Sailing a record slayer - is this the world's fastest offshore yacht?

Exclusive: full tour of the ClubSwan 125 'Skorpios'. Toby Hodges sails aboard on the eve of the Fastnet Race, for which it will be the largest entrant ever. Full report in Yachting World October 2021
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[@samwellawee]

I helped make the sails for this boat an man when they say they are big.

[@andrewdavies7720]

Cool job

[@BuzzLightyear9999]

I’d love to see it go up against Wild Oats and Comanche on a Sydney to Hobart… Those three beating to the heads on a sunny Sydney Harbour would be an awesome sight…

[@nnoddy8161]

Wild Oats is getting a bit long in the tooth. Would be an awesome spectacle though.

[@dusanvuckovic17]

I'm not sure it qualifies. I think the race has a 100ft limit. might be wrong.

[@robconnell5831]

Hopefully it will come down under.

[@Jlinwoodjackson]

I thought Comanche was the fastest mono hull. This boat looks like it has some foils on it … maybe those are just stabilizer fins .. almost as far back as the Helm.

[@jdubs8964]

Can’t as Sydney Hobart has an loa of 100 ft

[@oscartooze7892]

I'm at the isle of wight now where this boat is being moored and I just watched it go and jeez that thing goes fast

[@HNDevelopments]

Hey, I'm sailing tomorrow for 3 days, where is it moored. West Cowes I assume?

[@oscartooze7892]

@@HNDevelopments exactly just off Egypt point

[@maxnex7676]

Good luck to the crew of Scorpios for the Fastnet, great video also, thank you.

[@dennyliegerot4021]

Incredible...makes my heart leap and miss the ocean more than I already do...absolutely beautiful!

[@dennyliegerot4021]

Interior is straight out of a sci-fi movie...minimalistic but gorgeous.

[@davidc6510]

What a phenomenal looking boat. I look forward to seeing it perform on a long leg course.

[@jeromehansen3969]

Thank you for your work on this video. Loved it

[@BRMCaptChaos]

This is unbelievable engineering and craftsmanship. What a thing. Great video

[@robinhodgkinson]

Canting keel? Meh… Canting seats! Now I’m impressed. ; ) Awesome boat.

[@hanslauterbach7433]

A wonderful, beautiful boat. Thanks Toby for the presentation.

[@StefJuncker]

Yes well done Toby... Nice 1

[@virtualgeezer]

Saw that beast anchored up in Cowes yesterday, but I had no idea what it was until now! What a monster. 😈

[@farrellko]

Holy crap. What a machine! Would love to drive that off the wind in 20+ kts. Bring a smile to my face.

[@petert3355]

I know it does not meet the specifications for the Sydney-Hobart, but I would still love to see this boat race the maxi's. Just to see what is achievable.

[@mcbrite]

That interior is STUNNING! Like a space ship! - Really reminds me of the interior design of Star Citizen's (PC game) ships!

[@jjansen987]

Amazing craftsmanship! Purpose built for sure.

[@nixl3518]

Thank you for a great tour of this boat! Perhaps it might be too sensitive but it would’ve helped if subtitles were included to make the skipper more understandable. What a spectacular boat!

[@Davidcallard]

I second the motion for subtitles, the skipper's accent was so thick that I barely understood a word he said! Apart from that a great tour of that amazing boat! I definitely wouldn't survive on her for long though, completely built for speed with comfort running a distant last!

[@coma13794]

I know almost nothing about boats, but seeing that the small interior section took 2 years to build got my attention, along with the quality of the wiring. This thing was clearly not slapped together. What a beast. Such a sparse interior, but still awesome to see.

[@Jlinwoodjackson]

Comanche is way more sparse…. Nothing but bare carbon

[@dunkie976]

Great video and great to see how impressed with it you are Toby, because you've see A LOT of boats so if you're impressed.... We'll be blown away, you're a lucky guy we'll done for making it happen and we'll deserved. 👏❤️

[@yachtingworld]

Thanks Duncs! 👍

[@thomaselliott573]

do ya wanna jek him off? get a life

[@tm502010]

Lord! What a piece of work! Beauty!

