

NIGEL IRENS DESIGN was asked to produce a suitable platform in order to prove the efficacy of Bradfield's incidence-controlled T-foil system.