New F18 Design: BCM Cirrus “R”

All Images Pierrick Contin. Above and left some pics of the new Cirrus ‘R’ , the new Boulgne Concepton Marine F18.
Manu Boulogne was crowned World Champ in 2003 with his brother racing their own design, the BCM Cirrus F18. An early concept on designs with added volume, a trend that was finally adopted by the latest wave piercers from AHPC, Nacra and Hobie.

In fact when I was designing my own F18 in July 2005, the Cirrus was the boat I look upto, due to that error margin provided by the high freeboard and bow volume, specially downwind, that gave more room to attack in high winds and chop, a perfect concept for our local conditions.
The Racecat flies downwind, and still has the smoothest ride with the Spi compared with the latest designs I had the opportunity to test in the last months here in Argentina.

This new Cirrus has some extreme features, first check its transom, a full flat tumblehome stern, then a highly pronounced rocker and the most interesting detail of this new F18 design is a ‘negative rocker’ section line behind the rear beam, I’ve checked it several times and I have no doubt about that feature, clearly seen in pic #1. I will try to contact Manu for more info.

Equipped with SI sails this new cat is the latest addition to the Formula 18 family, that is breeding new boats every year providing several alternatives for the benefit of catsailors World Wide.