Please go take a look at some of the footage from the Transpac on Bella Mente.

Just wanted to send everyone a bit of an update on the new boat.
While we were off with Alice in the Pacific and the Transpac Race, Rob O has been very busy at the yard, coordinating the design, engineering and building of Bella 3.0. Rob has done a great job keep the project on track. So far everything looks great.

The deck came off the mold this week. See the attached photos. WIDE LOAD! It is six steps from sidedeck to sidedeck across the transom. The cockpit is enormous. The last photo is of the traveller bulkhead.

Alex “Guru” Wadson, Rob and I have been busy going through rig info. We have decided to build the Rig at Hall here in our backyard. Future Fibers will build the rigging. It will be similar rigging to our TP rig, but be fully continuous. Design work continues…

The hull mold has now been moved into the climate controlled build shed/oven and once Irene gets through wazzeling the North East, lamination will begin on the hull. NEB’s new buildings and fabrication setup are quite impressive. A major improvement since the last build and re-fit. They have a CNC machine working everyday to trim core, build parts and molds for the new boat. The deck is now leveled, next week it will continue to get work as its trimmed/sanded and the parts and structure begin to get added. Bulkheads, longitudinals and the rest of structure is being built as the work continues on the Hull and deck.

The 2012 schedule is starting to come together, it will be a busy spring…..
The racing schedule is shaping up as well. We will get more specific with dates and practice dates in the future.

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The hull mold is coming along nicely.

The hull mold is coming along nicely.

https://bellamenteracing.com/bellamente/638/