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Achievements


All Members of the Lidgard Sails group are very proud of their many local and international achievements, all of which have helped to establish our global reputation. The fact that most of the owners and skippers of these boats continue to be Lidgard Sails customers for many years speaks for itself!

We are pleased to demonstrate below a few examples of our diversification and successes (for more up to date information on latest projects and race results please see our News section).

Cruising  |  Super Yachts  |  Maxi  |  Other Projects  |  Racing

Cruising:

  • "Brilliant", 68' LOA S&S design schooner
  • "Kim", 70' LOA custom Hoek design ketch
  • "Heroina", 80' LOA German Frers own yacht, full inventory
  • "Magic Cat" 82ft catamaran, Ollier design, full inventory
  • Baltic 40, 51 and 64 Contest 43 an üd 60
  • Hallberg Rassy 39 and 49 SL #81
  • "Happy Joss", 86ft Judel Vrolijk design, full inventory
    Mirabella
  • "Adjutor" 85' Langan design, full inventory
  • "My Way" 75' Salthouse design, full inventory

Super Yachts:

  • "Aquel II", in 1987 the world's largest yacht, full inventory
  • "Mirabella, I & III", 130ft sloop Farr, full inventories
  • "Sovereign", 121ft sloop, Dubois, full inventory
  • "Philanderer", 130ft sloop Farr, 3 x full inventories
  • "Hetairos", 145ft ketch, Bruce King
  • "Shenandoah", 165ft three masted schooner built in 1902, full inventory
  • "Windstar", Holland America, 440ft sailing cruise ship, 5 x full inventories
  • "Christine" 110ft sloop

Maxi:

  • "Mylene", 83ft sloop Vaton
  • "Sorcery" 85ft sloop Mull
  • "Cassiopea" 80ft sloop Davidson

Racing:

America's Cup

  • 1987 : Jim Lidgard appointed Loft Manager-Designer for New Zealands BNZ Challenge KZ7.

  • 1992: Test sails for "Team New Zealand".

  • 1995: "Tag Heuer" - Jim Lidgard appointed Sail Designer/Loft Manager. With a budget up to 6 times smaller than most of the opposition, "Tag Heuer" was 3rd in Challenger semi-finals. Only one mainsail was used throughout 3 Round Robins, one headsail did 36 windward beats.

  • 2002: Test sails for Team Prada.

   

Sovereign

Whitbread/Volvo Round the World Race

  • 1981 - 1982 : "Ceramco New Zealand", Peter Blake, full inventory, Lost her mast on the first leg winner of the t wwo Southern Ocean legs, no sail failure during the race, all other 29 entrants had a minimum of two major sail failures.

  • 1993 - 1994 : 2 identical Whitbread 60 for Chris Dickson, full inventories "New Zealand Endeavour", 1st overall and winner of the Maxi Class; "Tokio", Chris Dickson, 3rd Whitbread 60.
    Spinnakers and asymmetrics for "New Zealand Endeavour", "Yamaha", "Tokio", "Brooksfield" and "Galicia Pescanova"

  • 1998 - 1999: Full inventories for "Kvaerner Innovation", Knut Frostad, 4th overall.

Multihulls

  • "Enza" 80' Catamaran, Sir Peter Blake, Jules Verne Trophy, first yacht to circumnavigate the World in less than 80 days.

  • 1995 "Fuji Colour" Open 60 î Trimaran, full inventory

  • 2001 , "Team Adventure" 110' LOA, Randy Smythe, 3rd "The Race" ; 2001 "PlayStation", Steve Fosset, 125' Catamaran, Trans Atlantic record.

  • 2002 "Rogntudjuuu" 50' LOA Ocean 50, Auckland to Noumea record.

Ceramco

 

Olympic Games

1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona:
Silver medal 470 Ladies NZ - JIBS
Silver medal 470 Mens USA - JIBS

World Championships

Two wins World OK Dinghy Championships
Win Flying Eighteen Footers, 1972
Win 470 World Championships
Win Paper Tigers Catamaran World Championships
Win 1991 World Two Ton - "Larouge"
Win 1993 World Two Ton Cup - "Larouge" Larouge was also the top points scoring yacht in the 1993 Admirals Cup until she lost her mast 100 miles from the finish of the Fastnet Race

Other significant results

2002 - First - New Zealand Farr 3.7 Nationals
2002 - First - Australian Cherub Nationals
2002 - First - in Class and overall, Transpac Race, "Bull" Sydney 40'
2001 - First - IRC Australian Nationals, "Eu Na Mara" 50' Fyfe design
2001 - sec- In Class, Hamilton Island series, "Icon" 65' Robert Perry design
1995 - Line - Sydney Hobart, "Tasmania" (ex "New Zealand Endeavour")
1994 - First - Kenwood Cup, IMS F Division, "Medicine Man" Lidgard design
1993 - First - Kenwood Cup Trials NZ "Tyrannus" Mumm 36
1993 - First - Sydney to Hobart "New Zealand Endeavour"
1992 - First - Kenwood Cup, ULDB division, "Hokulele"
1992 - First - Kenwood Cup, C division "Larouge" Spinnakers
1990 - 2nd - Japan Cup IMS
1986 - First - Kenwood Cup, "Thunderbird" Farr 43'
1977 - First - Southern Cross Cup, "Smirnoff Again" Farr centre board One Tonner

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