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World’s coolest yachts: Maxi 72 Ran II

• September 7, 2023

We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. Adrian Stead nominates Maxi 72 Ran II

The Maxi 72 Ran II was a dominant force both inshore and offshore, sailing an intense programme after its launch in 2009, including taking back-to-back wins in the Rolex Fastnet Race under IRC overall in 2009 and 2011.

“The Ran 72, we sailed it so much in so many great places – we won the Maxi Worlds, two Fastnets, RORC Caribbean 600 – loads of stuff! It was a great boat, with a great team, and great competition,” said Stead.

“I think it was owners Niklas and Catherine’s [Zennstrom’s] dream – their vision to go sailing, to sail great races with good friends. Out of all the boats I’ve sailed that’s definitely the most fun.”

The Maxi 72 Ran II was designed by Judel/Vroljik and built at Green Marine in Lymington with a laser focus on weight reduction, coming in at just 17 tonnes. However, it was also designed to be robust enough to withstand tough offshore conditions, including a breezy Rolex Sydney Hobart in 2009.

Photo: Kurt Arrigo/Rolex

Make sure you check out our full list of Coolest Yachts.

Maxi 72 Ran II stats rating:

Top speed: 25 knots LOA: 21.94m/72ft 0in Launched: 2009 Berths: 6-8 Price: Undisclosed Adrenalin factor: 80%

Adrian Stead

Adrian stead is one of Britain’s most successful sailors, with a clutch of world championship wins. He represented Britain at the 1996 Olympics in the Soling, has campaigned in the Admiral’s Cup, on Silk Cut in the Whitbread Race, and was part of GBR Challenge in the America’s Cup , plus more recently the 52 Super Series as a tactician.

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World’s coolest yachts: Maxi 72

First Published by Yachting World, September 8th 2021

We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. Mike Sanderson nominates the Maxi 72

The Maxi 72 is the biggest boat where you feel you’re doing things properly, writes Mike Sanderson.

These boats don’t have a canting keel or daggerboards but they are incredibly fast, beautiful to sail – right in the sweet spot – and potent under IRC because they are so refined.

I sail on [Hap Fauth’s]  Bella Mente   and sometimes I get to helm the boat. It’s an incredible privilege to sail one.

You have 20 people on board and the ability to get guys grinding. It’s slick and efficient and highly developed.

The Volvo boats, by comparison, make it frustratingly hard to do a good job. They are hard to showcase and make it look easy because they are so short-staffed.

It’s the opposite in a Maxi 72; you have enough people to do anything you want.

Make sure you check out our full list of Coolest Yachts.

Maxi 72 stats rating:

Top speed:  20 knots LOA:  21.9m Class launched:  2014 Berths:  6/7 Price:  €2.5-3m Adrenalin factor:  70%

ABOUT MIKE SANDERSON //

New Zealander Mike Sanderson, 47, first raced round the world in the 1993/4 Whitbread in New Zealand Endeavour. He won the  Volvo Ocean Race  as skipper of  ABN AMRO 1  in 2006, and directed Team Origin, the British challenger for the  America’s Cup  from 2007-2010. A professional sailmaker, he now heads Doyle International.

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Published on September 7th, 2023 | by Editor

Maxi 72 Ran II: World’s coolest yachts

Published on September 7th, 2023 by Editor -->

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and Adrian Stead nominated Maxi 72 Ran II. Here’s the report :

The Maxi 72 Ran II was a dominant force both inshore and offshore, sailing an intense program after its launch in 2009, including taking back-to-back wins in the Rolex Fastnet Race under IRC overall in 2009 and 2011.

“The Ran 72, we sailed it so much in so many great places – we won the Maxi Worlds, two Fastnets, RORC Caribbean 600 – loads of stuff! It was a great boat, with a great team, and great competition,” said Stead.

“I think it was owners Niklas and Catherine’s [Zennstrom’s] dream – their vision to go sailing, to sail great races with good friends. Out of all the boats I’ve sailed, that’s definitely the most fun.”

