BRYD announce carbon racer
23 Jun 2017
Starboard view of BRYD’S BR31
Ben Rogerson Yacht Design (BRYD) has announced plans for its new carbon racing sports boat, aimed at HP30 Class and IRC/ORC sailors.
Designed for a maximum crew of seven, the BR31 is designed for sailors seeking performance racing at a lower cost than running a 40-footer, yet offering similar features and feel.
“I wanted to make this level of sailing more accessible and move things forward from the typical plastic racer,” explained Ben Rogerson, BRYD founder. “We have developed a viable new design for the HP30 class which promises to be a race winner.”
The boats will be British-built and incorporate a fabricated fin as standard. Options for owners include an adjustable forestay, standard or high modulus mast, string take down systems and deflectors.
Mr Rogerson invested in and developed BRYD’s own in-house hull design, velocity prediction and optimisation software with technology partners Formflow to integrate Fine Marine’s Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes based computational fluid dynamics simulation software.