Oman Sail’s Arabian 100 trimaran has been loaded onto a ship and is now heading for Oman’s southern city of Salalah for assembly. The Arabian 100 was built at Boatspeed in Newcastle, Australia, the same yard as many famous yachts but none more so than Oman Sail’s current flagship, the 75’ trimaran Musandam which started life in 2004 as Ellen MacArthur’s B&Q/Castorama. Final assembly will take place in Salalah, Oman’s second city and home of the Sultan of Oman, Qaboos Bin Said. Final assembly will employ a workforce, which will include Omanis who have chosen the boatbuilding and shore management route to compliment the Omani sailors who will help sail the Arabian 100 on completion.
After the successful circumnavigation of the globe by the first Arab, the Oman Sail project will continue getting more Omanis out on the water, from beginners through the Oman Sail Academy to the highest level of ocean competition, and the new Arabian 100 trimaran will provide the team with unrivalled capacity to develop ocean racing in the Gulf and Indian Ocean.
Boat statistics:
Design:
Designed by Nigel Irens and Benoit Cabaret the Arabian 100’ is a close sistership to Thomas Colville’s “Sodebo”
LOA – 32m
Beam – 16.54m
Draft – 4.76m maximum
Displacement – 11,400kgs
Spars:
Mast and boom are designed and manufactured by Southern Spars in Auckland. Outline specifications for the mast are as follows:
Winches:
Supplied by Harken, Italy with a single pedestal drives all winches with the exception of the runner winch.
Sails:
The base inventory is supplied by North Sails, France and consists of:
Mainsail –220 m2 Cuben Fibre
J1 (Solent) –150 m2 Cuben Fibre
J2 (Staysail) –94 m2 Cuben Fibre
J3 (ORC) –48 m2 Cuben Fibre
Storm Jib – 30 m2 Cuben Fibre
Gennaker – 260 m2 Cuben Fibre