[@artolehtonen2564]

I'm proud to say they build yachts this quality in my country

[@matteodigiovine5079]

The project leader Is Italian

[@Andrea_Campenni_Design]

Italians…..who else?

[@artolehtonen2564]

Here is picture from Pietarsaari, Finland where she was built images.app.goo.gl/8nCCuq2bMNKyK6Kp8

[@TheKetamineSquid]

it's a Scandinavian company

[@andriandrason1318]

@@TheKetamineSquid No it's in Finland, which isn't even in Scandinavia.

[@SoulTonicLife]

Wow what an amazing sailboat! All new tech pushing the limits to take on the elements.

[@riparianlife97701]

You don't want to come about without swinging that keel to wind.

[@RusstafaB]

Fantastic and such build quality

[@potedude]

I'd love to see this do the Sydney-Hobart race.

[@Thebonesoftrees]

Yes please.

[@keithbrown2458]

Just incredible every ounce an amazing ship

[@itsimpossible384]

I saw this yacht in Porto Montenegro. Very beautiful!

[@vkotan]

Really a good work

[@philbox4566]

Sydney to Hobart record breaker right there. Wind though being the determining factor.

[@williambremner9022]

If, if...only if the CYCA allows a yacht of this length into the S2H race.

[@petert3355]

@@williambremner9022 exhibition class is really the only option. They will not expand the existing classes sadly. For the record, I too would love to see this boat heading out through the heads.

[@PierceAlexanderLilholt]

That looks like a fast boat! ⛵

[@Marts1499]

I really want to take a ride on a boat like that!!

[@MBdrummer3288]

Damn right!

[@timdick825]

Painting the interior a light color would more than pay it's way in ease of movement and preventing bashing yourself moving around. Might add 10kg in paint weight.

[@admacdo]

You might want to recalculate your paint weight.

[@General_Crock]

@@admacdo He did say a light colour, not a heavy colour.

[@bradcollins9647]

Yes, and especially in the hydraulic section (to spot oil leaks, as is was done on racecars).

[@robinhodgkinson]

Remember you’re seeing this recorded on a camera. As a photographer I can tell you cameras are not good at rendering shadow detail unless you overexpose in which case the blacks would not appear black and it would just look like bad filming.

[@watchlater840]

Carbon fibre is black. To paint it a light colour adds a lot of weight - simple. No modern racing boat gets painted or flow coated a light coat inside.

[@sagebiddi]

I'm starting to sound like a fkn parrot at this point but I gotta shove it into this here convo as well....the amount of forward progression in innovation and development because of computer aided design and drafting is profoundly just awesomeness incarnate. It's jaw dropping because I exist betwixt the old school easels and board with plotters and speed squares vs the auto cads and giant cnc machines...it's amazing to know how much and how fast it's evolving

[@SCOTTBULGRIN]

The black carbon fiber interior reminds me of those sci-fi space ships that the villains always seem to have.👽

[@damage98]

Watching the tour of the interior made me think of a spacecraft, perhaps designed by the production designer and FX folks at Scottfree, during a break from designing the sets for the latest Alien film. Madness.

[@christopherparks2668]

It felt like I was just given a tour of some captured alien space ship! Perfect Build and bonus points for the Obsessive Compulsive minimalist design!! She is a beautiful bad ass babe!! Really, i'm in love!

[@nikogrn1]

This is art!

[@jimbrown9358]

I notice that Imoca 60 Apivia managed to keep up with her pretty much all the way to the Fastnet though. And that was mostly upwind.

[@burningbum]

Foils vs no foils right?

