Silk Cut (yacht)

Silk Cut

Boudragon hauled out of the water in Lauwersoog
Other names	Elanders/Ten Celsius JMS Next Generation Boudragon
Nation	United Kingdom  Sweden  Norway  Netherlands
Class	Volvo Ocean 60
Sail no	GBR–1 SWE-20002
Designer(s)	Bruce Farr
Builder	McConaghy Boats
Owner(s)	Oceanraces Academy
Racing career
Skippers	Lawrie Smith Hans Bouscholte

Silk Cut (also Elanders/Ten Celsius, JMS Next Generation) is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht. She finished fifth in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Lawrie Smith.

Career

Silk Cut was designed by Bruce Farr and built by McConaghy Boats.[1]

She finished fifth in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Lawrie Smith.[2]

Elanders/Ten Celsius competed in the 2003 Volvo Baltic Race helmed by Hans Wallén.[3]

JMS Next Generation competed in the 2004 Volvo Baltic Race.[4]

Boudragon is currently owned by the Oceanraces Academy.[5]

References

1. "The Entries", Yachting, 181 (10), 1997
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
3. "News & Features - ISAF - World Sailing - Official Site : Preview". sailing.org.
4. "Nu startar Volvo Baltic Race". 16 June 2004.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-10.