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Home / Bella Mente Racing / Bella Mente 72 update

Bella Mente 72 update

March 5, 2012 By Bella Mente 1 Comment

Hello all,

Time is flying by here in RI. Hard to believe how fast the days go by. The NEB build crew, Hall’s build crew, Jon Williams and the Bella Boys have been extremely busy. As you know the boat was post cured last weekend. This weekend the topsides were painted “Bella Blue”. The stripes get painted this evening.

Prior to the post cure, all the structure had been installed, apart from the Prod. The Keel fin and bulb showed up last week. We will put the fin up on the bulb this week. Then the wetsanding begins.

We are fully into the details and systems install. Sheave boxes, ram foundations, toe rails, stanchions, Winch system, hydro system, steering system, electronics, etc. It seems as soon as we cross something off the worklist, we add 2 more.

On the rig, the internal structure and fittings are underway. The offshore boom came off the mold last week.

Pirate

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  1. Larry Martin says

    April 14, 2012 at 9:41 pm

    The boys and I at H&H wish you and your new racing sailboat a great 2012 year. We look forward to watching her and the crew set the bar for others to follow FLY FAST Larry

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The original Bella Mente Racing campaign kicked off in 2006 with Key West Race Week, and since then owner and skipper Hap Fauth has had three additional racing yachts in the program.

Launched in September of 2018, the current Bella Mente is a Maxi 72 designed by Botin Partners in Spain and built by New England Boatworks in Rhode Island.

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