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Alex Thomson’s abandoned Hugo Boss yacht found after 10 years

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The yacht was discovered in Patagonia, several thousand kilometres from where the sailor abandoned it in 2006.

The yacht that skipper Alex Thomson abandoned in the Southern Ocean in the 2006-2007 Velux 5 Oceans Race has been discovered on a remote South American beach.

Cristian Donoso, a Rolex Enterprise Award winner, found the IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss yacht washed up on the Patagonian coast in Chile during a kayaking expedition in recent weeks in Bernardo O’Higgins National Park.

Based on currents and wind, the adventurer estimated the yacht would have travelled some 20,000km (13,000 miles) from where Thomson was forced to abandon it, in order to reach its final resting place near South America’s southern tip.

Thomson reposted Donoso’s story on his Facebook page: “A couple of weeks [ago] during an expedition to go kayaking … by the desolate coast of Patagonia Sahara, we discovered inside the National Park Bernardo O’Higgins the yacht ‘Hugo boss’, the British Skipper Alex Thomson lost in 2006, 1,000 miles south of South Africa during the round the world velux 5 OCEANS.”

“To get to the coast of Chile, the ‘Hugo boss’ had to travel more than 20.000 km adrift, pushed by the wind and the currents, crossing the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and going [to] the south of countries such as Saudi Arabia, India, Australia and New Zealand.”

Thomson said his team would make contact with local authorities to assist with the yacht’s removal.

The British skipper abandoned his racing yacht when the keel suffered a structural failure and the boat capsized just 33 days and 7,000 miles into the first leg of the round-the-world Velux 5 Oceans race.

Out of reach from rescue, a thousand miles from land and in the path of a 50-knot storm, Thomson’s only chance of survival was friend and race competitor Mike Golding. Golding turned back and sailed nearly 100 miles in a force eight gale to pull Thomson from a life raft.

When Golding’s mast broke in two places, the pair had to make for Cape Town under jury rig, where Golding ultimately retired from the race.

The video above is Thomson’s chronicling of the rescue as the dramatic events unfolded.

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This New ‘Hugo Boss’ Racing Yacht Is as Sharp as a Bespoke Suit

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Sharp, clean lines, jet-black and finished with bespoke precision: No, we’re not describing an impeccably tailored Hugo Boss suit, but rather the label’s new and equally impressive racing yacht. On Monday, British sailing team Alex Thomson Racing unveiled the custom-built 60-foot dream machine designed to lead the team to victory in the 2020-21 Vendée Globe round-the-world race.

The IMOCA vessel was spearheaded by world-renowned boatbuilder Jason Carrington back in 2018 and designed in partnership with the Alex Thomson Racing team and the French architects at VPLP. According to the company, it took two full years of work—approximately 50,000 hours of specialist construction and the effort of more than 100 workers—to complete the revolutionary racing yacht, which may explain the £5.5 million ($6.7 million) price tag.

Hugo Boss —the moniker given to all six of the team’s previous vessels—is a state-of-the-art carbon fiber yacht which weighs around eight tons and features high-tech hydrofoils. Solar paneling runs along the deck and coach roof—an addition aimed at allowing the team achieve its second mission of sailing around the globe without the use of fossil fuels.

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“We innovate, we push boundaries and we’re not afraid to do things differently. We accept that, in doing so, we might not always be right. But we are certainly not afraid to explore things that have never been done before,” Alex Thomson said as Hugo Boss hit the water for the first time.

To be sure, the yacht cuts a sharp profile, which seems only fitting given the team’s stylish title partner. The sleek carbon hull and the streamlined bow are finished in a distinctive, glossy black and creates an arresting contrast with fluorescent pink accents on the roof, keel, and rudder. The bespoke hue—a first for IMOCA—was devised by industrial designer Karim Rashid, the man orchestrating the brand identity of the boat.

“This sport is no longer just about qualified naval architecture and competent ocean racing,” said Thomson Racing CEO Stewart Hosford. “It’s a design and engineering challenge at the highest level. It’s about bringing together the best in the world in every single area, in the relentless pursuit of excellence, of perfection.”

