"Big Red" Steinlager II is already a sailing legend: no other maxi yacht has this palmares of victories –
no other maxi is already a piece of sailing story – and still sailing strong!
Steinlager II was the first maxi ketch in composite and the first maxi with a fractional rigg. In 1990 Steinlager II was voted „Yacht of the Year“ by the Yachting Magazine. The winning 2-mast-concept was in the following editions of the Whitbread overtaken by successfull yachts like New Zealand Endeavour, La Poste and Merit. Her record is without precedent. She is the only one to have ever won all six legs of the Whitbread Round the World Race. No other maxi ketch has ever had such a series of victories.
| • 1st place Fastnet 89 (unofficial entrant) • 1st place Whitbread 89/90 • 1st place Europe Tour UAP • 1st place World Circuit (Maxi Division) • 1st place Transat des Alizees • 1st place Boston -New York • 1st place Nioularge • 1st place Ostende-Helgoland |
The success story of Steinlager II goes on: • 1st ship home Roma per tutti 2005 • 1st ship home Roma–Carthago 2005 (race record) • 1st ship home Palermo-Montecarlo 2005 (race record) • 2nd ship home Rolex Middle Sea Race 2005 • 2nd ship home Palermo-Montecarlo 2006 • 1st ship home Palermo-Montecarlo 2007 |
| Classification: | Maxi Ketch | Steinlager II serves as Sir Peter Blake’s fingerprint on the ocean waves. Sir Peter Blake was the skipper of the boat that won the 1989/1990 Whitbread Race and also won the 1995 and 2000 America’s Cup for Team New Zealand. Sir Peter Blake was the skipper of the yacht that won the 1989/1990 Whitbread Race Around the World and also won the 1995 and 2000 America’s Cup for Team New Zealand. |
| Designer: | Bruce Farr | |
| Year: | 1989 | |
| Builder: | Southern-Pacific, NZL | |
| LOA: | 25.5 m | |
| Beam: | 5.7 m | |
| Draught: | 3.9 m | |
| Displacement: | 35.1 t | |
| Sail area: | 415 sm (Standard) | |
| Hull Material: | Carbon, Kevlar, Nomex | |
| Rating IOR: | 70 | |
| Nr. of berths: | 16 |
