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Draft:NZL 40 (sailing yacht)

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FRA-40
Other namesNZL-40
Yacht clubYacht Club d'Antibes
Nation France
ClassInternational America's Cup Class
Sail noFRA-40 (also NZL-40)
Designer(s)Doug Peterson, Jim Taylor
BuilderEric Goetz Custom Sailboats
Launched1994
Owner(s)Be Happy syndicate
FateScrapped
Racing career
America's Cup1995
Specifications
TypeMonohull
Displacement24 tons (ballast 19 tons)
Length22 m (72 ft) (LOA)
18.5 m (61 ft) (LWL)
Beam4.9 m (16 ft)
Draft4.0 m (13.1 ft)
Sail area350 m2 (3,800 sq ft)
Crew16
Notes
Sailed as tourist charter in Auckland and Sydney until scrapped

FRA 40 (also known as NZL-40 and Be Happy) was a former America's Cup boat designed and built for the 1995 America's Cup. The yacht was owned by the French Be Happy syndicate sponsored by the Yacht Club d’Antibes but was not completed in time and never raced.




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