T&T - NewsTest Landmark 43

Fridtjof Gunkel

 · 24.01.2008

T&T - News: Test Landmark 43Photo: YACHT N. Krauss
First YACHT test in the Persian Gulf: Landmark 43 in front of the Burj al Arab luxury hotel
Fast, easy to handle, comfortable, well built - The Premier Composite Technologies vessel can redefine the cruiser/racer

The racer from the computer of English designer Mark Mills is being built in Dubai under German management. The client and promoter is the Norwegian Claus Landmark. The international project has given birth to a cruiser/racer that is unrivalled.

The characteristics of the modern yacht: very high sail carrying capacity, a moderately slim hull, state-of-the-art appendages, double wheels and a standard carbon fibre rig. The yacht is built to a very high standard and exceeds the high standard of series production. It is constructed as a sandwich of E-glass, epoxy resin and Corecell foam, which is compacted under vacuum and heat. The shipyard employees and the management team led by Hannes Waimer (formerly Dian Kreatif / DK Yachts from Malaysia) have extensive experience with the construction method and materials.
The ship can be modified to a large extent. The equipment, choice of fittings, rigging and interior design of the small series can be customised by the customer.
Further information on the Landmark 43 will be available at boot Düsseldorf (running until Sunday 27 January), where the shipyard will be represented (but without a ship) in Hall 16, Stand A 37.

Detailed test in YACHT 3 (on newsstands since 23 January).

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Fridtjof Gunkel

Fridtjof Gunkel

Deputy Chief Editor YACHT

Fridtjof Gunkel was born on Helgoland in 1962; he started his sailing career there in the Opti and quickly switched to keelboats. North Sea Week, Cowes Week and Kiel Week were early stops, followed by many years in the Admiral's Cup scene on the cuppers “Container” and “Rubin” World Championships and international regattas in the Starboat, with the mini-maxi “SiSiSi” and various tonner yachts as well as participation in the Whitbread Round the World Race were further formative stations, flanked by extensive cruising trips. Fridtjof Gunkel joined YACHT back in 1985 as part of a traineeship, where he later became Head of the Test & Technology department and then Deputy Editor-in-Chief around 25 years ago. He is also responsible for the regatta and sports section. Fridtjof Gunkel privately sails a performance/cruiser moored on the Baltic coast, his favorite areas are the eastern Swedish archipelago and Brittany.

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