Welcome to the "Virtual Javelin" Project
We will be following the planning, building and sailing of a number of Javelins in New Zealand over the winter of 2000 in preparation for the 2001 South Pacifics in Wellington.

As construction continues over the winter months follow the hopefully daily progress updates to see whats going on. We will be showing photographs of construction progress, materials used, and all the technical information you will need to vacuum bag and build a new Javelin.

We would love to hear your feedback on the project, any ideas you have, people you know that would love to support a worthy cause, or just suggestions for hull names. Everything is welcome, just drop us a line...

Magazine will also be doing a series of articles on the project following us from the design stage, to launching and racing of these new boats. Please support New Zealands only dedicated yacht racing magazine.

The Design
These boats will be the first built to Design82 by David Lee from Auckland. During the design process, to get a better feel for the hull lines polystyrene scale models have been cut.

See Sailing New Zealand - April 2000 edition for more information on this design, or download the Technical Drawings.

Basic Hull Parameters

Rise from keel to chine at bow	280mm
Chine beam at mid-length	1212mm
Rise from keel to chine at mid-length	205mm
Chine beam at transom	1055mm
Rise from keel to chine at transom	90mm
Keel rocker overall	80mm
Keel rocker aft of mid-length	9mm
Keel rocker fore of mid-length	30mm
Shear height at bow	595mm
Shear height at mid-length	595mm
Shear height at transom	440mm
Curvature in sections aft of mid-length	33mm
Gunwale overhang approximately	60mm

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