Length: 6.1m, Beam: 2.7m, Draft: 0.9m
Propulsion: Sail
Construction: Plywood
Owner: Bernie Spooner, Geelong Vic
Construction: Plywood
Owner: Bernie Spooner, Geelong Vic
Covid project, great looking boat with varnished plywood deck.
The Tornado was designed in 1967 by Rodney March from the Isle of Sheppey, England, specifically to be the Olympic Class catamaran. It easily defeated the other challengers in a selection event in England in the same year, and sailed its first Olympics in 1976.