Sector: RACING
Design No. 97
FARRNETICANTE
44.2 Libera Class
Length13.45m / 44′
Design Year1980
BuilderCentomiglia - Lake Garda
Description
Design 97, 13.45 Meter Racing Machine, is a racing yacht designed by Bruce Farr Yacht Designer, Auckland NZ, in 1980. She has an overall length of 13.4 meters. Built by Centomiglia - Lake Garda.
Visual Assets
Technical Specifications
| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Racing Yacht |
| LOA | 13.45 m44 ft |
| Beam | 3.74 m |
| DWL | 11.5 m37.73 ft |
| Draft | 2.15 m |
| Displacement | 1,875 kg4,125 lbs |
| Ballast | 640 kg1,411 lbs |
Design Plans
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16 original drawings in this plan set
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Designer’s Notes
This design was drawn for racing on Lake Garda in Northern Italy with particular considerations of attempting to win the Centomiglia (100 mile) Race held each year during September on Lake Garda. The general concept was to produce as fast a yacht as possible within a restricted budget, but one that had a reasonable degree of self righting ability so that the boat could be considered reasonably safe for this overnight race in the hands of experienced people. The hull form features a long narrow straight hull with rounded low wetted surface area sections but full enough to plane readily, with substantially flared top sides to shift the six crew members as far to windward as possible. The rig is a tall 3/4 style in which the concept began as a short footed headsail, fully controllable mast arrangement, which was then modified to allow for larger genoa, masthead spinnakers and masthead genoas for light airs. Two boats built to this design finished 1st and 2nd of a fleet of 250 boats in the 1981 Centomiglia Race.