90-foot CBTF Design Destined to be a Record Breaker

by CBTF-DyanYacht on 16 Oct 2003 This summer, avid San Diego yachtsman Randall Pittman will be steering his new 90-foot sloop, Genuine Risk, towards records and first to finish trophies across the globe. Equipped with CBTF Co’s innovative Canting Ballast Twin Foil (CBTF) technology, Genuine Risk will be well suited to Pittman’s goals of racing an all-around high performer.

Designed by a team headed up by Dubois Naval Architects and including America’s Cup legends Clay Oliver and Andy Claughton, Genuine Risk is nearing completion of construction at McConaghy Boats in Australia. 'We are thrilled that Randall and his team settled on CBTF technology as the optimum solution for this boat,' says CBTF Co. President, Chuck Robinson.

'I understand Randall gave his design team a clean sheet of paper to work on to develop the fastest all-around race boat in this size range.

They considered all the moveable ballast options, and after an exhaustive, nine month research project that included VPP work and several stages of tank testing, CBTF came up as the winner.

Randall expects amazing things from this boat, and so do we!'

CBTF Co. (formerly DynaYacht) developed and refined the patented CBTF technology over the past 15 years. Early CBTF projects were retrofits of existing boats.

In 1997, CBTF Co. designed the first original CBTF design, the 40-foot Red Hornet, which was skippered in races around the U.S. by America’s Cup veteran Peter Isler and paved the way for the current range of CBTF designs.

This summer, Wild Oats, the 60-foot Reichel-Pugh designed CBTF sloop, won top spot in the Admirals Cup sailed in the UK.

Today, along with providing licenses for CBTF boats, CBTF Co. focuses on working with owners, designers and builders to help optimize their use of this innovative technology.

'The interest in CBTF technology continues to grow,' says CBTF Co’s design coordinator Bill Burns. “We have been approached by designers and builders representing a wide range of projects, from cruising boats to all-out racers – CBTF is simply that versatile. This year will help to build that momentum towards CBTF with the launching of the two new MaxZ 86 sloops (Pyewacket & Morning Glory) and Genuine Risk.

In addition, the Volvo Ocean Race just released the class rules for the upcoming race, and they are ideally suited for our technology.'

For more information on CBTF technology, go to www.cbtfco.com