Canadian Yachting — February 2018

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n or t h s ail s. c o m

T or o nt o I nt er n ati o n al B o at S h o w

J a n u ar y 1 2- 21 B o ot h 1 6 2 3

L of t: 41 6. 2 5 9. 9 6 4 4

V a n c o u v er I nt er n ati o n al B o at S h o w

J a n u ar y 1 7- 21 B o ot h 4 0 6

L of t: 6 0 4. 2 71. 2111

N O W A V AI L A B L E

E V O L U TI O N T O

R E V O L U TI O N

3 Di N O R D A C™ i s N ort h S ail s r e v ol uti o n ar y

s ail t e c h n ol o g y, f or s m all t o m e di u m si z e d

cr ui si n g b o at s, w hi c h tr a n sf or m s p ol y e st er

fi b er i nt o s e a ml e s s, o n e- pi e c e s ail s t h at ar e

u ni q u el y str o n g, b e a utif ul, a n d l o n g-l a sti n g.

T h is 4 0 -fo o t o ffsh o re sp e e d ste r fu lfills
th e g ro w in g n e e d to sim p lify life b y
re p la c in g h a lf th e c re w w ith a n e w w a te r
b a lla st– a ssist sy ste m ; re q u irin g le ss a th -
le tic a b ilitie s a n d re d u c in g th e fo c u s o n
sp e c ia liza tio n. It c a n b e ra c e d w ith ju st

fiv e c re w o r le ss in c h a rity p u rsu it ra c e s

a n d d a y d ista n c e e v e n ts. T h e w a te r b a l-

la st sy ste m e a sily fills 4 0 0 k ilo g ra m s

(th a t’s 4 b ig g u y s) o f w a te r in 5 m in u te s

a n d d ra in s in o n e m in u te b y g ra v ity fill

fro m o n e sid e to th e o th e r – a ll d o n e fro m

o n -d e c k c o n tro ls.

A n o th e r g re a t fe a tu re is th a t e a c h

h e a d sa il (jib a n d c o d e 0 ) is d e d ic a te d to

its o w n fu rle r, w h ic h e q u a ls m o re c o m -

p a c t sa il sto w a g e b e lo w a n d le ss h a n d s o n

AN N A P O L IS | S N E A K P R E V IE W

T h e J 1 2 1

• th is im p r e s s iv e d e s ig n h its
  n e w ta r g e ts - n o m in e e fo r
  S a ilin g W o r ld ’s 2 0 18 B o a t o f
  th e y e a r.

th e fo re d e c k.

T h e d e c k la y o u t w a s in sp ire d b y V o lv o

O c e a n R a c e d e sig n s w ith a d e c k m o u n t-

e d m a st a n d a flo a tin g g o o se n e c k. B u t it

is a tru e w e e k e n d e r w ith c o m p e llin g p e r-

fo rm a n c e , n o t ju st a ra c e r.

D e a le r s in C a n a d a : P a t S tu r g e o n y a c h ts

in M is s is s a u g a , O N ; S u n n y b r o o k y a c h t

B r o k e r s in C h e s te r , N S ; F r a s e r y a c h t

S a le s in V a n c o u v e r , B C

J 12 1 h a s s le e k , g o -fa s t s ty lin g fo r

r a c in g o r w e e k e n d c r u is in g.

J 12 1 h a s a m p le r o o m in th e c o c k p it a n d
fo o t b r a c e s fo r th e h e lm s ta tio n.