The yacht will now undertake a sea trial period before its officially launched and christened in September. From there, it will debut in the double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre race in October. Godspeed, Hugo Boss .

Check out more pictures of the boat below:

Rachel Cormack is a digital editor at Robb Report. She cut her teeth writing for HuffPost, Concrete Playground, and several other online publications in Australia, before moving to New York at the…

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Launched in August 2019, the HUGO BOSS boat is considered the most revolutionary foiling IMOCA to date, and has undergone extensive development in the lead up to the Vendee Globe 2020 and is in contention for the podium.

Designed by Alex Thomson Racing (led by Design Manager, Pete Hobson) and the famous French naval architects VPLP, HUGO BOSS was built by world renowned boat builder Carrington Boats.

This exceptionnal racing yacht is the result of more than two years of painstaking design and build work, undertaken by more than 100 naval architects, designers, engineers and builders.

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The new super stylish Hugo Boss racing yacht is launched

Alex Thomson and his team have launched their new Hugo Boss racing yacht in the lead up to the Vendée Globe race next year. We bring you the first sailing photos of the super stylish yacht, which is emblazoned with the Hugo Boss logo and has a Mercedes emblem on the bow. The yacht was built at Green Marine in Southampton, UK.

The Vendée Globe is a tough competition, often referred to as the “Everest of sailing”, with solo sailors sailing around the world without any assistance. Arduous tasks aren’t new to Alex Thomson, who has tested his daring and endurance in some great sailing stunts .

Alex Thomson will attempt to be the first British sailor to win the race by sailing approximately 25,000 nautical miles – roughly the distance to the moon and back – while travelling at a top speed of 35 knots, enduring wind speeds in excess of 70 miles per hour and waves as high as 10 storey buildings.

His new Hugo Boss yacht is 18.23 metres LOA, has a draft of 4.5 metres and a mast height of 29 metres. The new yacht has been designed to be five per cent lighter than his previous yacht, coming in at 7.5 tonnes. It’s hoped shaving off the added weight will give Thomson an edge over the competition.

Thorough hydrodynamic research and computational fluid dynamics have gone into creating the new yacht, and many of the new design features and technologies utilised in the design of the new Hugo Boss yacht are said to be derived from Formula 1 racing. It’s a trend we are seeing more and more in yacht design, for example, with how  America’s Cup team Land Rover BAR are teaming up with F1 designers .

As for the new Hugo Boss yacht’s stylish exterior, the world renowned industrial designer Konstantin Grcic worked closely with the Alex Thomson Racing Team to create the yacht’s sleek and sexy black design aesthetic. Grcic also tried to bring some comfort into the yacht’s sleeping area and navigation station while keeping a priority on lightweight design and speed.

While the Vendée Globe doesn’t begin until November 6, 2016, Alex Thomson and his new Hugo Boss yacht will be put to the test during the 5,000 nautical mile Transat Jacques Vabre race from France to Brazil, which starts on October 25, 2015, followed shortly by the transatlantic B2B race starting in St Barths on December 6.

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The brand new “HUGO BOSS” yacht is launched in London by British model and actor Poppy Delevingne

London, September 20, 2019. The new “HUGO BOSS” yacht, set to be raced by British sailor Alex Thomson, launched yesterday at an official christening ceremony on The River Thames in London.

Built with a focus on improved sustainability, innovation, and design prowess, the new yacht sailed publicly today in front of London’s iconic Tower Bridge, before being officially christened by model and actor Poppy Delevingne in front of special guests in attendance.

The IMOCA 60 yacht was designed and built in a partnership comprising of the Alex Thomson Racing technical team, naval architects VPLP, and boat builder Jason Carrington. Industrial designer Karim Rashid, meanwhile, devised the boat’s unique brand identity. These leaders in their fields worked towards a singular objective: to create a groundbreaking yacht capable of winning the 2020-21 Vendée Globe.

