Originally the Nigel Irens designed catamaran “Tag” built in Canada in 1984. Bought late 1992 and re-modelled she became Enza. Skipperd by RKJ and Peter Blake, she attempted to beat 80 days around the world in 1993 but struck an object in the Southern Ocean and withdrew. In 1994 with the same skippers she got around the world in 74 days 22 hours 18 minutes, thus setting a new world record and gaining the Jules Verne Trophy. Sold on to Tracy Edwards and re-named Maiden, with an all girl crew she was dismasted in the Southern pacific when trying to better this time. She was subsequently sold to Tony Bullimore.
http://www.robinknox-johnston.co.uk/da/20112
The information on the above web site is not correct. The "Maiden" was a sloop, but the "Enza" was a catamaran.
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She was built as a catamaran by Canadian aerospace manufacturer Canadair & GKN Westland Aerospace in Canada, after a design made by Nigel Irens.
1983 Launched as the TAG HEUER in Quebec City. (If she ever carried this name I could not find, most sources given that she was launched as FORMULE TAG
When launched she had a length of 82 feet, but was shortened to 75 feet to fit the maximum length allowed by the new multihull circuit in France.
At that time she was the longest racing catamaran in the world and the second largest pre-preg composite structure at that time.
Under the name FORMULE TAG she was skippered by Mike Birch and sailing under Canadian flag.
1985 took part in the Monaco to New York race finishing first and the same year in a race from Quebec to St Malo under his command, during a 24 hour period she sailed 516 miles.
September 1992 at Newport USA, (where she was sitting for almost four years out of the water and very much neglected) sold.
She was brought to the Carbospars yard at the Hamble, U.K. where after she was re-modelled, renamed ENZA NEW ZEALAND, named after the New Zealand sponsor ENZA the apple and pear board, the reason that she carried the nice hull paintings on the Palau stamp.
She was lengthened to 85 feet, and a small central control nacelle between the hulls and just forward of the aft beam was constructed. The nacelle did house all the navigation and communication systems.
28 January 1993 was she ready and sailed to Brest to take part in the Jules Verne Trophy.
Sunday 31 January 1993 she passed the start line.
Skippered by Peter Blake and Robin Knox-Johnston she attempted to beat the 80 days around the world in, nine days later she were crossing the equator, her average speed so far was 14 knots.
When southeast of South Africa in a position of 42 04S50 42E after a loud smack she got water leakage in her starboard hull, and she came dead in the water. After examination it was found that there was a long split in the bottom of the starboard hull. If she hit something or that the stress in the hull was getting too much was not clear. The pump could manage the intake of water but the race for her was over. It took her 16 days to limb to the South African coast, entering Mossel Bay before moving her to Cape Town for repair.
She was then shipped to London and parked outside St Catherine’s Dock near the Tower of London.
Arrangements were made to ship her to New Zealand for a complete refit and be modified by the McMullen & Wing yard in Auckland.
After arrival in Auckland an other 5 feet was added to aft end of the hull, in her modified form she was now 93 feet long, and her hull was painted with apples and pears.
September 1993 she was ready and made a 10 day tour around New Zealand ports, thereafter she was shipped back to England, before she took part in the Jules Verne Trophy of 1994.
16 January 1994 she passed the start line at 1300 hours GMT under the same skippers. Her first day run was 411 miles. Seven days and 4 hours later she passed the equator.
She headed for 43 degree south before she altered course to the east and in the Southern Ocean.
When she was almost in the same position as when she was holed the other voyage, she buried her nose in a big wave and she came from a 25 knots speed to less than 6 mile. Peter Blake working in the pod was launched backwards against the chart table and he was severely hurt.
With the ENZA NEW ZEALAND still racing, the next days must have been very pain-full for Blake who was stuck to his bunk. When Blake came finally ashore it was discovered that he not only had cracked ribs but also a cracked pelvis.
14 February on a great circle course she passed the meridian of Cape Leeuwen on the south-west corner of Australia.
After a rough ride over the Southern Pacific she passed the longitude of Cape Horn in a passage time of 48 days, 2 hours and 32 minutes from Ushant. At that time she was very far south and it needed smart sailing to achieve her real objectives. She was now heading for a waypoint near Tristan da Cunha, later due to the weather changed to 50 degree South and 41 degrees West.
