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Jan 20, 2010 whether a boat can be single handed has everything to do with how she is set up and very little to do with how big she is. Meet phocea, a 75m 246ft 4 masted yacht purpose built to alain colas specification for single handed racing. Whats it like to singlehand a 3040 foot sailboat in a. Best sportboats single handed sport boat anarchy sailing.
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The idea of singlehanded sailing appeals to cruisers and racers alike. This simple set up allows the single handed sailor to do two things. Sailing is the easy part everything else gets more difficult with added length. If you want to with the spinnaker you can sail the boat in the f16 class. Because of the rising popularity of short handed racing and cruising, there has been a trickledown effect in the technology used by vendee globe sailors.
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