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First Enigma 34 Signature hits the water running

by John Sharp on 28 Jun 2008
Enigma Signature 34 John Sharp
Enigma’s brand new Signature 34 achieved a top-ten finish at the 2008 Bol D’Or despite touching the water for the first time only hours before the starting cannon.

Before the start, the stunningly sleek, box-fresh ‘Enigma 34 Signature’ turned heads with admiring glances from spectators at the Geneva Yacht Club, and then she showed her class amongst a fleet of 600 boats at this year’s 70th Bol D’Or Mirabaud yacht race on Lake Geneva.

The new boat is a striking development for Tuzla-based Enigma Yachts, offering the latest composite construction and race technology in a high-performance and stylish luxury day-sailer package and all for a competitive price.

Developed and built in-house, the new Signature package incorporates a full complement of luxury options into the successful Mark Mills ‘Enigma 34 Race’ model. The new design aims to satisfy the exacting requirements of a fast-growing group of day-sailors looking for that elusive combination of race-bred performance, easy handling and stylish and comfortable fit-out. Like all of Enigma Yachts’ craft, the Signature model will be distributed exclusively by Yabo-Sailing of Switzerland and its partner.

The first Enigma 34 Signature (hull number 001) has a metallic-black hull, a full teak cockpit, deck, seats and other teak applications, a Nordic clear-coated carbon rig, teak interior, stereo with i-Pod dock, clear coated carbon cockpit-box and tiller and other features such as a lifting keel, a full Nexus race instrument package and sun-bathing cushions to relax in style.
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North Sails and Enigma have designed a brand new sail plan with North 3DL square head main, 2 3DL jibs, 2 gennakers and a 3DL Code 0 supported by a longer boom and a newly-designed Nordic carbon rig.

'We are thrilled with the new Signature model,' says Michael Bornhäusser, CEO of Yabo-Sailing and Enigma Yachts shareholder. 'The performance is incredible and we were leading the race for more than 12 hours. She’s a magnificent yacht, one of the first beautiful and really fast boats in this size range.'

The Enigma 34 One Design is a high-tech series of yachts produced with vacuum injection methods and offered as ‘Enigma 34 Race’ and ‘Enigma 34 Signature’ editions. These two packages offer a perfect high-performance yacht for discerning buyers all over the world, whether they are racing skippers or luxury day-sailors.

Currently, Enigma Yachts are sold in Australia, UK, Denmark, Middle East, Austria and Switzerland. Other markets including Germany, France and Spain will be coming soon.

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Enigma 34 Race/Enigma 34 Signature –Technical Specification
Length: 10.36m
Beam: 2.30m
Draft: 2.20m, (1.60m with lifting-keel option)
Displacement: 2,300kg, (1,100kg of which is in the keel)
P: 12.3m
E: 4.50m
I: 11.67m
J: 3.52m
ISP: 13.46m
STL: 6.13m
Price: from Euro 92,000 excluding VAT.

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Yabo-Sailing is the exclusive worldwide distribution partner for Enigma Yachts. The company serves dealers and clients around the world out of Basle, Switzerland. Yabo-Sailing takes care of sales, customer relations, marketing and promotion for Enigma Yachts.

Enigma Yachts is the producer of Enigma Yachts in Tuzla, Turkey. They work with leading designers and suppliers to create a best-of-breed package for each individual Enigma Yachts customer. Enigma Yachts is a specialist in bespoke yacht production using the latest vacuum injection, epoxy, vinyl-ester and carbon hull production technologies.
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