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Monohull Phuket Sport 8 - Boat building at Latitude 8 shipyard

A fast and efficient Sports Boat that can be raced with only four crew.

- Fold up wings allow the boat to be trailed without permit, and transported in a normal shipping container.
-Retractable keel and rudder for easy hard stand storage, trailing and shoal draft cruising.
-Simple rig with no running backstays.
-Large cockpit and lots of deck space.
-Carbon fibre Mast, Boom, Bow pole, Keel fin and Rudder.
- Bow pole fully retracts and articulates 25 degrees Port or Starboard.
-The wings are water-tight and provide boat and crew with flotation in the event of major hull damage.

Specifications
LOA Beam max Beam wings folded	7.8m - 25.2 ft 37.37m- 11.1 ft 2.35m - 7.7 ft
Displacement
no sails/equipment Fin and lead bulb Cruising Immersion at DWL	850kg - 1870 lbs 300kg - 660 lbs 4474 kg - 9842 lbs 153 kg /cm - 843 lbs/in
Note : The displacement given for empty is for the boat with all sails, anchors and safety equipment but with no personal effects and with all tanks empty. This gives a cruising payload of 1532 kg(3370 lbs)
Draft
Draft min. Draft max. Bow pole	0.4m - 1.3 ft 2.4m - 8.0 ft 2.9m - 9.5 ft
Working Sail Area
Mainsail area No 1 jib Spinnaker	25.6 sqm - 276 sqft 16.0 sqm - 172 sqft 94.0 sq m - 1010 sqft
Twin swept back spreaders

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