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The Infiniti 52 Hull No 1 Departs USA

Company News, Featured Article, Published ArticleSeptember 15, 2021152Views 0Likes 0Comments

HOLLAND, MI USA - The first Infiniti 52 left Composite Builders yesterday to be fully fitted out in Gosport, United Kingdom. The foil-driven sailing yacht is the first of a series of Infiniti 52’s and will be campaigned by Tulikettu Racing from Finland. The boat is scheduled to arrive in the Solent in early October to be completed.…

Overseas yacht builder connects with Holland manufacturer to produce unique boats

Company News, Published ArticleSeptember 12, 2021106Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Jayson Bussa When Gordon Kay sought a manufacturer to build a new model of performance sailing yachts, he initially didn’t even consider the U.S. as a destination for production. He certainly never considered Michigan. “If you told me two years ago that we would be making composite boats in Michigan, I would have laughed…

Foiling and Beyond: Foil-driven sailing yacht specialist, Infiniti Yachts has revealed the first Infiniti 52.

Company News, Published ArticleAugust 26, 2021135Views 0Likes 0Comments

Photography by Quin Bisset Under construction at Composite Builders in the US, the first Infiniti 52 will be campaigned by Tulikettu Racing from Finland. The first Infiniti 52 will be shipped to the UK to undergo sea trials and the team wanted to ensure everything was perfect prior to departure. The decision was taken to rig her…

THE INFINITI 52, THE BIG REVEAL

Company News, Featured Article, Published ArticleAugust 24, 202196Views 0Likes 0Comments

HOLLAND, MI USA - Infiniti Yachts revealed the first Infiniti 52 at Composite Builders yesterday. The boat has been commissioned in Holland, MI, and campaigned by Tulikettu Racing from Finland. The first Infiniti 52 will be shipped to the UK to undergo sea trials and the team wanted to ensure everything was perfect prior to departure. …

Composite construction and tulip fields

Published ArticleAugust 24, 202194Views 0Likes 0Comments

When it comes to hubs of high tech sailboat construction in the USA, not many would identify a small Michigan city along the shore of Lake Macatawa as the place to be, but just around the corner from Tulip City Brewstillery in Holland is Composite Builders. Primarily known for the Tulip Time Festival, which has been…

C-Tech pushes limits with new 35ft foiling European lake racer in multinational project

Published ArticleAugust 20, 2021108Views 0Likes 0Comments

by Ivor Wilkins 19 Aug 21:47 PDT - Swiss engineer Thomas Jundt decided to go all old-school and squeeze in a hull between the rig and foils... A no-compromise foiling 35ft yacht intended for European lake racing has driven a multinational group of sailors, designers and builders to the extreme edges of technology in a…

Make Your Own Rules

Featured ArticleJuly 15, 2021111Views 0Likes 0Comments

The philosophy and delivery of the DSS Infiniti 52 was always going to ask a lot of the builders and engineers involved in this dramatic new build. And some of the solutions which they identified are genuinely fascinating When setting out with the Infiniti 52 to redefine a marketplace that has been dominated for so…

Screaming Performer… and 100% Reality

Company News, Published ArticleMay 10, 2021114Views 0Likes 0Comments

In today’s world of foiling mania Hugh Welbourn’s latest DSS Infiniti 52 is expected to be out and winning big IRC and ORC races long before some of its more fanciful rivals have (somehow) obtained a first rating Land the plane, sink the putt or simply shoot to score – eventually the design process ends,…

Tech Brief: Screaming performer… and 100 per cent reality

Company News, Published ArticleMay 7, 202191Views 0Likes 0Comments

Tech Brief - 7th May 2021 BROUGHT TO YOU IN COLLABORATION WITH INFINITI YACHTS In today’s world of foiling mania Hugh Welbourn’s latest DSS Infiniti 52 is expected to be out and winning big IRC and ORC races long before some of its more fanciful rivals have (somehow) obtained a first rating. Land the plane,…

Operation Fire Fox

Company News, Published ArticleMay 5, 2021110Views 0Likes 0Comments

Translated from Finnish Espoo-based lawyer Arto Linnervuo founded his own yacht club and now his goal is to make Finnish sailing history with a sailing boat climbing on the wave, which draws its name from the mythical fox of eastern and northern Finland. Ari Pusa HS2:00 | Updated 4:59 PM FINNS have traditionally been a seafaring people. The most…