Sail1Design is pleased to introduce our newest sponsor, the VX One Design. Check out this boat, for more information contact the Class! 

The core principle is that the sailor gets to sail what is, within an affordable price, the most technology for the dollar available anywhere on the market today. Simply put, a “Big bang for the buck”.

The VX ONE is a fresh and exciting sport one-design for the international two to three person racing enthusiast. The design concept is born of a careful review of performance one-design demographics within this category worldwide. The VX ONE offers sailors from Junior to Advanced a vehicle for perpetual enjoyment of performance sailing in an affordable, durable, and technically advanced package, and at a realistic price.

The VX One Design offers:

*Team Design Approach: The VX team includes lead design and concepts by Viper 640 designer, Brian Bennett, naval architecture and design engineering by Ross Weene and Rodger Martin, rig development and engineering by John Clinton and the Southern Spars team, and deck layout by Harken. The VX is designed with Multisurf  Yacht design software, 3D modeled with Rhino ceros, and VVP analysis by the Wolfston unit (UK) software. Hull tools will be cut with precision 5 axis CNC equipment for perfect geometry and replication.

* Optimized Construction Techniques: The VX will be built using a conservative level of technology. Major components will be resin-infused with Vinylester and e glass with PVC cores, and Armorflex gelcoat. This is the most environmentally considerate approach to building a production boat and will provide a tough, durable craft, with optimal performance and longevity. Due to the 3-D design process, all parts and systems can be duplicated with precision and stocked for quick turnaround if needed. This will be a boat that will give many years of racing service.

*ISAF One Design Development: The VX is being developed from the start using ISAF templates and guidelines to guarantee strict international design and build tolerances, and class management development.

* Cost-down engineering: A difficult task requiring experience and an understanding of the dynamics involved in producing and marketing race boats, this is a process where we look carefully at the target market and competition to determine what we feel customers will pay for the finished product, and engineer the project from this figure backwards.

* Logistics Efficiencies:  Sailing is an expensive sport and suffers from varying degrees of inefficiency. The VX is designed to consider the long-ranging impact of shipping and moving multiple boats and associated equipment efficiently. On initial delivery, the VX can be delivered 3 units per 20’ container, or 8 units per 40’ HC container. The hull is light enough to comfortably stack 3 high on a road single trailer. The Southern Spars Carbon rig is shipped in 2 pieces for easy handling and stocking.

Specifications and Features

http://vxonedesignracing.com/vxodr/

The VX is developed and produced by Bennett Yachting Technologies Inc., a company specializing in and dedicated to building and servicing performance One-Design yachts. Our mission is to maintain the highest standards of quality in manufacturing and service. We are passionate about what we do and aspire to provide a 100% positive customer service experience.

We know that your recreation time is valuable. The race-boats we offer are built with the best technology and engineering available and use the most environmentally considerate systems in a controlled environment to produce consistently high results. To this philosophy we add the partnerships of the best associates in the business to source our components, rigging and materials. Boats and spare parts will be stocked in our Savannah, Georgia facility for quick turnaround.

Brian Bennett [email protected].

Brian grew up in Auckland New Zealand sailing and racing one-designs on the Hauraki Gulf,  the axis of yachting in New Zealand, and the home of many of the today’s great Kiwi yachtsmen. After a successful sailing career in New Zealand, Brian traveled to  the UK and Europe to sail Contenders, FDs, and 505s while running  a one-design loft for Ratsey sails, then onboard a Whitbread maxi for the 1980 – 81 WRWR as trimmer/ sail maker and helmsman. This was followed by a tour with the 83 Victory British Americas Cup team as sail trimmer and sail maker.  Since ’83 Brian has been involved in the business of providing experienced project management 
 services in New Zealand, and the US, running  a high quality “speed shop” in New England, and designing and building the 1997 Sailing World magazine “Overall performance Boat of the Year” Viper 640. He has sailed countless events in numerous one-design classes. He is a Governor of the Viper
640 class, and is passionate in his support for the future of small sportboats.

Logistics

Our manufacturing and service facility is just 15 minutes off I-95 in Savannah, GA, just around the corner from the 4^th largest container terminal in the US, and also close to rail and road transport facilities for ease of shipping service.