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Florida sailing
No comments yetPosted in Bella MenteDec 20, 2011
The team has been plenty busy over the last couple of weeks. We all met up in Palm Beach, FL for a couple of days of sailing and idea exchanges for the new boat. Hap has chartered a TP 52 for Key West. We will be sailing Origin’s old boat. We trained on the boat for 3 days and were supposed to race over the weekend in Palm Beach. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate and we were not able to race over the weekend.
The 3 days of practice took place in some good breeze and waves and were able to work through quite a few things. It was nice to get the team back together and sailing again. We are all looking forward to racing in Key West. There will be a fleet of 8 52s so it will be some good racing.
The new boat is coming along nicely. Pirate and Rob O have been working hard to nail down lots of the details. The rig is also being constructed at the same time so Pirate is carrying double duty.Doogie











Launched in spring 2012, Bella Mente is the 2nd racing yacht built for owner Hap Fauth. This latest Mini Maxi is 72 feet long and was designed by judel/vrolijk & co yachtdesign. Built by New England Boatworks, Bella’s features include a Hall Spars mast, Southern Spars eC6 carbon rigging, running rigging supplied by T-E-C (TRABAJOS EN CABOS S.L.)/MARLOW MGP series, a winch package from Harken, hydraulics from Navtec and Cariboni, and sails built by North Sails.