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
 
Current location
Port la Forêt, Bretagne (FRA)



0040_160918_Cannes_066.webp

5.5 FRA 50 : French Open 2016
(credits : Kaspar Stubenrauch)
Added by Kaspar Stubenrauch
on 2016-10-08


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Notes (2)

5.5 FRA 50 "Joker" & her sisters
29-09-2017
by Kaspar Stubenrauch
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.
Information
19-09-2007
by Sebastien Schmidt
by Sebastien Schmidt, 19-09-2007
Wins Gold Cup 1995 by Henrik Dahlman, became FRA-50
 
 


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0040_160918_Cannes_066.webp

5.5 FRA 50 : French Open 2016
(credits : Kaspar Stubenrauch)
Added by Kaspar Stubenrauch on 2016-10-08


Ownership history (4)


Sail#
Name
Owner
FIN-40
"Dodotoo"
Henrik Dahlman (1993-1996)
SUI-200
"Joker 8"
Thomas Sprecher (1996-2002)
FRA-50
"Joker"
Jean-Pierre Chacun (2003-?)
FRA-50
"Joker"
Not disclosed (?-?)

Results History (7)


Year
Rank
Race / Location
Skipper
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Year : 1993
Rank : 2nd (3-2-1
Race : 31st World Championship /
Location : Hankö, Norway
Skipper : Henrik Dahlman
Added by : Matti Muoniovaara, 18-09-2007
 
Year : 1994
Rank : 4th (14-7-
Race : 32nd World Championship /
Location : Crouesty, France
Skipper : Henrik Dahlman
Added by : Matti Muoniovaara, 18-09-2007
 
Year : 1995
Rank : 1st
Race : 68th Scandinavian Gold Cup /
Location : Hanko, Finland
Skipper : Henrik Dahlman
Added by : Matti Muoniovaara, 18-09-2007
 
Year : 1995
Rank : 3rd (2-4-3
Race : 33rd World Championship /
Location : Hanko, Finland
Skipper : Henrik Dahlman
Added by : Matti Muoniovaara, 18-09-2007
 
Year : 2014
Rank : 1st
Race : French Open Championship /
Location : Brest
Skipper : Adrien Polaillon
Added by : Kaspar Stubenrauch, 08-06-2014
 
Year : 2001
Rank : 4th
Race : Kieler Woche 2001 /
Location : Kiel
Skipper : Thomas Sprecher
Added by : THIES-HENDRIK FÖRST, 01-02-2021
 
Year : 2023
Rank : 26 / 2. Ev
Race : Worlds /
Location : Porto Cervo
Skipper : A. Polaillon
Added by : Simon Pfändler, 03-10-2023
 

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