Ben Rogerson Yacht Design have launched plans for their new BR31, an ultra-modern carbon racer, as a highly competitive option for the HP30 Class which has been set up on similar lines to the Fast 40+ Class.

The BR31 is aimed at ambitious racing sailors seeking fast, competitive and exciting racing at a fraction of the cost of running a 40 footer, yet offering similar features and feel. Designed for a maximum crew of seven, the boat will appeal to sailors wanting to step up from smaller sports boats, or those who want a smaller and exciting alternative within IRC & ORC racing.

Rogerson, a young designer with an impressive range of design and boat building experience across a variety of projects, including Oracle and the IMOCA 60 Estrella Damm, has set out to offer the BR31 at a cost effective base boat price of £115,000. The boats will be British built and incorporate many of the features found at the very top of the sport.  A fabricated fin is standard, and options for owners include an adjustable forestay, standard or high modulus mast, string take down systems and deflectors.

Rogerson’s main inspiration behind the BR31 is to create a performance packed design, and a lower running cost alternative to the highly successful Fast 40s. “I wanted to make this level of sailing more accessible and move things forward from the typical plastic racer,” explains Rogerson. “The HP30 class started at a similar time to the Fast 40’s, and aims to create a sports boat class with a maximum length of 31 foot and run much along the same lines as the 40+. With the changes to the class rules for 2017 we have developed a viable new design for the HP30 class which promises to be a race winner.”

What also sets this project apart is Rogerson’s innovative approach to yacht design. He has invested in and developed BRYD’s own in-house hull design, velocity prediction and optimisation software, with technology partners Formflow. This integrates Fine Marine’s RANS (Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes) based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation software, which is all run on BRYD’s dedicated in-house CFD sever.

These next generation techniques enable BRYD to offer accurate performance modelling in realistic environments and provide a platform for in depth design optimisation, whether for performance ORC and IRC racing yachts such as the BR31, or sea-keeping for cruising and offshore yachts. With this unique set up, Rogerson’s vision is to offer owners quantitative and comparative results against other classes, enable easy assessment of designs and remove the ‘gamble’ of the traditional design process.

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