Open 60s
An Open 60 class yacht is the formula one of offshore sailing; designed to be sailed by only one person over large distances in such races as the Vendee Globe or Route du Rhum (See Races). These extreme machines have developed rapidly since their conception in the early 90's. This website aims to provide technical information about every Open 60 ever built, with the ultimate intent to analyse design trends.
Information for Open 60's investigated to date are shown below and can be arranged alphabetically by current boat name or designer or chronologiaclly by build date.
Wide Sapphire
1992
unknown
W Hotels
2007
Farr Yacht Design
VM Materiaux
2004
Lombard
Veolia Environnement
2004
Lombard - Levet
Tuna Marine
1984
Lavranos
Toe in the Water
1998
Groupe Finot
Thursday's Child
1983
Paul Lindenburg
Temenous 2
2006
Owen Clarke Design
Spirit of Yukoh
1999
Finot Conq
Spirit of Canada
1999
Bernard Nivelt
Spirit of Canada
2007
Owen Clarke Design
Safran
2007
Verdier / Van Peteghem / Lauriot
PRB 3
2006
Farr Yacht Design
Paprec Virbac
2003
Farr Yacht Design
Pakea Bizkaia 2009
2005
Murray, Burns, & Dovell
Ocean Planet
2001
Thomas Wylie Design Group
Mutua Madrileña
2003
Owen Clarke Design
Max Havelaar
1990
Philip Morrison
Margaret Anna
1997
unknown
Margaret Anna
1989
unknown
Maisonneuve
2005
Angelo Lavranos
Hugo Boss
2007
Juan Kouyoumdjian
Groupe Bel
2007
Van Peteghem / Lauriot Prevost
Goona Gitcha 2
1989
Philippe Briand/ MarcLombard
GAES
2008
Owen Clarke Design
Foncia
2007
Farr Yacht Design
Eumenides of London
1985
Robert Nickerson Design
Estrella Damm
2007
Farr Yacht Design
Educacion Sin Fronteras
2000
Owen Clarke Design
Delta Dore
2006
Farr Yacht Design
Cheminées Poujoulat 2
2003
Farr Yacht Design
Cheminées Poujoulat
2000
Pierre Rolland
BT
2007
Farr Yacht Design
Bonduelle
2004
Cabinet Lombard
Benefic
1991
Harlé-Mortain
Artemis 2
2008
Rogers Yacht Design
Artemis 1
2002
Owen Clarke Design
Allied Bank
1989
Lavranos
Adrenalines
1989
Jean Berret and Olivier Racoupeau