The idea for this boat comes from my last seven years in racing in one-design classes. During this period I thought of the parts that could be improved in this formula and I identified in the crew, one of the main element that could be changed from an owner point of view. Managing five people almost becomes a business, is like a small company and you have to take on costs that end up to be quite high. So I thought to design a boat just for two people that can manage it easily, reducing the costs and solving the problem to manage the crew, says Ludovico Fassitelli founder and ceo of Junda.\u00a0Technology is at the core of this new one design class: On board, we have an\u00a0instrument that makes a Gps network between all the boats at the start in line for the jury to see immediately which are the boat that started at the right time and which are the ones that didnt. This way we avoid all problems related to the so called general recall, which happens when too many boats start too early and the jury has to repeat all the procedures which is a loss of time. The plan for Junda KII is to start delivering the first production at the beginning of the summer to be ready to race here at the\u00a0Monaco SportsBoat\u00a0Winter Series 2024, then the Primo Cup in 2025 to continue with the national championship in the nations where therell be a fleet.<\/p>\n
Making its debut in its first one design championship,\u00a0with an owner-driver rule,\u00a0its the Cape 31. Its the first race in Monaco with Cape 31 and there are 5 boats in this event. It is long 10 meters and it weights around 1.800 kilos. There are 7 people on the boat and among them there are only 3 professionals. Its very interesting for everybody because you have contact with everybody all the time. Youre not the first and winner all the time because everything changes pretty quickly according to the wind. Today we had a very good condition in Monaco with wind and waves, explains Loic Pompee.\u00a0Conceptualised by Lord Irvine Laidlaw, designed by Mark Mills\u00a0and built in Cape Town South Africa, the Cape 31 is optimized for both upwind and offwind performance in big breeze while maintaining capabilities in lighter air. From the southern tip of Africa, launched in 2017, it\u00a0has since reached all corners of the world with boats in the US, UK and Australia.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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