FOUNDATION 36
Magnus Holmberg has Dean Barker between himself and Ian Williams, who is between Barker and Thierry Peponnet during Flight 2. (©Swedish Match Tour/Guido Cantini)
Magnus Holmberg has Dean Barker between himself and Ian Williams, who is between Barker and Thierry Peponnet during Flight 2. (©Swedish Match Tour/Guido Cantini)
Dean Barker’s crew hurries to complete a jibe in the quarterfinals of the Monsoon Cup. (©Swedish Match Tour/Guido Cantini)
Dean Barker’s crew hurries to complete a jibe in the quarterfinals of the Monsoon Cup. (©Swedish Match Tour/Guido Cantini)
Event: Monsoon Cup
Boat: Foundation 36
Designer: Brett Bakewell-White

The concept for the Foundation 36 yacht was developed by the Western Australian Yachting Foundation in conjunction with the boat builder Peter Milner and the designer Brett Bakewell-White. The WAYF specifically wanted a yacht for day sailing and match racing, with a racing crew of 5 or comfortably sail with 12 people for corporate sailing functions.

The yachts are built in glass reinforced polyester with foam core and plywood bulkheads to American Bureau of Shipping and USL codes determined by the Western Australian Department of Planning and Infrastructure specifications.

The lead keel is encased in fiberglass and slotted into a recess in the hull to ensure the alignment is identical across the fleet. This makes the yachts perfect match racing as they are all identical.

Great detail has gone into the stem and sheer design to ensure that the yachts have extremely strong edges to minimize “down time” during events due to collisions. The deck layout has a large self-draining cockpit, with cabin top mounted aluminum self-tailing secondary winches and deck-mounted primary winches.

A centrally mounted padeye for the mainsheet increases the ease of sailing and maintenance. Control lines for the backstay, and mainsheet fine tune are lead under the deck to a central, raised mainsheet control station.

Specifications
LOA — 35.63’ (10.86m)
Beam — 11.42’ (3.48m)
Draft — 6.23’ (1.9m)
Displacement — 8,487 lbs (3,850 kg)


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