Considered the most grueling sporting challenge in the world, the Vendée Globe sees the most accomplished solo sailors push their minds and bodies to the limits onboard high-speed vessels, purposefully built to withstand the power of the world’s oceans. A showcase of design, technology, and on-water aptitude, the solo, non-stop, unassisted round-the-world endeavor has only ever been won by a French sailor. However, after finishing third in 2013 and second in 2017, Alex Thomson will seek to realize a lifelong ambition and add his name to the history books by winning the race in 2021.

Mark Langer, CEO HUGO BOSS AG, spoke about the partnership: “HUGO BOSS and Alex Thomson Racing have always shared the same drive to succeed and to innovate. This has formed the basis for this long-term partnership, and we are excited about this new chapter in our collaboration.”

“The new HUGO BOSS is the culmination of the last 16 years of this team’s work.” said Skipper Alex Thomson. “We’ve brought together the very best people - across every area of the project - to create a boat which is groundbreaking in so many ways, a boat which we very much hope will allow us to achieve our ambition of winning the Vendée Globe.”

Sustainability has been carefully considered in the design of the new racing boat. Solar power will be the primary source of energy, powering Thomson’s onboard communication and navigation systems via custom-built solar panels on the yacht’s deck and coach roof. An electric motor and battery system has also been installed with the ultimate goal to sail around the world competitively without any fossil fuels.

Every part of the yacht, which weighs 7.6 tons, has been intricately designed and custom-built with two key factors in mind: weight and reliability. Made almost entirely from carbon fiber for lightness and durability, the boat’s black hull has been streamlined at the bow, and the iconic BOSS logo has been created from silver carbon, making it an integrated structural element for the first time. The boat’s hydrofoils have been radically redesigned for speed, while the cockpit has been moved inside the boat to offer greater protection from the elements – something never before seen in this sport.

The boat also features a unique shade of fluorescent pink, never previously used in the IMOCA class. Karim Rashid emblazoned the boat’s coach roof, keel, and rudders with this color, while a pattern inspired by the weave of carbon fiber is featured on the boat’s foredeck and sails.

The boat also utilizes cutting-edge technologies, developed in partnership by Alex Thomson Racing and Technology Partner Nokia Bell Labs. From onboard sensing devices, designed to enable Thomson to better understand his mindset and performance, to camera systems, the yacht features groundbreaking augmented intelligence technology designed to bring the relationship between man and machine even closer.

The yacht will race for the first time on October 27, 2019 when Alex Thomson competes in the Transat Jacques Vabre race from France to Brazil. Thomson and the HUGO BOSS yacht will set sail on the Vendée Globe – ‘the Everest of sailing’ - on November 8, 2020.

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Poppy Delevingne in BOSS Alex Thomson in BOSS Karim Rashid in BOSS Harry Winks in BOSS Nico Rosberg in BOSS André Lotterer in BOSS Henrik Stenson in BOSS James Righton in BOSS Ben Aldridge in BOSS Isaac Carew in BOSS Sam Rollinson in BOSS Neelam Gill in BOSS Isabel Getty in BOSS Amber Le Bon in BOSS Bradley Simmonds in BOSS Andrew Georgiades in BOSS Bea Fresson in BOSS Betty Bachz in BOSS Charlotte Wiggins in BOSS Craig McGinlay in BOSS Darren Kennedy in BOSS Eve Delf in BOSS Jim Chapman in BOSS Leo Dixon in BOSS Kirk Newmann in BOSS Portia Freeman in BOSS Renee Stewart in BOSS Rosie Tapner in BOSS Sydney Lima in BOSS Lady Sabrina Percy in BOSS Tyrone Wood in BOSS Wilson Oreyema in BOSS Timothy James in BOSS Wallis Day in BOSS Gwilym Pugh in BOSS James Kakonge in BOSS Luke Edmeade in BOSS Christian Bordin in BOSS James Yates in BOSS Tom York in BOSS

HUGO BOSS – ALEX THOMSON RACING

Thomson is one of the favourites for the Vendée Globe 2020-21. In the past two editions of the race,  Thomson has secured third and second place finishes in 2013 and 2017 respectively. One of the factors that contributed to the previous remarkable boat speed advantage of Alex Thomson’s HUGO BOSS over the rest of the Imoca fleet was an extensive programme of CFD simulations. What’s less well known is that Alex brought in a specialist CFD team, Dr Rodrigo Azcueta’s Cape Horn Engineering, to help deliver that advantage.

