REACHER780
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26ft sailboat with two faces: a family cruiser one weekend, and a club racer the next one.

A fast, versatile and trailable racer-cruiser equally suited for full-on racing one weekend, and taking your family for a cruise the one after. Fast, fun and simple sailing just came within your reach! Friends&family daily/weekend sailing. Regatta/match race sailing for smaller crews. (Daily) sailing charter. Performance: fast-fun-safe Comfort: versatile-trailable-innovative Owning: affordable-uncomplicated-shared

Concept It is increasingly difficult to find 6 or more friends to go sailing, for a regatta or just for fun. Crews of 2-4 is something you see more and more and something which is more realistic to organize nowadays. Likewise, the whole tourism is moving from Sat-Sat full week concept to short breaks somewhere from 1-4 days. We developed a sailboat that is in line with times we live in: less people on-board and higher frequency of shorter stays. Reacher 780 will accommodate up to 4 people with adequate comfort for day sailing, weekend break, or even longer camping-style stays for sailing...

Versatility The problem with many cruiser-racer’s today is that they are often only one of those things – you opt to buy a racer version or a cruising version (different keel, mast, etc) and then it’s impossible to switch, leaving you stuck with the choice you made. In Reacher 780 we have a modular and versatile platform for both family cruising and performance oriented regatta environments. Our open interior plan allows for different accommodation and comfort combinations giving you the choice to use it as it suits you: 2+2, 1+1+1+1, or something in between. And you don’t have to choose...

Space Sailors we know spend around 80% of their time onboard outside in cockpits. That’s why we maximized the use of (limited) space to where sailors need it, and in cockpit size we are outperforming even much bigger boats. And huge cockpit is not great just for sailing, but also for sunbathing, having a meal, or just chillin' - your friend/girlfriend/wife will also love it! This naturally leads to a tighter interior plan, and for sure we are not claiming a space-wonder inside, but for a day or a couple of days it will be more than adequate for a crew of 4. And we haven’t just squeezed a 35...

Your boat needs the same Do you really need all the household appliances and amenities on a small boat used for daily or weekend sailing? And extra stuff means extra cost. Extra stuff means more weight and less performance. Extra stuff means more maintenance and more failure In Reacher 780 we have a modular and versatile platform ready to welcome your family with adequate comfort for a couple of days, or your regatta crew with much lower comfort requirements. Our comfort features (e.g. fridge, cooker, music, etc.) are all based on portable solutions leaving you the choice what to take with...

Performance It goes something like this: racers sail in double-digit speeds but don’t have any comfort. Cruisers are comfy but predestined for slow sailing in 3-6 knots range, and in light winds you are often motoring because with sails up you are barely moving. Sailboat myth #5 Performance/ planning should be reserved for racing boats only. Luckily we have racer-cruisers or performance cruisers today where you can have the best of both: reasonable comfort with spirited performance. A small boat like Reacher 780 definitely has some upwind speed limitations because of the hull/waterline...

boat's draft. With draft more is better. Draft is good when you sail, it gives you performance, stability and safety. But less draft is better when you are not sailing. When you want to moor big draft reduces your possibilities and costs money because you're mostly limited to marinas. Draft is not so good when you want to anchor deep into the cove for a swim or to take shelter from the storm, or when you want to transport your sailboat or store it on land. Reacher 780 has a lifting keel/rudders mechanism which allows you to reduce the draft from 1,80 to only 0,50m. This opens so many...

Cost Sailing shouldn’t be a rich men's’ game, sailing is for everyone. But when a family sailboat costs as much as a Ferrari than it just isn’t a family boat. We want to take the base boat price from a supercar territory to a family car level. And by base price we mean a sailready boat, sails included; when you buy a car they include the wheels, don’t they? Keeping the weight low, leaving out the complicated solutions and reducing the unnecessary built-in comfort features all help to keep the price as low as possible without compromising on quality and seaworthiness. And it’s not just about...

you need tons of cash. Technology and yacht design is not the only thing that has advanced. Business models have evolved to. So, other than just plainly buying a boat we have foreseen other options that decrease your Total Cost of Ownership. Co-owning/sharing the boat between 2 or more people can drastically reduce individual boat costs. We will facilitate that people interested in this discover each other and see if they can find mutual agreement regarding the boat's location, usage pattern, financial model and so on. Also to further decrease Total Cost of Ownership, we encourage future...

Hull length: 780 cm Beam: 254 cm Displacement: 1150kg Keel weight: 525kg Draft (keel down): 180cm Draft (keel up): 50cm Mast (air draft): 12,25m Main sail: 25,1m2 Jib: 17,5m2 Gennaker: 65m2 Hull/deck material: Sandwich Epoxy Glass with Carbon reinforcements Production process: Vacuum infusion Engine: outboard CE design category: B planned Nautical Design: Andrej Justin Concept and product design: Reacher team

Sandwich Epoxy Glass with Carbon reinforcements Interior and structures (berths, storage left and right, sink) laminated with hull Cockpit ladder Anti-slip finish Anchor locker Storage under cockpit Cabin side plexi Forward hatch 60cm Companionway hatch 60cm with lock 2 rudders (carbon epoxy), steering system, tiller with extension 4 cleats Stanchions H=60 with wires Manual bilge pump LED navigation lights, battery operated LED anchor light, battery operated Steel keel with lead bulb, epoxy coated Lifting mechanism with mechanical winch Keelbox and integral mast support Aluminum mast with 1...