Sector: RACING
Design No. 323
SAYONARA
ILC Maxi Racing Yacht
Length24.13m / 79.17′
Design Year1995
BuilderCookson Boats
Description
Design 323 is a ILC Maxi Racing Yacht SAYONARA designed by Farr Yacht Design in 1995. She has an overall length of 79.17 feet and was built by Cookson Boats
Visual Assets
Technical Specifications
| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Racing Yacht |
| Rule | ILC |
| LOA | 24.13 m79.17 ft |
| Beam | 5.27 m17.29 ft |
| DWL | 20.16 m66.14 ft |
| Draft | 4.06 m13.32 ft |
| Displacement | 24,440 kg53,880 lbs |
| Ballast | 17,300 kg38,140 lbs |
| Headsail Hoist (I) | 26.35 m86.45 ft |
| Foretriangle Base (J) | 8.05 m26.41 ft |
| Main Hoist (P) | 28.52 m93.57 ft |
| Main Foot (E) | 10.53 m34.55 ft |
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Designer’s Notes
Design #323 ILC Maxi October 1995 With the Offshore Racing Council's formation of the IMS based ILC MAXI level rating class and the Transpac Yacht Club's announcement that it would use the ILC Maxi as the big boat limit for the 1995 Transpac Race, it was logical that California owner Larry Ellison and his representative David Thomson would commission the design for SAYONARA to sail in the Transpac Race, San Francisco Big Boat Series, and other ILC Maxi events. The requirements for Transpac, a reach and run type race, are quite different from typical round-the-buoys racing, and it was a real challenge to produce a single boat that could do well under both formats. To meet this challenge, SAYONARA has a hull design a little narrower than might be expected for round-the-buoys sailing and is long by ILC MAXI standards to suit the heavy air San Francisco conditions and the moderate air reaching and