Designer: Tripp Design
DESIGNER'S COMMENTS
Sailor's will recognize in the new Baltic 50 the continuation of the Baltic tradition, the combination of quality, style, and commitment to performance. The profile in a glance has the dramatic Baltic heritage yet reveals something of the advanced hull form.
Baltic Yachts have always distinguished themselves as being not only very high quality yachts, but as high performance, racing and cruising yachts. With the continuing development in design being heightened by keel development and mast improvements, design possibilities have further opened, allowing for the balance of heightened sailing qualities and the Baltic art. By utilizing top materials, construction techniques, and equipment it is now possible to design a strong, light, sophisticated design with a nicely appointed interior that has all of the polished sailing characteristics of a top grand prix boat.
Modern sailboat design is in continual development, and the last five years have seen tremendous improvements in speed and seakeeping. The promise of IMS is that it is allowing designers to produce fast boats that perform in all conditions. Further understanding of the IMS rule, plus developments in construction, have allowed us as designers to produce a boat that is faster and more powerful than previous generations of boats. The performance increase is by virtue of subtle hull shaping, and a balance of power. The band of their performance has widened. (continued below)
A modern hull is far different than anything that has gone before, and the fine bows and broadish transoms do not dive by the bow, nor get excessive helm, as we have learned the best shapes for speed and balance. The really modern boats are superb boats to race and sail, and can take any weather, as the improvements in the boats have been far more toward performance than rating. The boats are no longer digging holes in the water as they heel or increase speed, and then falling into them. Our new boats sail on the water, not through it.
The carbon rig and bulb keel combine for a very low center of gravity, giving the satisfaction of sail carrying capacity, on a light boat. The light boat eases the forces needed to go forward. The boat slips along rather than dragging the ocean. The large sail plan makes the boat very easily driven in light air, as a large amount of racing is in these conditions.
For the cruiser/ racer the rig is a masthead rig with swept spreaders. The advantage of this is that boathandling is very easy, and the rig is high performance yet fool proof, without the complications of runners. The racier version has a fractional rig with all the adjustments for the perfectionists.
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MASTHEAD MEASUREMENTS
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FRACTIONAL MEASUREMENTS
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