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Mills Design-Platinum Yachts – MAT 1010’s take top spots

by Jamie MacPhail on 9 Nov 2011
MAT 1010 Mills Design
23rd Marmaris International Race Week was recently held in Turkey where three MAT 1010's, the latest production IRC Racer/Cruiser from Mills Design built by MAT, scored a 1, 2, 3 in the largest class at Turkey's largest event.

Matrix sailed by Orhan Gorbon topped the 19 boat class, followed by Matador and Matrak. His description after the event was 'the boat is very very fast and so lively'. In a hotly contested event predominantly sailed in light to medium breeze in the beautiful Bay of Marmaris the MAT 1010's regularly finished among or ahead of their larger competitors on the water.


Mandrake 2 takes China Coast Race Week
Nick Burns and Fred Kinmonth's IRC 40 Mandrake 2 triumphed in IRC 1 of Hong Kong's most important event, the 2011 China Coast Race Week which combines the results of the inshore China Coast Regatta with the Hong Kong to Vietnam Offshore Race. She dominated the inshore series with five bullets ahead of the the Summit 40 Blondie, and combined those with a close second in the offshore to take the overall title. Three different Mills Design 40 footers have now won their class at the China Coast Regatta for the past four years running, a remakable feat at one of Asia's premium inshore events.

Tokoloshe Tokoloshe, the Summit 40 of Mike Bartholomew triumphed against the best of the Solent Big Boat Fleet at the Garmin Hamble Winter Series. In a 17 boat IRC 0 class encompassing 35-52' Tokoloshe took five firsts over 11 races, ending with almost a third of the points of the second placed finisher.

White Witch Larry Landry's Summit 40 won her class in both PHRF and IRC of the Greenport Ocean Race as well as the overall prize, the Old Cove Perpetual IRC Trophy. Raced from Greenport to Montauk and back, the course was mostly 15-25kn jib and shy spinnaker reaching.


Custom 45
Mills Design is excited to be developing plans for a limited-series build of our latest 45' raceboat design. The product of lengthy CFD research and built of carbon in female molds by a leading raceboat builder, this light and exciting design offers a Grand Prix raceboat at a significant cost savings, achieved by sharing the start-up costs. The final configuration of the design (flush deck, wheels, etc) can be adapted for each clients needs, for more details please contact us directly.

If you are considering a new or existing performance sailboat please contact Platinum Yachts to discuss the Mills Design Platinum Yachts website

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