‘We were fortunate to be able to count on Rodrigo’s expertise in foil design and CFD analysis,’ Thomson says. ‘For CFD analysis, Rodrigo and the team at Cape Horn Engineering are always our first point of call.’

For more details, please read BENEATH THE SURFACE.

New generation foil assisted racing yacht

The new generation foil-assisted yacht ‘HUGO BOSS’ has taken a team of naval architects, engineers and boat builders just over two years, 80,000 hours to reach its completion. The IMOCA Open 60 race boat has been built with one goal in mind – to win the Vendée Globe in 2020-21.

Cape Horn Engineering worked alongside the Alex Thomson Racing team and French naval architects VPLP to create HUGO BOSS, the first of its kind.

Cape Horn Engineering

Cape Horn Engineering’s involvement in the design of the foils for the previous HUGO BOSS contributed to its unsurpassed performance. It was, without doubt, the fastest boat in the fleet during the last Vendee Globe 2016-17. Unfortunately, during the 2016-17 edition, Alex Thomson was hampered by a broken foil which handicapped him for most of the race, however, he still managed to finish in a credible second place.

Early 2018 Cape Horn Engineering were proudly commissioned once again to assist in the specialist design of the new foil system for the next generation HUGO BOSS. Dr.-Ing. Rodrigo Azcueta, Managing Director of Cape Horn Engineering, had the best experience and credentials to provide dynamic simulations for the new foil configuration.

Rodrigo had recently completed an America’s Cup cycle with Ben Ainslie Racing, where foil design and simulation were at the core of the design process. Over his 4 year involvement with BAR, Rodrigo led the CFD team, drawing on their extensive resources to analyse all aspects of the concept design of the foiling 50ft catamarans, and to produce their performance predictions.

The challenge

The extensive CFD simulation work for HUGO BOSS lasted for 6 months, during which time Rodrigo worked in collaboration with both Alex Thomson Racing team in the UK and French architects VPLP design team, with Andy Claughton coordinating the CFD effort for the wider team.

The innovative foils extend from each side of the hull to lift the boat out of the water at speed, reducing drag. With new rules allowing the foils to move on two axes rather than just one, as was the case in the last race, the challenge was to find the optimal foil shapes and angle of attacks for each sailing condition, which provide maximum performance and stability.

Rodrigo comments: ’’Alex invited me for an exhilarating test sail onboard HUGO BOSS as she was put through her paces, to see first hand the dynamics, and learn how the boat needs to perform under extreme racing conditions. This was also a crucial opportunity to experience the instabilities, often observed in the first generation foil-assisted IMOCA Open 60s where the foil and keel lift the boat until one or both start to pierce the surface. Then, at some point, the lift is lost as ventilation occurs and the hull sinks back into the water, and the process re-starts. Alex had a good understanding of the problem and some ideas on how to solve it that needed verification and fine-tuning with simulations.

Working alongside the HUGO BOSS specialist team was certainly another highlight of the project. Hundreds of hours were dedicated, and hundreds of emails and conversations were exchanged as we worked diligently to simulate the boat dynamics and assist in the development of the next generation of foil designs for HUGO BOSS ’’.  

Dynamic simulation

The CFD approach involved setting up 4 and 5 ‘degrees-of-freedom’ simulations, where the fully appended yacht is free to move in space and the aerodynamic and hydrodynamic forces are mostly balanced and the yacht finds its floating – or semi flying attitude – during the simulation.  

This type of analysis is a great improvement over the more traditional VPP work, where only the steady-state situation is addressed. Simulations are started from a situation where the forces are out of balance, and the dynamics of reaching force balance gives important insights on how the different configurations will behave in real situations.

Video animations were produced and analysed, with forces, moments and final attitudes compared. In this way, dozens of foil candidates and foil positions could be considered at a preliminary design stage. “It is an iterative and interactive process, where ideas are run in CFD, analysed by the team and then after evaluation, good ideas are taken forward and refined, and the others are discarded after having learnt from their downsides”, Rodrigo says.