The last part of the voyage in the North Atlantic was very bad, and mostly under bare poles she was sailing to the finish line at Ushant, passing it on 01 April 1994. She made a world record time of 74 days 22 hours 18 minutes, 22 seconds, setting a new world record and gained the Jules Verne Trophy.
She was later sold and renamed ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE with a all female crew and skippered by Tracy Edwards she took part in 1998 Jules Verne Trophy yacht race, but was dismasted in the Southern Pacific during treacherous weather and had to give up.
Subsequently sold to Tony Bullimore in the U.K. and renamed TEAM LEGATO.
Her bow was lengthened by 10 feet by Westland Aerospace in time for “The Race” in 2001. The last modifications were designed to improve the catamaran’s upper performance and reduce the possibility of her pitch-poling when surfing at high speed through the Southern Ocean. She was also given a 33 metre carbon wing mast produced by Carbospars which is 40% lighter than her original alloy spars.
She ended as 5th in “The Race” a round the world yacht race starting in Barcelona on 31 December 2001.
Then she took part in the Oryx Quest yacht race the first round the world yacht race to start and finish in the Middle East under the name DAEDALUS.
05 February 2005 four yachts sailed from Doha, the DAEDALUS under command of skipper Tony Bullimore, she finished last 13 days later than the winner of the race.
2009 Was she sailing under the name SPIRIT OF ANTIGUA still owned by Bullimore.
After been in Bristol Docks for more as one year she made a shakedown cruise from the U.K. to Spain under Skipper Ben Jones and a crew of 7 men.
On her return trip on 27 October 2010 at 19.00 B.S.T. about 150 miles off Brest during moderate weather conditions she capsized, the crew after clinging to the hull for some hours were rescued by a French helicopter and landed on a French military base.
There were plans to salvage the yacht, but can not find if she is salvaged, am wondering if she has been salvaged, there are plenty web-sites with her capsizing but not one that she has been salvaged.
Monaco 1985 4Fr sgMS1749, scott? (as FORMULE TAG)
Palau 1996 32c sg984, scott389i.
New Zealand 2009 $1.80 sg?, scott?
Qatar 2005 50 Dhr. Sg?, scott? (as DAEDALUS)
Source: Sir Peter Blake an amazing life by Alan Sefton. Jean-Louis Araignon. http://www.yachtingworld.com/news/50484 ... n-capsizes
1983 Launched as the TAG HEUER in Quebec City. (If she ever carried this name I could not find, most sources given that she was launched as FORMULE TAG
When launched she had a length of 82 feet, but was shortened to 75 feet to fit the maximum length allowed by the new multihull circuit in France.
At that time she was the longest racing catamaran in the world and the second largest pre-preg composite structure at that time.
Under the name FORMULE TAG she was skippered by Mike Birch and sailing under Canadian flag.
1985 took part in the Monaco to New York race finishing first and the same year in a race from Quebec to St Malo under his command, during a 24 hour period she sailed 516 miles.
September 1992 at Newport USA, (where she was sitting for almost four years out of the water and very much neglected) sold.
She was brought to the Carbospars yard at the Hamble, U.K. where after she was re-modelled, renamed ENZA NEW ZEALAND, named after the New Zealand sponsor ENZA the apple and pear board, the reason that she carried the nice hull paintings on the Palau stamp.
She was lengthened to 85 feet, and a small central control nacelle between the hulls and just forward of the aft beam was constructed. The nacelle did house all the navigation and communication systems.
28 January 1993 was she ready and sailed to Brest to take part in the Jules Verne Trophy.
Sunday 31 January 1993 she passed the start line.
Skippered by Peter Blake and Robin Knox-Johnston she attempted to beat the 80 days around the world in, nine days later she were crossing the equator, her average speed so far was 14 knots.
When southeast of South Africa in a position of 42 04S50 42E after a loud smack she got water leakage in her starboard hull, and she came dead in the water. After examination it was found that there was a long split in the bottom of the starboard hull. If she hit something or that the stress in the hull was getting too much was not clear. The pump could manage the intake of water but the race for her was over. It took her 16 days to limb to the South African coast, entering Mossel Bay before moving her to Cape Town for repair.
