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BLT: The inside story of the Quarter Ton Cup winner’s 10,000-hour refit
- April 21, 2020
The famous winner of the 1980 Quarter Ton Cup, BLT was tracked down in Tahiti before being smuggled back to Cowes for a 10,000-hour refit. Rupert Holmes reports
Owner Sam Laidlaw has enjoyed considerable success in the very competitive Quarter Tonner class . He gathered an impressive collection of trophies in the eight years he raced his Aguila , including the Quarter Ton Cup twice and the class at Cowes Week on four successive occasions.
When he was looking for his next boat he chose another Quarter Tonner, naturally. But the revived class doesn’t allow newly built boats, and there is now a finite collection of potentially competitive boats since the class’s rebirth in 2005 has seen a committed collection of owners restore many of the best vintage designs.
BLT was the Jacques Fauroux-designed Bullit, winner of the 1980 Quarter Ton Cup in New Zealand. In all just seven Bullits were built, three of which won consecutive Quarter Ton Cups in 1978, 1980 and 1981, and they have become increasingly sought-after.
Going well upwind. Note the pushpit and stanchions in black powder-coated stainless steel. Photo: James Tomlinson
BLT had been living out her retirement in the Pacific before she was rediscovered by Rob Gray, who has sailed with Sam Laidlaw for a couple of decades, including as joint owners of the classic Sparkman & Stephens One Tonner Clarinet .
Having recently sold Clarinet, the pair decided to take on the project together, and shipped BLT back to the UK. She was transported over to the Isle of the Wight under cover of night to be rebuilt in Cowes, and, amazingly the project stayed under the radar until shortly before she was launched for the 2019 Quarter Ton Cup.
There were already four Bullit designs in the Solent fleet, including Julian Metherell’s Bullit and Louise Morton’s Bullet , the latter winner of the 1979 Quarter Ton Cup in San Remo. Another Bullit design, Protis , winner of the 1981 championship, also won the 2019 Cup, in Ian Southworth’s hands.
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Given the potential for confusion with boats called Bullet and Bullit already based in Cowes, the name of the new boat was truncated to BLT . She’s the second or third iteration of the original design, but uniquely has a 2ft extension on the transom. This was added to improve performance in the heavy winds predicted for the New Zealand championship back in 1980.
It’s impossible to get near the top of this fleet unless a boat has been fully updated, so a full refit /rebuild was necessary. Gavin Tappenden at Composite Craft did all the boatbuilding, while Brett Aarons was responsible for deck layout and systems, paintwork, cosmetics, rig and some of the design work. “Basically I’d come up with a concept and then Gavin would draw it and build it,” Aarons says.
Structural changes
The hull was sheathed inside and out with extra layers of epoxy and glass to create a more solid base. However, everything needed to be removed from inside the boat. “There was lots of rotting plywood in there, with some of it not properly attached, so it all came out,” says Aarons. Some of the frames were also replaced and struts added to cater for the slightly different shroud base.
Control line runs below decks are kept as straight as possible, using string and pulley systems. Photo: Rupert Holmes
A big change was running new foam sandwich bunk fronts all the way aft to add a lot of extra longitudinal stiffness. Aarons says this is something learnt from sailing Aguila – the bunk fronts had to be extended in a similar way to prevent the top guard wire going slack when the backstay was heaved on tight. When that happens there’s also risk of little cracks opening up at each end of the keel.
BLT ’s original cambered deck and large coachroof needed replacing. The new coachroof is little more than a vestigial blister, which gives a larger cockpit and lots of room for moving around the side decks and foredeck, despite the diminutive size of a Quarter Tonner.
“The new deck was a bit like a trampoline,” says Aarons, “so we put some extra beams in to stiffen it. I wanted an unbreakable structure, whereas Gavin wanted it as light as possible. “He’s right in that it’s better to build it light and then see what you need to reinforce.” In total Aarons reckons close to 10,000 hours was spent on the refit over 13 months.
The revived Quarter Ton Cup (raced under IRC), has been running for 13 years. Photo: Paul Wyeth / Cowes Week
Deck and rig
Since Laidlaw would be racing BLT with the same team as he sailed Aguila , that boat’s deck layout was replicated as far as possible. The thinking was this allowed the crew to focus on boat speed, without worrying about different procedures for manoeuvres.
Beyond that, BLT ’s layout prioritises simplicity and minimising friction. Lines are run below deck wherever it makes sense to do so, including to purchase systems, which makes the deck layout look neater. The downside is a lot of string and pulley systems in the already cramped space below decks.
“A lot of boats have lines led all round the boat to a good place [for trimming],” says Aarons, “But I made an effort to lead things direct so there’s no friction. If you wanted to make the interior look really good you could have lines hidden under the bunks, but that would add friction and the reality is no one is going to spend time down there.”
The pole up/down and jib in-hauler controls adjust both sides simultaneously, so after a tack you will be sailing with exactly the same settings as before. This looks like a very neat system, but it’s no surprise Aarons says it was time-consuming to set up.
Keel and rudder
All the competitive Quarter Tonners have replacement keels and rudders, with the former noticeably heavier than the original keels.
