FARR 11s - Canting Keel Sportboat TAZO

2007

FARR 11s TAZO- $175,000 USD

The Farr 11s is an inshore race boat with sufficient freeboard for coastal race capability, legs out hiking and minimal interior. The goal was to produce a very fast keelboat for its size, crewed by no more than 6 or 7 intermediate level sailors. The Farr 11s has a 45-degree canting keel with twin asymmetric dagger boards and twin rudders under a hull with high form stability.  This is very similar in concept to the Open 60, Volvo 70 and Cookson 50.  The hull shape combines the demands for minimizing light air drag with high-speed stability and excellent handling qualities.  Twin rudders help control in extreme conditions while the raked bow offers better wave jumping/piercing control, staying within sensible limits of price, ease of operation, and meeting safety standards of category 3 Offshore Special Regulations including stability and fit out requirements.  The obvious goals are to provide high stability to carry a powerful sail plan, keep the whole package as light as possible, reduce drag, and produce a boat that will break out into high speeds in a controllable manner. These goals are blended with the desire to be a good all-round buoys racer in a wide range of wind speeds, good in coastal type races where reaching performance and handling are important, and avoid any glaring weaknesses that are seen in some attempts at the canting keel concept.