Front Street Unveils New Line of Sailing Yachts
The US builders Front Street Shipyard’s in-house design team is collaborating with yacht designer Bill Tripp to develop a new line of modern sloops that are now available for construction.
The shipyard said the line includes 84-foot, 102-foot and 112-foot yachts that are performance-oriented with a range of interior options.
The composite sailboat line is positioned as a competitive new option for new construction at the shipyard’s Belfast, Maine, facility.
The sailing systems on Front Street Shipyard’s newest designs are fully hydraulic with carbon fiber rig packages. Twin headstay furlers provide a working jib on the inner stay and a reaching sail on the outer stay.
There is a bowsprit to handle a Code Zero or Alpha sail and the mainsail has in-boom furling, and all winches are hydraulic self-tailing or captive, dependent on the model size.
President of the shipyard, JB Turner, comments on the collaboration with Tripp, saying, “We’ve long hoped that we’ll have an opportunity to build new yachts with Bill Tripp, whose designs are renowned worldwide. We’d like to grow the new build side of our yard with projects from talented engineering and design firms like Bill’s.”
The shipyard said all three models include a central social cockpit protected by the deckhouse and an aft sailing cockpit. There are multiple interior layouts, depending on the owner’s expectations.
