A huge cockpit without dents, many winches and trim elements, a filigree-looking rig with neutral spreaders and double backstays, narrow stern, tiller steering. Below deck a neat almost-nothing, pimped up afterwards. There is no doubt that this is a typical representative of the golden years of the International Offshore Rule, the yachts that competed for the Admiral's Cup, the unofficial world championship of offshore sailing at the time. It is Tilmar Hansen's former "New Yorker", built in 88 in the Schütz works in the Westerwald from carbon honeycomb sandwich and finished at Knierim in Kiel.
In its second life, the so-called single-tonner has been slightly modified to become the "Tolenza". And impressively demonstrates two things during the trial run: 1. development has continued, 2. and in the right direction. Old IOR boats are a bitch to sail and not even really fast in absolute terms, the mast is at risk in any strong wind jibe if the backstays are operated incorrectly, and the flat hull with the narrow stern offers little living and storage space. But the boats are fascinating precisely because of their complexity and history. What's more, they are available at a favourable price.
You can read the story of the IOR single-design "New Yorker" and why every good performance cruiser is better today in issue 4 of YACHT, which you can download here. order directly here or as Download digital magazine can. Or you can download the portrait directly via the link below.
