About
Hap Fauth’s Bella Mente, an IRC 69 from Reichel/Pugh design, is a yacht that looks as beautiful as she is fast. Every engineering and mechanical refinement was made with an eye on performance. Bella Mente features a flush deck, a Hall Spars rig with internal halyard locks, the latest Future Fibres’ carbon rigging and an innovative inhauler system that enables trimmers to set sheeting angles with precision on either side. Power for trimming large masthead kites comes from Harken carbon winches and deck gear together with hydraulics from Navtec.
2010 marks the 3rd return for Hap Fauth with the Bella Mente team in the Newport-Bermuda Race, where they momentously claimed line honors in 2006. Following the New England season, they will return to the Mediterranean for a select few IMA and Rolex Maxi events including the Copa del Rey in Palma de Mallorca and the Rolex Maxi Worlds in Sardinia.
In 2011, Bella will be racing on the West Coast for the first time. The main goal will be the Transpac Race which starts July 8th.
Hap Fauth’s Bella Mente, an IRC 69 from Reichel/Pugh design, is a yacht that looks as beautiful as she is fast. Bella Mente features a flush deck, a Hall Spars rig with internal halyard locks, the latest Future Fibres’ carbon rigging and an innovative inhauler system that enables trimmers to set sheeting angles with precision on either side.