Foundation 36

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17.11.2009 - 12:46:16 (GMT)

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Event: Monsoon Cup
Designer: Brett Bakewell-White
Boat: Foundation 36

Torvar Mirsky chases Peter Gilmour during the quarter Finals at the Monsoon Cup 2009. Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. 5 December 2009. (Photo credit: © Brendon O'Hagan/Subzero Images)

The concept for the Foundation 36 yacht was developed by the Western Australian Yachting Foundation in conjunction with the boat builder Peter Milner and the designer Brett Bakewell-White. The WAYF specifically wanted a yacht for day sailing and match racing, with a racing crew of 5 or comfortably sail with 12 people for corporate sailing functions.

The yachts are built in glass reinforced polyester with foam core and plywood bulkheads to American Bureau of Shipping and USL codes determined by the Western Australian Department of Planning and Infrastructure specifications.

The lead keel is encased in fiberglass and slotted into a recess in the hull to ensure the alignment is identical across the fleet. This makes the yachts perfect match racing as they are all identical.

Team Origin ahead of Damien Lehi in the quarter Finals at the Monsoon Cup 2009. Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. 5 December 2009. (Photo credit: © Brendon O'Hagan/Subzero Images

Great detail has gone into the stem and sheer design to ensure that the yachts have extremely strong edges to minimize “down time” during events due to collisions. The deck layout has a large self-draining cockpit, with cabin top mounted aluminum self-tailing secondary winches and deck-mounted primary winches.

A centrally mounted padeye for the mainsheet increases the ease of sailing and maintenance. Control lines for the backstay, and mainsheet fine tune are lead under the deck to a central, raised mainsheet control station.

Specifications
LOA — 35.63’ (10.86m)
Beam — 11.42’ (3.48m)
Draft — 6.23’ (1.9m)
Displacement — 8,487 lbs (3,850 kg)

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FEATURED LOCATION 2/9

Gyeonggi, South Korea

Racing will be held in Jeongok and Jebu which are part of the Gyeonggi Province. The West Coast of the Gyeonggi Province offers a coastline that stretches over 350 kilometres and tidal flat areas that encompass more than 150 square kilometres, the West Coast is an ecological treasure trove. It provides an ideal foundation for the marine recreation and tourism industry that is developing rapidly in Korea.

The Korea Match Cup is being held in conjunction with the Korea International Boat Show. Through these events, the province aims to foster the growth of the maritime leisure industry within the Republic of Korea, Northeast Asia and throughout the world.