Foil curvature and size, longitudinal position within the hull, position where the foils exit the hull sideways, i.e. how close to the water surface, mounting angle and the variations in angle of attack permitted by the new IMOCA rule, positions and articulation of the bearings and the interaction with the hull and whole system were all systematically varied and compared.

After completing this investigative process, the design team was confident to choose a foil that was based off one of Alex’s initial concepts, the radial foil … an innovative design and the first of its kind.  

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This New ‘Hugo Boss’ Racing Yacht Is as Sharp as a Bespoke Suit

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Sharp, clean lines, jet-black and finished with bespoke precision: No, we’re not describing an impeccably tailored Hugo Boss suit, but rather the label’s new and equally impressive racing yacht. On Monday, British sailing team Alex Thomson Racing unveiled the custom-built 60-foot dream machine designed to lead the team to victory in the 2020-21 Vendée Globe round-the-world race.

The IMOCA vessel was spearheaded by world-renowned boatbuilder Jason Carrington back in 2018 and designed in partnership with the Alex Thomson Racing team and the French architects at VPLP. According to the company, it took two full years of work—approximately 50,000 hours of specialist construction and the effort of more than 100 workers—to complete the revolutionary racing yacht, which may explain the £5.5 million ($6.7 million) price tag.

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Hugo Boss —the moniker given to all six of the team’s previous vessels—is a state-of-the-art carbon fiber yacht which weighs around eight tons and features high-tech hydrofoils. Solar paneling runs along the deck and coach roof—an addition aimed at allowing the team achieve its second mission of sailing around the globe without the use of fossil fuels.

“We innovate, we push boundaries and we’re not afraid to do things differently. We accept that, in doing so, we might not always be right. But we are certainly not afraid to explore things that have never been done before,” Alex Thomson said as Hugo Boss hit the water for the first time.

To be sure, the yacht cuts a sharp profile, which seems only fitting given the team’s stylish title partner. The sleek carbon hull and the streamlined bow are finished in a distinctive, glossy black and creates an arresting contrast with fluorescent pink accents on the roof, keel, and rudder. The bespoke hue—a first for IMOCA—was devised by industrial designer Karim Rashid, the man orchestrating the brand identity of the boat.

“This sport is no longer just about qualified naval architecture and competent ocean racing,” said Thomson Racing CEO Stewart Hosford. “It’s a design and engineering challenge at the highest level. It’s about bringing together the best in the world in every single area, in the relentless pursuit of excellence, of perfection.”

The yacht will now undertake a sea trial period before its officially launched and christened in September. From there, it will debut in the double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre race in October. Godspeed, Hugo Boss .

Check out more pictures of the boat below:

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Wreck found after drifting for 9 years and 10,000 miles in the Southern Ocean is Alex Thomson’s Hugo Boss

• Elaine Bunting
• February 22, 2016

Alex Thomson's Hugo Boss, abandoned in 2006 when the keel head broke, has been found 10,000 miles away after 9 years drifting in the Southern Ocean

These photos of the shipwrecked hull of Alex Thomson’s Hugo Boss were taken in February in Patagonia during a kayak expedition by Chilean adventurer Cristian Donoso. Donoso discovered the yacht nine years after Thomson abandoned the yacht in a last-minute rescue and over 10,000 nautical miles from where the yacht was last seen.

Thomson abandoned the boat 1,000 miles from Cape Town during the solo Velux 5 Oceans race and was rescued by Mike Golding in the Southern Indian Ocean in November 2006. The section of the canting keel head that to attached the rams snapped off so that the keel was swinging freely.

Read Mike Golding’s dramatic retelling of how he carried out the rescue and how it very nearly went wrong.

He and his team agreed that keel failure was imminent, and Mike Golding in Ecover returned into headwinds to make a dramatic and difficult rescue.

Alex Thomson’s 2006 Hugo Boss

The discovery nearly a decade later shows that the main part of the hull travelled over 10,000 nautical miles round the world on wind and currents to end up in a remote part of the Bernardo O’Higgins National Park in Chile. The hull would seem to have survived because the keel did, indeed, detach from the hull. The cockpit area has also broken off and the mast, deck hardware, standing and running rigging is all gone.

