GER-024

Essentials

Table of details and specifications of GER-024
	Designer	Ian Murray (AUS)
	Builders	Andrew Hudson, Hudson Boat Building, Sydney (AUS)
	Material	Glass fiber and polyester
	1st certificate issued	1990-12-22
	Original boat name	Lovana II
	Original country	GER
	Original sail number	024
	Current location	Pully, Lake of Geneva (SUI)

5.5 G-24 - boat data - 10.11.2017 by Kaspar Stubenrauch: Boat data from the MC, dd. 27th April 1993:
LoA 9,425m, Width 1,91m, Weight 1902kg.
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 ?