Boat details (n°281)
Boat details (n°281)
BAH-14
Essentials
Designer
Iain Murray (AUS)
Builder
Andrew Hudson, Hudson Boat Building, Sydney (AUS)
Material
Glass fiber and polyester
1st certificate issued
22-12-1990
Original boat name
John B VIII
Original country
BAH
Original sail number
14
Current location
Montreux/Clarens, Lake of Geneva (SUI)
former 5.5 BAH 14 - with a unique inflatable sail : Recently tested on Lake of Geneva
(credits : Segelreporter)
Added by Kaspar Stubenrauch
on 2017-07-13
Photo Gallery (8)
Notes (5)
BAH-014
18-10-2017
by Alain Marchand, 18-10-2017
New owner from more than ten years (tbc soon) is Mr Peter Taylor how I sailed with. Boat name: Ballerina. Location: Montreux/Clarens SUI
Sail innovation - aboard former 5.5 BAH 14
13-07-2017
by Kaspar Stubenrauch, 13-07-2017
In a construction class discussions about new types of sails are an ongoing factor. While Gennakers or Square-top Mains might be talk of town, here comes a real constructive innovation, so far unheard of: Laurent de Kalbermatten, who in 1985 invented the first gliding choote, has been at the head of this new sail, together with professional sailor Edouard Kessi. The resulting easy-to-use wing-sail, comprises a telescopic mast and two air-pressure units, pumping up the sail. And - it works! More details in the enclosed link.
Information kindly provided by Carsten Kemmling, of nautical magazine SEGELREPORTER.
Information kindly provided by Carsten Kemmling, of nautical magazine SEGELREPORTER.
Double personality or double life ?
22-09-2011
by Site Administrator, 22-09-2011
NED-015 and -017 where modified in 1990 (following Robert Smolders' source, but following Kaspar Stubenrauch' ones, it would more realistically 1992-1993 ???).
The decks, mast and keels where send to Franklin Eldrige in UK, somewhere around Manchester..
The two original hulls (from Iain Murray & Hudson, AUS.) have been sold to Peter Taylor in Zürich (SUI). Peter transformed them by himself to a new boat using one of the two hulls and fitted her with a cabin, a carbon fiber aerorig (Peter was working at Sauber Formula 1 Team in Hinwil near Zürich), plus during winter 2003-2004 a deeper keel with bulb draft extended to 1.80 m (see pictures attached).
The keel of the picture is not the original one, neither the latest, may be from Josi Steinmayer ?
Anyway, this is obviously no more an official 5.5 within the rating rules. So she will not have a dedicated number in this database. She's sailing in Switzerland with the name "Ballerina" and the sail number "GBR X1" (source: ranking of the Bol d'Or 2006 where Peter finished at the 168th place after more than 26 hours of race... (http://www.boldormirabaud.com/fr-ch/file.cfm/2006.pdf?contentID=325).
During that time, NED 15 and 17 received a new designed hull (by Ian Howlett, we guess ?), wider in the back and a new bulbkeel for NED-017.
The old deck was used.
Long rudder placed
NED-017 had a new, stiffer mast !
NED-015 kept same mast.
With new sails and well handeled they can be fast starting at Bfrt 3 - 4 and up! Then the formula starts to work. A great stable ship with Bfrt 6. Moreover under spinaker.
Sources compiled from: Robert Smolders (14.09.2011), Frits Kruijt (15.09.2011), Peter Taylor (19.09.2011) and Kaspar Stubenrauch (20.06.2011).
The decks, mast and keels where send to Franklin Eldrige in UK, somewhere around Manchester..
The two original hulls (from Iain Murray & Hudson, AUS.) have been sold to Peter Taylor in Zürich (SUI). Peter transformed them by himself to a new boat using one of the two hulls and fitted her with a cabin, a carbon fiber aerorig (Peter was working at Sauber Formula 1 Team in Hinwil near Zürich), plus during winter 2003-2004 a deeper keel with bulb draft extended to 1.80 m (see pictures attached).
The keel of the picture is not the original one, neither the latest, may be from Josi Steinmayer ?
Anyway, this is obviously no more an official 5.5 within the rating rules. So she will not have a dedicated number in this database. She's sailing in Switzerland with the name "Ballerina" and the sail number "GBR X1" (source: ranking of the Bol d'Or 2006 where Peter finished at the 168th place after more than 26 hours of race... (http://www.boldormirabaud.com/fr-ch/file.cfm/2006.pdf?contentID=325).
During that time, NED 15 and 17 received a new designed hull (by Ian Howlett, we guess ?), wider in the back and a new bulbkeel for NED-017.
The old deck was used.
Long rudder placed
NED-017 had a new, stiffer mast !
NED-015 kept same mast.
With new sails and well handeled they can be fast starting at Bfrt 3 - 4 and up! Then the formula starts to work. A great stable ship with Bfrt 6. Moreover under spinaker.
Sources compiled from: Robert Smolders (14.09.2011), Frits Kruijt (15.09.2011), Peter Taylor (19.09.2011) and Kaspar Stubenrauch (20.06.2011).
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former 5.5 BAH 14 - with a unique inflatable sail : Recently tested on Lake of Geneva
(credits : Segelreporter)
Added by Kaspar Stubenrauch on 2017-07-13
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Name
Owner
BAH-14
"John B VIII"
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Links Library (3)
13-07-2017
(Having been a test-unit for new sail inventions, here is another one)
Kaspar Stubenrauch, 13-07-2017
18-10-2017
(The IWS concept)
Kaspar Stubenrauch, 18-10-2017
24-10-2018
(Featuring the unique abilities of this innovation - aboard former 5.5 BAH 14)
Kaspar Stubenrauch, 24-10-2018