Stewart Hosford, managing director of Alex Thomson Racing says: “We could not believe it could go so far when we assumed it had sunk!  To date, we not been contacted by anyone, and it is owned by the insurance company, but of course if it needs to be removed or dealt with we will support that in whatever way we can and offer assistance.”

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The new capsule, suitable for sailing and leisurewear, is crafted from responsible materials. R ecycled polyester is woven using Social Plastic® yarn from Plastic Bank®, and the cotton is sourced from COTTONFORLIFE, which aims to   promote a fully transparent, eco-friendly and socially responsible value chain.

Referencing the HUGO BOSS yacht, the pieces draw on the carbon fibre-inspired pattern and the colour palette of white, black and neon pink. The capsule's responsible focus also looks to the boat, which was designed to use reduced resources. For instance, the yacht's primary power source of sunlight, and the raw unpainted hull.

"For BOSS, this capsule represents another stage in the journey towards a more sustainable approach to fashion. I could not be prouder to be a part of that."

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From epic voyages to sharing his incredible stories, sailor Alex Thomson has a packed schedule. Take a look at what Alex has been up to and what’s next for the round-the-world skipper and the HUGO BOSS yacht.

The world’s toughest sailing challenge, a non-stop, unassisted and single-handed round-the-world race, begins on 8 November in Les Sables-d’Olonne, France. The Vendée Globe, a 24,000-mile course over approximately 75 days, is considered the Everest of sailing, and only 50% of entrants complete it . Alex finished in second place in 2016 – this time he aims for a win with his new yacht that launched in September 2019.

The Transat Jacques Vabre race charts the historic coffee trading route between France and Brazil. Yachts sail from Le Havre, a leading French port, to Salvador de Bahia, in Brazil. The race begins on 27 October 2019.

Alex Thomson and the HUGO BOSS boat stopped in Brazil and Mexico on their final tour before the new yacht was launched. Alex visited several BOSS stores, and special guests had the chance to experience a unique sailing trip with him onboard the boat. The tour spent March in Rio, Brazil and April in Cozumel, Mexico.

For the first time, Alex Thomson competed in the 3,542 nautical mile non-stop, single-handed race from France to the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, crossing the line in first place as the fastest boat in the fleet. The HUGO BOSS skipper was awarded third place overall due to a time penalty imposed after a technical problem. "There are a lot of positives to take away from this," Alex expressed.

Aboard the new HUGO BOSS yacht, round-the-world sailor Alex Thomson set sail through London's iconic Tower Bridge for the christening ceremony. The new HUGO BOSS boat was redesigned by Alex Thomson and his team, naval architects VPLP and boat builder Jason Carrington to improve the vessel’s performance and sustainability. Its appearance is striking, thanks to renowned designer Karim Rashid, who emblazoned it with a one-of-a-kind shade of pink. These talents came together with one singular mission: to create a groundbreaking yacht that wins the Vendée Globe in 2020.

Features of the new boat

The yacht's foils have been radically redesigned for speed. Foils have revolutionised the sport of solo, offshore sailing, making the boats ‘fly’ to reach higher speeds than ever before.

The boat is made entirely from carbon fibre, which is reliable, durable and lightweight. The material is not painted; the colours come from the carbon itself, allowing the BOSS logo to be a structural element for the first time. All of this reduces weight to maximise performance.

Alex aims to sail without fossil fuels, using sunlight as the primary power source. Solar panels charge the motor and the battery, which is key for communication and navigation. The carefully-placed panels will even function in the Southern Ocean where direct sunlight is restricted.

The process of designing a racing yacht like this one is incredibly complex. We carry out lots of different tests and studies, and evaluate a lot of historical data on our previous boat, as well as looking at others in the fleet. All of this data helps us to form a better understanding of the direction we want to go in. Every element of the new boat, from the foils and the shape of the hull to the layout of the cockpit and working environment, has been designed by our team, together with VPLP, specifically for me as the skipper to race in the Vendée Globe.