[@nicholasheggerud5750]

Both boats have foils but apivias are more pronounced

[@NiceTriGuy]

@@nicholasheggerud5750 He specifically said nonfoiling? I didn’t see foils?

[@NiceTriGuy]

@@nicholasheggerud5750 sorry saw the foil assist right at the end. Funny no mention of the control system for it

[@nicholasheggerud5750]

@@NiceTriGuy it has the same foil mechanism as the clubswan 36. Really neat you should check it out

[@RodNZl-Esports]

Stunning.

[@monkeyrater]

I thought that monohull yacht size in the Fastnet and Syndey Hobart was limited to 100 ft, did they raise the limit?

[@brucepeppinck9988]

Wow looking forward great 👍 boat

[@angela1984a]

Not that I'm in the market, but I'd like to see the Rapido 60 and the Bañuls 53 tri!

[@bubbleobill267]

Can’t wait to see if she ( when the world reopens……:) does the Sydney to Hobart. The interior looks like an HR Geiger art gallery.

[@jktalay96]

Pretty sure Sydney to Hobart has a 100 ft max length rule, and monohulls only for that matter

[@bsinton]

@@jktalay96 it stops the money game then the race is rrallh only just bought if u start letting anything in there is a box rule work to it

[@rabidbigdog]

@@jktalay96 This endless spending nonsense is damaging sailing as-a-participation-sport IMHO. People think it is the play-thing of super-rich people rather than having their kids jumping in an Opti.

[@mikej2934]

Lets see if she goes after Comanches Transatlantic record.

[@frankling9840]

@@rabidbigdog agree, although Ben Ainslie started in an opi

[@JackTheRivalPS3]

Its so insane to think this boat came from a city in Finland with only 25k residents.

[@alfredsutton7233]

Probably had generations of genetic imprinting from building Viking longships.

[@madario]

How is that relevant? Ferraris come from a town with only 17k residents. You need less than 25k people to build a boat.

[@lbyvik]

GEEEEBUZ!! THAT BEAST DWARFS CAMANCHE!

[@monochromaticlightsource9153]

I've watched this boat disappear over the Horizon from Portland Harbour and boy is it Fast!

[@johnmarkconnolly6414]

Looks like a freaking spaceship below!

[@finroddd]

such beauty!!

[@mis100tubos]

I love it: order me one !!! Thanks.

[@Rob-fx2dw]

Interesting that the mainsheet traveller is not curved along the same radius as the movement of the attachment of the mainsheet to boom from the mast. Any thoughts by others about this ?

[@Channel-io1di]

I know some of those words

[@robertw.1499]

Does this have watertight doors between the individual compartments? Love the detail ❤️

[@avidaviator8580]

It’s like a spaceship inside!

[@inyobill]

THat's what made most of the clippers fast, long water lines. The earlier smaller clippers had better lines. What an incredible vessel that is.

[@helmutdiez4306]

JUST GREAT!

[@CH-yp5by]

Would be see that race in the Sydney to Hobart race and take on Comanchi and WIld Oats 11

[@lindalakota38]

Always blown away how wide the back is on go fast of corse most is out of watter

[@Andy_M986]

Those tenders can have a few cabins ,made just down the road from where I used to live,the Police and Navy use them as well.

[@antonomaseapophasis5142]

Steve Dashew says the key to mastering complexity is access.

[@groovedodger]

The interior looks like a mk7 interstellar shuttle wow

[@nickh5081]

"Non foiling mono hull..." Okay, now I believe it might be the fastest. Good start!

[@Duh6666666]

Has the look and feel of the Alien spaceship.

[@ianscott3180]

I started sailing Cadet pram dingys as a boy, they both floated, the similarities end there.

[@onosaiprime361]

Would be a good matchup with Michael Fay's KZ1 Americas cup Monohull aye..

[@2011Matz]

Does it require a deisel engine running while sailing to power the hydraulics?