She was then shipped to London and parked outside St Catherine’s Dock near the Tower of London.
Arrangements were made to ship her to New Zealand for a complete refit and be modified by the McMullen & Wing yard in Auckland.
After arrival in Auckland an other 5 feet was added to aft end of the hull, in her modified form she was now 93 feet long, and her hull was painted with apples and pears.
September 1993 she was ready and made a 10 day tour around New Zealand ports, thereafter she was shipped back to England, before she took part in the Jules Verne Trophy of 1994.
16 January 1994 she passed the start line at 1300 hours GMT under the same skippers. Her first day run was 411 miles. Seven days and 4 hours later she passed the equator.
She headed for 43 degree south before she altered course to the east and in the Southern Ocean.
When she was almost in the same position as when she was holed the other voyage, she buried her nose in a big wave and she came from a 25 knots speed to less than 6 mile. Peter Blake working in the pod was launched backwards against the chart table and he was severely hurt.
With the ENZA NEW ZEALAND still racing, the next days must have been very pain-full for Blake who was stuck to his bunk. When Blake came finally ashore it was discovered that he not only had cracked ribs but also a cracked pelvis.
14 February on a great circle course she passed the meridian of Cape Leeuwen on the south-west corner of Australia.
After a rough ride over the Southern Pacific she passed the longitude of Cape Horn in a passage time of 48 days, 2 hours and 32 minutes from Ushant. At that time she was very far south and it needed smart sailing to achieve her real objectives. She was now heading for a waypoint near Tristan da Cunha, later due to the weather changed to 50 degree South and 41 degrees West.
The last part of the voyage in the North Atlantic was very bad, and mostly under bare poles she was sailing to the finish line at Ushant, passing it on 01 April 1994. She made a world record time of 74 days 22 hours 18 minutes, 22 seconds, setting a new world record and gained the Jules Verne Trophy.
She was later sold and renamed ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE with a all female crew and skippered by Tracy Edwards she took part in 1998 Jules Verne Trophy yacht race, but was dismasted in the Southern Pacific during treacherous weather and had to give up.
Subsequently sold to Tony Bullimore in the U.K. and renamed TEAM LEGATO.
Her bow was lengthened by 10 feet by Westland Aerospace in time for “The Race” in 2001. The last modifications were designed to improve the catamaran’s upper performance and reduce the possibility of her pitch-poling when surfing at high speed through the Southern Ocean. She was also given a 33 metre carbon wing mast produced by Carbospars which is 40% lighter than her original alloy spars.
She ended as 5th in “The Race” a round the world yacht race starting in Barcelona on 31 December 2001.
Then she took part in the Oryx Quest yacht race the first round the world yacht race to start and finish in the Middle East under the name DAEDALUS.
05 February 2005 four yachts sailed from Doha, the DAEDALUS under command of skipper Tony Bullimore, she finished last 13 days later than the winner of the race.
2009 Was she sailing under the name SPIRIT OF ANTIGUA still owned by Bullimore.
After been in Bristol Docks for more as one year she made a shakedown cruise from the U.K. to Spain under Skipper Ben Jones and a crew of 7 men.
On her return trip on 27 October 2010 at 19.00 B.S.T. about 150 miles off Brest during moderate weather conditions she capsized, the crew after clinging to the hull for some hours were rescued by a French helicopter and landed on a French military base.
There were plans to salvage the yacht, but can not find if she is salvaged, am wondering if she has been salvaged, there are plenty web-sites with her capsizing but not one that she has been salvaged.
Monaco 1985 4Fr sgMS1749, scott? (as FORMULE TAG)
Palau 1996 32c sg984, scott389i.
New Zealand 2009 $1.80 sg?, scott?
Qatar 2005 50 Dhr. Sg?, scott? (as DAEDALUS)
Source: Sir Peter Blake an amazing life by Alan Sefton. Jean-Louis Araignon. http://www.yachtingworld.com/news/50484 ... n-capsizes
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