The Boat

Kite is a Mach 40.3 designed by Sam Manuard and built in 2015 at the JPS shipyard in la Trinité sur Mer. This is the third of now four Mach designs by S. Manuard.

Technical Specifications:

Length: 12.18 m
Width: 4.50 m
Displacement: 4,500 kg
Air draft: 19.00 m
Draft: 3.00 m
Sail upwind: 115 m²Downwind sail area: 270 m²

Bird’s eye view of Kite during the recent class measurement in Hamble

Let’s not have this view outside of measurement.

For more information on Class40s in general and on Kite itself, visit the Class 40 web site.