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The amount of design talent out there is amazing. You know the big names, but we're also all about the ones you may not know much about. Kiwi Kevin Dibley may be one of those. Here is his latest, a 26' sportboat that looks to have the right stuff. Called the Dibley 8000, it was built by Shayne Young for Frank & Wendy Brace of Cairns, Australia. The brief was for an easily sailed sports trailer yacht that would excel in 10-15 knots and be highly competitive against the other sport yacht designs out there. Loosely basing the design on an earlier Dibley success ‘Supergroove’ which was five-times New Zealand Trailer Yacht Champion, the Dibley 8000 takes the design further with emphasis put on performance and ease of sailing. We hear it hauls ass in under 15, and it just won a pretty big regatta, the PHS trophy in the small boat division of Hoggs Breath Race Week held from the 9th to the 15th of August in Queensland, Australia. Enjoy the pics and by all means visit Kevin's site. Dibley 8000 ‘Out of the Blue’ SPECIFICATIONS: DIBLEY
MARINE ARCHITECTS LTD.
September,
2002
Name
of boat: Dibley 8000 - "Out of the Blue" Sailing in their first International Regatta, Frank Brace and crew walked away with the PHS trophy in the small boat division of Hoggs Breath Race Week held from the 9th to the 15th of August in Queensland, Australia . This event has become one of the most contested regattas in Australasia. Scoring a 19th, 10th, 1st, 1st, 1st, on handicap in conditions that didn't suit her, Out of the Blue proved untouchable in the 20-25 knot conditions. Capping the handicap wins were line honor wins in the last two races. Says Brace, "One race was 38nm around the islands in 20-25kts wind but included a very long run. We screamed down the run overtaking all the big boats of divisions ahead. The speed log came out of the water at 18kts so we were going faster than that! Talk about on the edge and totally under control with not one wipe out!". The Dibley 8000 "Out of the Blue" was designed by Kevin Dibley and built by Shayne Young for Frank & Wendy Brace of Cairns, Australia. The brief was for an easily sailed sports trailer yacht that would excel in 10-15 knots and be highly competitive against the other sport yacht designs out there. Loosely basing the design on an earlier Dibley success 'Supergroove' which was five-times New Zealand Trailer Yacht Champion, the Dibley 8000 takes the design further with emphasis put on performance and ease of sailing. To date, she has been unstoppable in conditions under 15 knots and her success last week proved she was unstoppable in the heavier conditions as well.
Dibley,
who has been producing winning racing and high performance cruising designs
for a number of years, has also been the design support for winning America's
Cup designer Laurie Davidson on his non-America's Cup projects. Designs
include the Volvo 60 'djuice Dragons'; the Davidson 58's 'Another Duchess'
and 'Shockwave' and the Transpac 52's 'Pendragon' and 'Alta Vita' which
was the winner of the 2002 Transpac Race in the TP52 division. Says Dibley,
"We have learnt a great deal working from Davidson on his various
projects and have taken that knowledge and put it into our own designs,
raising the performance levels accordingly". Kevin
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