HUGO BOSS was built in Hythe, Southampton, UK under the direction of Jason Carrington who I believe to be one of the very best boat builders in the world. There is so much knowledge, experience and technique in that boat shed so, for us, it was the clear choice. It was also important to us, as a British team, to build the boat here in the UK, something which has allowed us to work incredibly closely with Jason and his team throughout the process.

There are around 30 people at the boat yard itself. In addition to that, we have a team of about 10 internally who have worked across the project, as well as our wider team. We also then have our naval architects, VPLP, whom we continue to work very closely with. In total, more than 100 people have worked on the project across all areas.

People have come to expect HUGO BOSS to be black with silver or white. But, of course, the IMOCA rules also state that specific areas of the boat must be fluoro for safety reasons. As a team, we have always made it our mission to lead, never to follow. We like to be first and for people to ask ‘what will they do next?’ When Karim’s initial designs came back and we saw the neon pink vision for the first time, it was unexpected for a lot of the team. But, for us, what better way to stand out from the rest of the fleet and continue to make a statement in this sport?

Known for his use of colour, Karim Rashid devised a striking neon pink design for the boat. For this, he, Alex Thomson Racing (ATR), and HUGO BOSS created a completely unique shade. The team received approval from the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA) to use this colour, making it the first yacht of its kind to feature neon pink.

Interview with Karim Rashid

To brand the next HUGO BOSS sailing boat is an honour. It is special to work on this project as HUGO BOSS is such established brand, and Alex Thomson is so well respected in the sailing world. It is my diversity that affords me the ability to cross-pollinate ideas, materials, behaviours, aesthetics and language from one typology to the other and here was an opportunity to speak about speed, exclusivity, energy and courage through the visual aesthetics of the boat.

I think about using colours to create an experience, and to create human engagement. I love pink and techno colours – colours that have a vibrancy and energy, so they were a natural selection for the project. I am very graphic in all my work, be it interiors, products or architecture. They are blank canvases for colour, like a white seamless room on a movie set, a perfect stage for accessorising, for embellishing.

Every round of designs had to be analysed from a performance perspective. It led to a lot of iterations and revisions but, ultimately, that helped us in finalising the best possible brand identity functionally and aesthetically, marrying HUGO BOSS and ATR with my own aesthetics.

Our design takes direct inspiration from the attributes and weave of carbon fibre, making it the focal point of the design. The lines in the pattern speak to each individual fibre found in every carbon strip that makes up the overall weave. The result is a hypnotic, endless weaving of lines that gives the boat a strong yet delicate nod to the fibre, which also elegantly addresses the theme of reduction.

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HUGO BOSS racing yacht all in black due to functional pigments made by BASF

• BASF no w official partner of Alex Thomson Racing
• Launch of the first entirely black IMOCA 60 sailing yacht in the world made possible by functional pigments with heat-reflecting properties
• BASF coating technology based on Paliogen ® and Sicopal ® pigments

Whether the new racing yacht of the fashion house HUGO BOSS is going to be the fastest sailing boat in the world is yet to be seen. But one thing is certain: skippers and sailing fans around the world will not be able to ignore this state-of-the-art yacht. Alex Thomson Racing’s new IMOCA 60 racing yacht – also sponsored by the premium automobile brand Mercedes-Benz – is the first entirely black IMOCA 60 yacht in the world. This was made possible by painting the deck with a coating developed by BASF, which is based on the functional pigments made by the company. The yacht, skippered by leading British sailor Alex Thomson, will compete in its first Ocean Masters World Championship Race, The Transat Jacques Vabre, in October this year.

Yachts that feature black sails or a black hull are not altogether new. A deck structure that is entirely black, however, is a novelty because heavy sun exposure tends to heat up the dark surfaces enormously. This can lead to a heat build-up in the cabins below deck, which would make living conditions onboard extremely uncomfortable and can even affect the structural integrity of the composite materials. Hence, it was decided to use the functional pigments made by BASF to formulate the coating. They ensure that surfaces that are painted in dark colors can remain significantly cooler on hot days as they reflect rather than absorb heat. The ship builders used the special pigments that are sold under the Paliogen ® brand, which are transparent for Near Infrared Light (NIR), as well as functional NIR-reflecting pigments from the Sicopal ® range.

