Particulars

Beam: 5.2 m
LOA: 18.28 m
LWL: 18.28 m
Draft: 4.5 m
Displacement: 8.5 tonnes
Mast Height: 25 m
Upwind S.A.: 270 m²
Downwind S.A.: 490 m²

Oz

Previously known as: Team Group 4, Ecover 1, Hellomoto, Aviva 1

Year Built: 1998
Designer: Finot
Builder: JMV

Other Information

Construction: Nomex and carbon sandwich
Daggerboard: Twin asymmetric daggerboards running in nylon bearings
Steering: Twin tillers
Rudders: Twin
Bowsprit: Unknown length
Keel: Canting, 45°, bulb weight 4 tonnes
Water Ballast: Trim tanks?
Mast: Rotating wing mast with deck spreaders
Sails: unknown

Race Results

Race Edition Position Boat Skipper Time

Vendée Globe 2004-2005 7 Hellomoto Conrad Humphreys 104 days, 14 hours, 32 minutes and 24 seconds

Vendée Globe 2000-2001 7 Team Group 4 Mike Golding 110 days, 16 hours, 22 minutes

Route du Rhum 2002 2 Ecover Mike Golding 13 days, 22 hours, 49 minutes and 35 seconds

Velux 5 Oceans 1998 DNF Group 4 Securitas Mike Golding Retired Leg 2

Transat Jacques Vabre 1999 3 Team Group 4 M. Golding & Ed Danby 19 days, 19 hours and 3 minutes

Transat Jacques Vabre 2001 2 Ecover M. Golding & M. Hutchinson 16 days, 18 hours and 40 minutes