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GBR-038a and GBR-038b - 29.06.2008 by Site Administrator

GBR-038b is Salamander V designed by Iain Howlett, built in 1996, famous for its reversed bow, and which became NED-025 (see http://5.5inventory.org/NED/025/).
As soon as we'll have implemented the database with the possibility to have extension -a -b, etc for the double numbers, we'll clarify this.

Notes received from Frits Kruyt, Nov.2007. - 29.06.2008 by Site Administrator

Sail number K-38 (GBR-38) was used on different boats owned by Jonathan Janson.
Placed 10th in Worlds 1995, Hankö
Sistership of NED-011 "Woelgeest" and NED-017 "Leeloo"

First notes and elements (to be refined...) - 07.02.2008 by Sebastien Schmidt

This boat is one of the six (?) sister-ships built in a row in Australia off the same mould, I guess between about 1991 to 1992 (?) : AUS-052 "Arunga X" to Franck Tolhurst, AUS-054 "Sic Em Rex" to Colin Ryan, BAH-014 "John B VIII" to Robert Symonette, FIN-037 "Carmen" to Vladimir Marschan, GBR-038 "Salamander IV" to Jonathan Janson and GER-024 "Lovana II" to Hans-Juergen Queisser.
I remember Colin Ryan presenting the project in 1991 at Le Crouesty (FRA) european's. None of the boats were present there yet, but at the worlds 1992 in Nassau, Bahamas, all were participating except FIN-037 "Carmen".
In August 1992, we have been consulted to analyse the design and to propose eventual rooms for performances improvement. Pointed-out troubles were essentially located in the bulbed keel - too much pitching and lower aspect ratio of the fin - and in the excess of flare (very wide beam at deck) which induced shorter and deformed waterlines at heel. Sorry Iain, Bobby asked us to provide a frank and free eye, and this was only our opinion at this time. Other ones to be expressed ?

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