The Maxi 72 Ran II was designed by Judel/Vroljik and built at Green Marine in Lymington with a laser focus on weight reduction, coming in at just 17 tons. However, it was also designed to be robust enough to withstand tough offshore conditions, including a breezy Rolex Sydney Hobart in 2009.

Maxi 72 Ran II stats rating: Top speed: 25 knots LOA: 21.94m/72ft 0in Launched: 2009 Berths: 6-8 Price: Undisclosed Adrenalin factor: 80%

For Yachting World’s list of cool boats, click here .

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Bella Mente Racing to Launch New Maxi 72 Yacht this Summer in Newport, RI

Hap Fauth and his team on Bella Mente Racing made their first big splash onto the grand prix racing scene back in 2006, and this year the three-time Maxi 72 World Champions are preparing to make more waves with the launch of a new state-of-the-art Maxi 72 yacht. Designed by Botin Partners and built by New England Boatworks, the yacht is the fourth under the  Bella Mente  namesake and is set to be unveiled this July in Newport, R.I., just in time to be shipped to Porto Cervo, Sardinia for the 2018 Rolex Maxi 72 Worlds in September.

“I’m excited to dive into the development and build of a new yacht again and go through the process of figuring out how to optimize boat speed and get back into competition mode,” said Fauth, adding humorously that his team’s nickname among competitors is “Experimente” due to the in-depth testing and analyzing they perform on the boat each season. “When you’re sailing at this level, even the smallest details can be game changers. As we move forward with this new build, no stone can be left unturned.”

For New England Boatworks, this will be the third  Bella Mente  that it has built for Fauth. Located in Portsmouth, R.I, the premier boatyard is responsible for some of the world’s most high-performance yachts. The new  Bella Mente  build began this past November, and the boatyard team, as well as a team of Bella Mente Racing boatbuilders, are working in overdrive to ensure the yacht launches this summer. 

“The Maxi 72 represents the epitome of the sport of sailing, so it is very exciting to be leading the charge on a project of this caliber,” said New England Boatworks Partner Tom Rich, adding that the class has gained more and more traction over the years, resulting in the International Maxi Association tightening up the rules in 2017. The class now strictly abides by the owner/driver rule, and all the yachts must fit the 72-foot length requirement. There is also a rating cap that narrows the performance differences between each yacht.

“Although there are very specific guidelines that we as builders and the designers must abide by, there is also quite a bit of room for innovation. Even the most subtle change can make a big difference.”

In addition to working together, Rich and Fauth have been friends for decades. “We have mutual respect for one another, and I certainly enjoy his company. He’s a very good sailor with a great gut instinct, and he’s very interested in getting knowledge out of people. He enjoys all the small and steady steps taken to improve the boat and its performance. “

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When it comes to the team, the majority of Bella Mente Racing’s crew will stay the same as the previous year. Fauth will be joined in the afterguard by Volvo Ocean Race champion Mike Sanderson, two-time Olympian Adrian Stead and Tactician Terry Hutchinson, a two-time Rolex Yachtsman of the Year.

“It’s great to be on our way to getting the boat launched and racing to see what we can learn, but it will be a development process for sure,” said Hutchinson, adding that there are six Maxi 72s currently on the competitive race circuit, two of which are newer builds and didn’t hit their stride on the racecourse until either their third or fourth season. “Newer design and newer construction doesn’t guarantee a better result, but it does buy us time to begin the process of developing and optimizing the boat for the future. Our first challenge this year will be to quantify where we left off in 2017 with sail development, and our second challenge is to understand the dynamic of the rig and how the sail program interacts with it. From there, we need to learn the new boat’s mode versus the rest of the Maxi 72 fleet, which is the most critical component. With that said, we certainly have an exciting year on the horizon.”

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Maxi 72 Cannonball

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• Reference ID 484
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• L.O.A. (mtr) 25.00
• Beam (mtr) 5.70
• Draft (mtr) 5.4
• Displacement (Kg) 1600
• Engine Yanmar Engine 4JH4-HTE

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