Boat details (n°40)
Boat details (n°40)
FIN-40
Essentials
Designer
Doug Peterson (USA)
Builder
Harry C. "Buddy" Melges, Melges Boat Works, Zenda, Wisconsin (USA)
Material
GRP
1st certificate issued
01-01-1993
Original boat name
Dodotoo
Original country
FIN
Original sail number
40
Original location
Port la Forêt, Bretagne (FRA)
5.5 FRA 50 : French Open 2016
(credits : Kaspar Stubenrauch)
Added by Kaspar Stubenrauch
on 2016-10-08
Photo Gallery (14)
Notes (2)
5.5 FRA 50 "Joker" & her sisters
29-09-2017
by Kaspar Stubenrauch, 29-09-2017
This Doug Peterson design proved to be the most successful of the 90's. Seven sisterboats were built by MELGES Boatworks, the boats shown here with their respective sailnumbers over the years:
Z-181 > NOR 61 > SWE 65
L-40 > SUI 200 > FRA 50
US-97 > AUS 82 > GER 82
NOR 57 > NED 21 > AHO 1
K-39 > GER 39 > SUI 196
Z-189 > GER 84
Z-191 > GER 81 (Cannes 2016: CAN 78)
On top of the success in the 90's, one of the boats (GER 82, Tommy Mueller) showed an excellent performance, winning the "German & Dutch Open" Championship in 2015, ahead of many younger 5.5m Modern boats.
Z-181 > NOR 61 > SWE 65
L-40 > SUI 200 > FRA 50
US-97 > AUS 82 > GER 82
NOR 57 > NED 21 > AHO 1
K-39 > GER 39 > SUI 196
Z-189 > GER 84
Z-191 > GER 81 (Cannes 2016: CAN 78)
On top of the success in the 90's, one of the boats (GER 82, Tommy Mueller) showed an excellent performance, winning the "German & Dutch Open" Championship in 2015, ahead of many younger 5.5m Modern boats.
Information
19-09-2007
by Sebastien Schmidt, 19-09-2007
Wins Gold Cup 1995 by Henrik Dahlman, became FRA-50
Document library (0)
5.5 FRA 50 : French Open 2016
(credits : Kaspar Stubenrauch)
Added by Kaspar Stubenrauch on 2016-10-08
Ownership history (4)
Sail#
Name
Location
FIN-40
"Dodotoo"
SUI-200
"Joker 8"
FRA-50
"Joker"
FRA-50
"Joker"