BLT has a new rudder built by Composite Craft, and the Mark Mills-designed keel that was created for the Quarter Ton class revival and became a default choice among many owners refitting boats.
Some of the newly revived Quarter Tonners have since opted instead for a later keel design, but Aarons felt it wasn’t going to be right for the beamier BLT . “These boats are so wide I didn’t feel we needed that much righting moment,” he explains.
“Even then, at the Quarter Ton Cup we felt very upright and struggled to heel the boat, so we cut some lead off the bottom of the keel. That was much better.”
In her first season BLT was third at the Quarter Ton Cup, when she was fresh out of the sheds at Medina Yard. She followed that with an overall class win with a day to spare in a very windy Cowes Week. With Laidlaw’s team now having had a season in the boat, and with a few teething problems being fixed this winter, the prospects for BLT for the 2020 season look very strong.
Specification
LOA: 8.48m (27ft 10in) LWL: 5.98m (19ft 7in) Beam: 2.83m (9ft 4in) Draught: 1.6m (5ft 3in) Displacement: 1,404kg (3,090lb) Built: 1979/80 Design: Jacques Fauroux
First published in the April 2020 edition of Yachting World.
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Designed in 1975, Design No. 54 was detailed for fiberglass construction in New Zealand and Japan, in wood volume production for Bermester of Germany (who also built Design Nos. 51 and 53), and in wood as a stock plan for one off construction.
Closely related to Design Nos. 51 and 53 (1 Ton and 1/4 Ton designs) Design No. 54 was developed to be competitive in 1/2 Ton IOR events. This boat is Farr's most popular 1/2 Ton design, with over 50 boats built, and racing/cruising production versions - the Farr 920 - are still being produced.
Upstaged in light airs at Grand Prix events by the centerboarders of 1976/77 (Design No. 65), Design 54 is still a fast all around boat accumulating a long string of good performances at club racing level. If it had not been for the centerboard boats taking advantage of the Rule loophole, Design 54 would have been destined for bigger successes at a more international level.
Although originally designed as a full blown racer, many have been fitted out with cruising or cruising/racing interiors and form the basis of some good One Design club racing.
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9.140 m/30'30"
7.150 m/23'6"
3.053 m/10'0"
1.588 m/5'3"
866 Kg/1,909 Lbs
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Quarter Tonner by JOUBERT, 1/4 tonner
€18,000
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- Reference ID 501
- Builder One-Off
- Model Quarter tonner Joubert
- Joubert Nivelt
- Location Spain
- L.O.A. (mtr) 7.77
- Beam (mtr) 2.75
- Draft (mtr) 1.534
- Displacement (Kg) 1314
- Engine Renault
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Proto Quarter ton designed by Michel JOUBERT and built in Sandwich carbon-Kevlar
1/4 tonner in very good condition, she had a full refit in 2018
- 2 folding blades propeller
- Antifouling Hempel SlicOne February 2020
- New hull paint Riveryachtcoating feb. 2020
- Standing rig full dyform 2018
- Main One Sails Vector3 2019
- Main for training / transport good condition
- Genoa 1 130% One Sails 2020
- Genoa 2 110% Quantum, old
- Genoa 3 105% dacron, old, good condition
- Spi large Quantum, Perfect condition
- Midium medium Quantum, good condition
- Spi small, old
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Deckhardware renewed totally 2018
Complete electrical system 2018
- Mastervolt battery charger
- Two Bosch 2018 batteries
- Navigation lights and masthead
- LED interior lighting
Electronics and Navigational Gear
Autopilot Raymarine St6000
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under construction at Cookson yachts |
on launching day |
during the 1987 New Zealand Admiral's Cup trials |
hull profile and deck plan |
seen here motoring to a start during the 1987 Admiral's Cup (photo www.shockwave40.blogspot.com) |
prepares for a start in the 1987 Admiral's Cup series, just to leeward of the Danish One Tonner , and to windward of Australia's |
Spinnaker hoisting action aboard during the 1987 Admiral's Cup |
works her way upwind during the the 1987 Admiral's Cup |
leads Spanish yacht and the bigger around a busy windward mark |
Above and below, sails close in around Fastnet Rock (photo Michael Mac Sweeney) |
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The crew get the headsail down following a race during the 1988 One Ton Cup (Facebook) |
reaches away ahead of the fleet during the 1988 One Ton Cup |
The crew prepare to hoist the spinnaker in windy conditions on San Francisco Bay during the 1988 One Ton Cup (photo Philip Macalister/Sea Spray magazine) |
is off! Another downwind shot from the 1988 One Ton Cup (photo One Ton Class Facebook page) |
is seen here motoring up the Hamble River during the 1989 Admiral's Cup series (photo www.shockwave40.blogspot.com) |
The remodelled in trials in Auckland ahead of the 1989 Admiral's Cup |
arriving at Lymington Marina during the 1989 Admiral's Cup (photo www.shockwave40.blogspot.com) |
seen here racing in Japan in 1992, leading , a Taylor 43 (photo Offshore magazine | Facebook) |
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