The boat was built with the latest technologies in composite construction in 2012 at the Gunboat facility in Xiamen, China. Moonwave has recently be refitted with new features like daggerboards, solar array and other improvements in France. We had top-notch “Americas-cup” and “Vendee-Globe” Boat builders to conduct the work to achieve highest standards. The interior has also been reworked as per design of Christophe Chedal-Anglay. The results are stunning and Moonwave is lighter and more reliable than ever before.
The Making of Moonwave
The Hulls At Dockyard
Composite construction of vacuum-bagged, infused post-cured SP epoxies, Core-Cell foam sandwich core construction with carbon fiber skins & woven carbon outer skins for impact resistance
The Spars of Moonwave
All-carbon spars from Marstrom, Rotating carbon fiber wing section mast with Lorima Boom
Rigging
Unidirectional Aramid fiber shrouds with integral carbon chain plates, Aramid forestays (x 2) with custom Facnor furlers
Steering
Dual helm stations with 42″ Edson custom carbon steering wheel, Carbon fiber retractable rudders and dagger boards, Folding/Feathering propellor State-of-the-art Navigation Electronics and Helmstation
See all pictures of Moonwave’s birth
Here are a lot of images around Moonwave’s birth. Enjoy!
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