[@8mangrove]

Fantastic

[@timeofyourlife7561]

Are they racing in the Sydney to Hobart

[@bsinton]

No 100ft rule

[@Vince62965]

Would be cool to test it 😁 on an endurance lap around the world

[@KenDavies-qv3fs]

fantastic

[@TedR36]

Amazing

[@KrisjanisZagers]

I’m skeptical until I see this against Comanche. Altho Comanche has laid low for the past few years and noone has got any ideas about readiness of her crew. I guess we’ll see in Rolex Middle Sea race, as far as I understand, both of them are in.

[@trvs4522]

Comanche was sold shortly after they shattered the Trans Atlantic record. The boat was converted to hydraulic winches and the pedestal grinders were removed. None of the original crew stayed with the boat. Absolutely NO WAY this Swan will come close to Comanche's records.

[@KrisjanisZagers]

@@trvs4522 i know. But still, I want to see them head to head

[@arwedlang3702]

they say: the proof of the pudding is in the eating......cheers

[@ckmaui]

used to like monos till I started working on cats :) but nice race yacht

[@drm4857]

If there is no battery bank, dose that mean the engine generator is constantly running while racing to power the hydraulics?? Anyone know how they power the hydraulics?

[@LA_Viking]

Likewise I am quite interested to know how the power system is set up. Despite what boat sales types will tell you, gasoline generators in enclosed spaces are inherently dangerous, but they can be made safe for the right sum of money. Diesel is much safer but significantly heavier. Actually the lightest internal combustion solution would probably be a gas turbine. For example, an Allison 250C20 aircraft engine providing 420(I) shaft horsepower (derated!) (~313.19 kW) weighs ~200 lbs. (~90.72 kg). Note that this is for the engine/prime mover only and doesn't include the weight of the generator section and associated switchgear.

[@guygillmore2970]

It’s not a sail boat if it needs an engine to sail….

[@TheKetamineSquid]

they run the engines while racing

[@Ecoenergy]

So the most important question is when is it going to challenge Comanche for the trans Atlantic record.

[@espilium]

What does it mean, non foiling monohull ? Non flying ? She has a big c foil. And in « non flying monohull », imoca 60 are faster for now (faster than comanche 😅)

[@santinomarella17]

Awesome boat, but doesn’t having automatic winches mean that it cannot compete for some prestigious world records?

[@LA_Viking]

I would travel a considerable distance and expend a handsome sum of cash to be able to tour this magnificent creation, and go even further to go to sea in her. My extended family were or are all in various boat and marine businesses but I freely and humbly admit that my experience on sailboats is virtually non-existent. Having said that, I will be daring and say that I have a unique skill set that would make me a valuable crewman (crew person?) otherwise, and at the risk of sounding arrogant, I feel like I'm intelligent enough to learn to sail. [Smiling] Do you have any crew openings for an old, nearly retired Jack of all Sea Trades...LOL?

[@camacassie]

She's a beast

[@julesguedry2466]

So sick.

[@jeanhawken4482]

Yep it’s a racing yacht. An elite game where a massive amount of money is required. The advantage in this game is the research that goes into producing the goods and chattels for the yacht benefit a multitude of other industries. Otherwise I find the modern carbon yachts yachts no longer thrill me.

[@Sailing360]

great point - so much is developed to make toys for billionaires. that the rest of us, do get more advanced boats as a bi-product

[@petermuller161]

The fact that it’s not luxurious at all (it is still implied) makes the thing interesting at least.

[@tonystewart7287]

Bit like F1

[@tomhorvath6137]

Will this beat Comanche's Transat record?

[@trvs4522]

You're joking right? Comanche holds all the top mono hull records: Trans Atlantic, most miles in 24 hrs., Trans-Pac, with top speeds over 45 knots. Your skipper here hopes to make this thing do 20 knots. His words.

[@Phazaar]

I can't understand everything he's saying, but isn't he talking about sailing to windward?

[@jamesaron1967]

Comanche did over 45kts??

