Bowman 78
| IOR Maxi Class symbol | |
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | John Sharp |
| Boat | |
| Draft | 10' 11" |
| Hull | |
| Type | IOR Maxi- Monohull yacht |
| Hull weight | 62,500 lb |
| LOA | 77' 9" |
| LWL | 70' 0" |
| Beam | 18' 6" |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | Fin keel |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermudan cutter Carbon Fibre (1977) |
The Bowman 78 is a custom build racing yacht by Bowman Yachts, Emsworth, UK, for the Whitbread Round the World Race[1].
The yacht is a cold molded four-ply mahogany build, traditionally lined and styled, with a fin and skeg underwater profile, for heavy seas performance and enhanced seakeeping.
This production run is notable primarily for the notability of one of its models - that was campaigned as a racing yacht - and wrecked on and then salvaged from the Tahitian atoll Tetearoa, in 1981.
"The incident has a number of parallels with the fate of another Round the World racer, Heaths Condor, or Condor of Bermuda, which struck the atoll of Tetiaroa near Tahiti in July 1980. The wooden maxi yacht was later salvaged by a team lead by Peter Blake, and was repaired after being high and dry on the coral reef"[2].
It is believed[3] that only one hull[4] was ever constructed, launched in 1977, as K-707, later re-identified as KB-78, but the version may have been used to form the base of the Bowman 84 design, possibly for racing purposes.
See also
References
- ↑ "No. 3 - Condor & Sir Peter Blake". Emsworth Museum. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ https://www.sail-world.com/Europe/Volvo-Ocean-Race-Navigator-comments-on-error-aboard-Team-Vestas-Wind/-129651
- ↑ "Condor of Bermuda". Wingsail. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ "Only Hull". Wingsail comments. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
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