Reflecting most of the sunlight The pigments are an innovative solution for solar heat management: through their use, the dark surfaces of the deck reflect a large part of the sunlight that they are exposed to. The sun beams penetrate the base coat whilst the filler below reflects the sunlight and ensures that the temperatures on the coated surfaces as well as inside the boat are significantly lower than they would be if conventional black pigments had been used.

"The black coating of the deck has been made possible by the development of this coating technology based on functional pigments," explains Arno Tuchbreiter, Head of Pigment Marketing for Industrial Coatings at BASF. "Otherwise, the radiation of the sun would lead to an unbearable build-up of heat in the windowless cabin and the interior of the boat. The deck too would become too hot and people would struggle to walk on it barefooted without getting burned.”

Great potential in the automotive sector The paint, based on functional pigments, is not only suitable for yachts and ships, but also highly interesting to the automotive sector. “Therefore, Mercedes-Benz has been involved in the development process at BASF from the very start, and we have conducted extensive testing of this paint on our vehicles. Our intention is to use it on various models over the next few years,” says Martin Bremer, Head of Color and Trim Mercedes-Benz Design. Because the vehicle interior heats up considerably less, there is a lower requirement for cooling by the air conditioning system. This will have a particularly positive effect on fuel consumption in countries with high average temperatures, at the same time reducing vehicles' CO2 emissions.

The HUGO BOSS racing yacht, designed by the French company VPLP/Verdier, had its unique black aesthetical design created by Konstantin Grcic, a world famous industrial designer. The yacht was launched in September 2015. “We were delighted to work with renowned industrial designer Konstantin Grcic on this project and we were very keen to ensure we could deliver his creative vision,” says Stewart Hosford, Managing Director of sports consultancy 5 West Ltd. “Working with BASF has allowed us to create a truly unique design that would have not otherwise been possible without BASF’s technical capability and ability to deliver.”

BASF now official partner of Alex Thomson Racing BASF is now also official partner of the offshore yacht racing team Alex Thomson Racing. The first race of the British sailor Alex Thomson on his new yacht is the Transat Jacques Vabre, a double handed 5,000 miles race from France to Brazil, starting on October 25, 2015. In November 2016, Thomson will set sail in the pinnacle of offshore racing: The Vendée Globe. This race is 26,000 miles long, solo, non-stop, unassisted around the world. BASF and Alex Thomson Racing have signed a two-year partnership, which will include Thomson’s 2016 Vendée Globe campaign. BASF and Alex Thomson Racing will work together on the marketing of the pigments and the development of new design concepts.

About BASF‘s Dispersions & Pigments division The Dispersions & Pigments division of BASF develops, produces and markets a range of high-quality pigments, resins, additives and polymer dispersions worldwide. These raw materials are used in formulations for coatings and paints, printing and packaging products, construction chemicals, adhesives, fiber bondings, plastics, paper as well as for electronic applications such as displays. With its comprehensive product portfolio and its extensive knowledge of the industry, the Dispersions & Pigments division offers its customers innovative and sustainable solutions and helps them advance their formulations. For further information about the Dispersions & Pigments division, please visit www.dispersions-pigments.basf.com .

About BASF’s Coatings Division BASF’s Coatings division develops, produces and markets innovative automotive coatings, automotive refinishes and industrial coatings as well as decorative paints. We operate sites in Europe, North America and South America as well as Asia Pacific. Within this network, we collaborate closely with our customers all over the world. In 2014, the Coatings division achieved global sales of about €3 billion. More information about the division is available at www.basf-coatings.com .

About BASF At BASF, we create chemistry – and have been doing so for 150 years. Our portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas. As the world’s leading chemical company, we combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Through science and innovation, we enable our customers in nearly every industry to meet the current and future needs of society. Our products and solutions contribute to conserving resources, ensuring nutrition and improving quality of life. We have summed up this contribution in our corporate purpose: We create chemistry for a sustainable future. BASF had sales of over €74 billion in 2014 and around 113,000 employees as of the end of the year. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com .

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