[@trvs4522]

@@jamesaron1967 kzbin.info?search_query=comanche+across+the+atlantic

[@johnthompson9440]

Will it do the Sydney to Hobart Race

[@yachtingworld]

As things stand the LOA limit remains 30.48m John, so it won't qualify

[@johnthompson9440]

@@yachtingworld that’s a shame would have been good to see her against Wild Oats and Comanche

[@romandevivo1163]

Foiling maxi trimarans such as Gitana and Macif are by far the world’s fastest offshore yachts.

[@She_Nanigans]

It looks like the interior of a star destroyer.

[@themittonmethod1243]

Time will tell... she is an interesting boat, about halfway between Comanche and Mari-Cha 4 in length, and the single mast design for overall efficiency... the multiple headsails are much more efficient than a second mast and its windage penalty. She will have to work hard to beat Comanche in the future, as that boat was built to race and take records with its only design parameter. cheers!

[@silviosarunic3234]

this boat is designed to fuck up your Comanche ........

[@martygt3357]

The only thing missing from this video is the boat going fast. That is what I want to see, 35 knots.

[@ralphvanthoff]

'She can set over 10.000 sqm of sail' ... That might be her full wardrobe of available sails, but not all at the same time. 10k sqm is 100x100m which is a bit presumptuous on a 40m yacht. An absolute beast of a yacht though!

[@yachtingworld]

Actually I said 'over 2,000m2 of sail' not 10,000m2! Sorry if it wasn't very clear. But main and A3 together = 1,961m2, but they will usually set a couple more headsails to fill the slots too

[@vectravi2008]

Any heads or is it a case of hanging over the leeside?

[@yachtingworld]

Yes there is a day heads and shower aside the companionway - sorry there were crew working on various areas so couldn't show that at the time

[@vectravi2008]

@@yachtingworld Thank you for the reply. I would think it was an amazing visit. A totally different world from cruiser racers. Great video, I have subscribed.

[@boleslawszemplinski2549]

So has I actually beaten any records yet? Why do we talk about like it has already beaten Comanche or Wild Oaks?

[@jonmccauley6490]

Is that carbon fiber?

[@fvingerhoed]

The hull is very tall/high..? But must be amazing to sail. You need an extra hand, let me know. ;-)

[@markcampbell7577]

You never keel the mast and headsails behind the mast. That boom keels your madt and she heels over without moving forward.

[@markcampbell7577]

Keeling the sails straitened the boat up and she sailed faster.

[@salvadorrodenas3071]

The patrón is spanish !!! Wow!

[@emergingit]

Comanche is king for now.! Beating Skorpios over the line in their one and only race. The Skorpios hull shape was originally designed with a cruising element in mind with higher freeboard and more interior volume whereas Comanche only had one purpose, a record breaker and that she is. Not sure Skorpios will ever get to beat any of Comanche's records.?

[@tonybarrios5045]

This is a BECAUSE WE CAN boat!

[@Jacob-W-5570]

titles the video 'fastest offshore yacht' doesn't mention the speed anywhere in the video. Also subtitles would be nice.

[@joestevenson5568]

Also calls it a superyacht which is just clearly not what it is

[@jameschason3808]

Head to head against the maxi tri's ?

[@andyvare8541]

Kind of the next Mari Cha, in the sense of performance at scale.

[@ZuidHollandsePlassen]

Being a stickler for detail, I would think you have the rail in your neck, if your sitting on a balancing chair at windward. And they took a chair out?

[@robdog1245]

It's almost too big. Comanche already has the 'Fat Bottomed Girl' title (or aircraft carrier), and honestly 100ft is plenty. Something like this just seems too beastly, but then again, I like Rambler 88 most because it's so compact but still has enough punch to play with the big boys.

[@peterlovett5841]

I thought offshore yachts were limited to 33m or 100'. No wonder this thing is faster being 25' longer.