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The latest from the drawing board — race wins, launches, and new projects.
FARR YACHT DESIGN LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE
Farr Yacht Design has launched a completely redesigned website at www.farrdesign.com, marking the studio's first major digital overhaul in more than a decade. The timing is deliberate. Under the ownership of Britton Ward, who joined the firm in 1996, worked directly alongside Bruce Farr and Russell Bowler, and took full ownership in 2025, Farr Yacht Design is as active as it has ever been. Ward served as Hull Platform Lead for American Magic's AC75 Patriot at the 37th America's Cup in Barcelona. In January 2025, the Farr-designed Southern Wind SW108 Kiboko 4 won the World Superyacht Award and most recently the Kalantis (Des 880) won the Blue Design Awards, Best Sailing Yacht. The office is taking on new projects across racing, cruising, powerboat and superyacht programs. The new site brings the firm's 800-design portfolio into a modern digital home, with expanded archives, current project work, and design plan access, presented with the same precision the firm brings to its designs. "This is an office with 51 world championships behind it and a full drawing board in front of it," said Ward. "The new site tells the story of the 50 year heritage of Farr Yacht Design and helps to chart our course for the next 25 years." Farr Yacht Design was founded by Bruce Farr in Auckland in the 1970s and relocated to Annapolis, Maryland, where it has been based for more than three decades. The firm's designs have won five editions of the Whitbread and Volvo Ocean Race; competed in multiple America's Cup campaigns, and its designs have won world championships across nearly every offshore and grand prix class. The site was developed in partnership with SailrScience.
Britt Ward on Sail Illustrated — America's Cup Technology
Farr Principal and Naval Architect Britton Ward joined the Sail Illustrated podcast for a conversation on America's Cup technology — past, present and future.
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Leopard 3 at the RORC Caribbean 600
The Farr-designed Leopard 3 (Design 591) competed in the 2026 RORC Caribbean 600 — 600 miles of trade winds, night sailing and eleven island roundings.
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Kalantis SW108 — Behind the Scenes
Rigging Projects published a behind-the-scenes case study on the Farr-designed Southern Wind 108 Kalantis (Design 880) — 20 knots on day two of sailing.
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International Women's Day — Maiden and the Legacy of Women in Sailing
In 1989, Tracy Edwards MBE and an all-female crew sailed the Farr-designed Maiden in the Whitbread Round the World Race, becoming the first women's team to complete it. Decades later, a new generation raced Maiden again in the 2023 Ocean Globe Race — and won.
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Kiboko 4 Wins World Superyacht Award
The Farr-designed Southern Wind 108 Kiboko 4 received the World Superyacht Award in the sailing superyacht category, recognizing the boat as the most significant sailing superyacht of its era.
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American Magic Campaign — AC37
Farr Yacht Design contributed to the American Magic AC37 campaign — foiling monohulls reaching 50+ knots in the America’s Cup 37th Match in Barcelona.
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Gelliceaux Wins St. Barths Bucket
Gelliceaux, a Farr-designed Southern Wind 108, won her class at the St. Barths Bucket Regatta 2024 — the premier superyacht racing event in the Caribbean.
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Southern Wind 96 Delivered
The Farr-designed SW96 immediately began a successful racing campaign at premier superyacht regattas including the St. Barths Bucket.
Read more →Britton Ward Named President
Fresh leadership for the office, maintaining the design methodology and performance standards that have defined the practice since 1969.
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