Just days after announcing its custodianship of the iconic Wild Oats XI, now reborn as Palm Beach XI, Palm Beach Motor Yachts unveiled the details of the race yacht’s ambitious transformation.
WORLD-CLASS COLLABORATION
Palm Beach XI’s transformation is led by Palm Beach Motor Yachts Founder and CEO Mark Richards, building on decades of ocean-racing experience and 40 years of yacht-building innovation. Supporting his vision is a world-class team of collaborators: Juan Kouyoumdjian (Juan K Naval Architects), renowned for his America’s Cup involvement and Volvo Ocean Race-winning designs; McConaghy Boats, one of the world’s foremost composite race-yacht specialists; North Sails, supplying a state-of-the-art sail package and many other high-tech component manufacturing partners. Richards, in close collaboration with Palm Beach XI’s Yacht Manager Paul Magee and the shore crew and sailing team, will be delivering a rebuild that will redefine what’s possible for a 20-year-old Supermaxi on the world stage.
APPENDAGE PACKAGE
The upgraded appendage package represents the most significant transformation in Palm Beach XI’s two-decade career. Highlights include:
- New Deeper Keel Fin and Bulb
- Advanced Upwind Daggerboards
- Radical C-Foils
Collectively, these innovations are designed not only to return Palm Beach XI to the front of the Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet, but also to serve as a living technology platform where learnings will flow into the Palm Beach Motor Yachts’ luxury motor yacht range.
A CAMPAIGN ON THE WORLD STAGE
Palm Beach XI will relaunch this December for the 80th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, marking the beginning of a 2-year global racing campaign that will showcase PalmBeach’s spirit of innovation to audiences worldwide and provide a customer experience unique to Palm Beach Motor Yachts.
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