BELICYMO 34’ Canting Keel Harbour Racing Yacht

Naval Architecture by Murray, Burns & Dovell


This concept was designed for Sydney Yachts as a look into the future of production boats – a parallel to what the car manufacturers develop for show at the annual car exhibits. The innovations incorporated into this little boat are primarily in the keel and rig. The keel is a scaled down and simplified version of the keel on ATOMIC with all of the same unique handling and balance characteristics of her big sister. The stiff carbon rig carries a very full roach mainsail akin to the square top mainsails developed for the America’s Cup. Like many modern boats the spreaders are swept back to eliminate the need for runners. On “BELICYMO” we have eliminated this problem by mounting the shroud attachments on an adjustable tract. This also allows the crew to ease the rig forward when downwind running for better efficiency in the jib. This little 34’ sportster races well above her weight, spending most of her time battling with Sydney 38’s and other 40’ racers for line honours.