The last two days have been busy here in La Rochelle, France on the new girl. She's the old Proforms/Whirlpool and she is a gorgeous beast. I'll post all her specs as soon as I can, but as you can imagine, we've been absorbed with moving through the list so that we can take advantage of the rare weather windows that open up this time of year.
We’ve been absorbed with the big job of installing the new rams for the canting keel. The keel hydraulic system is one of the biggest systems in the boat, and this is one of those specialty refits that was best done here in France, where the technology and hardware was developed. The new rams were made right here in La Rochelle by Hydroem, the company that made some of the first successful canting-keel hydraulics (think Isabelle Autissier) and also made the hydraulic unit in my old boat, Tommy Hilfiger Freedom America. They are as high quality as you can get with titanium parts, and my shore crew and I think they officially register as “Gucci.”
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