Aviva

This Imoca monohull has gone by a number of other names prior to Aviva, this Finot/Conq 60’ originally designed for the Around Alone and the Vendée Globe as Mike Golding’s Team Group 4.

 

The boat then went on to become Ecover in 2001 and latterly Hellomoto in 2004 with Conrad Humphreys at the controls. As a result, Aviva has already racked up an impressive number of miles and has always proven herself to be on the pace. In fact her hull has been used to form several sisterships such as Active Wear, Gartmore and Temenos. Clearly less optimised than the latest generation boats launched in the past few months, Aviva remains a very complete yacht and one that is fairly simple to drive. All in all the boat is an excellent way for Dee Caffari to become acquainted with the specificities of these singlehanded Imoca monohulls during the Transat Ecover-BtoB.





Technical Specifications :

    * Architect: Finot Conq Group
    * Constructor: JMV Cherbourg
    * Launch date: May 1998
    * LOA: 18.28 m
    * Beam: 5.20 m
    * Displacement: 8500 kg
    * Draught: 4.50 m
    * Solent surface: 110 m²
    * Gennaker surface: 230 m²

->	HMS Northumberland lends their support to Dee Caffari o...
->	********** AVIVA FINAL REPORT *******
->	A wet, windy and wild day sailing today
->	The wind arrived, the waves picked up and we were off
->	Keep your fingers crossed.
->	I am sure I will soon be complaining of too much wind.
->	Worked really hard going nowhere all day and did it ver...
->	One of these days I will make it across the finish line...
->	An unbelievable day! Absolute rubbish!
->	The sea state eased and the wind eased...