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This is the year of the IOR. We told you last month, as of this year, even fiberglass boats since 1970 become historic. That’s why Magic Twelve, one of three 40′ (12 m) IOR prototypes built by Bénéteau for the 1987 Admiral’s Cup, is worth buying now that it is for sale.
Magic Twelve the only prototype still sailing
This is the only one of three IOR 40′ (12 m) prototypes built by Bénéteau for the 1987 Admiral’s Cup that still sails. The third one sank; the second, Ellora V, has been lying abandoned in a construction site in St. Malo for several years. Bénéteau in total has made seventy First Class 12s but only three are prototypes. The proto version is much lighter and stronger than the standard version, has a raised deckhouse with carbon reinforcements and Kevlar honeycomb roof.
A boat for the Admiral’s Cup ’87
The Admiral’s Cup was an international regatta organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. Known informally as the World Offshore Championship, from 1957 to 1999 it was contested between national teams, each of which consisted of three boats. At first, only Great Britain and the United States took part, but later several other national teams were added. The start and finish was off the port of Cowes, on the Isle of Wight located off the southern coast of England. The 1987 edition was double faked by the New Zealanders, who managed to win both the cup and the lead with the faster yacht Propaganda, designed by Bruce Farr and helmed by Bradley William Butterworth (a four-time America’s Cup winner, two with Team New Zeland and two with Alinghi).
Former Blue Diamond
Known as Blue Diamond, in the early 1990s it was sold and brought to Howth in Dublin. Later this proto First Class 12 was transferred to Dún Laoghaire, where it fell out of the reservoir during winter storage in the late 1990s. Repainted red and used for team building it again changed hands and changed its name first to Deadly Buzz then to Magic Twelve. Now, after a hull refit and a complete interior refit, she is in France and is for sale for 38,000 euros.
James Barbaro
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