Essentials
Designer | Iain Murray (AUS) | |
Builders | Andrew Hudson, Hudson Boat Building, Sydney (AUS) | |
Material | GRP | |
1st certificate issued | 1990-12-22 | |
Original boat name | Sic Em Rex | |
Original country | AUS | |
Original sail number | 054 | |
Current location | Roelofarendsveen, Braassemermeer (NED) |
Notes
- 5.5 NED 11, 15 & 17 - history - 24.07.2017 by Kaspar Stubenrauch
- As far as research has brought up, NED 15 & NED 17 are different designs, by Ian Howlett. Only their decks had been taken from the former sisterboats (K-38 & BA 14) of NED 11.
- Three sisterships in the Netherlands - 29.06.2008 by Site Administrator
- NED-011 "Woelgeest", NED-015 "Mis stress" and NED-017 "Leeloo"
Source : notes received from Frits Kruyt, Nov.2007. - 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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Ownership history
Sail# | Boat name | Owner name | |
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AUS-054 | "Sic Em Rex" | Colin Ryan (1991-?) | |
NED-011 | "Woelgeest" | Piet van Opzeeland (1994-?) |
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