Featured Boat 57' Chris White Designs Atlantic 57 2010 US$ 1,495,000 The Atlantic 57 is the most recent design in the innovative and award winning series of high performance cruising catamarans from Chris White Designs. In full production in vacuum bagged glass and carbon fiber, 100% epoxy resin with foam core. She is not a completely a new design but a refinement of the well proven Atlantic 55 Cat. Adding a little hull length is always a benefit to a catamaran and in the case of the A57 the additional length also allowed a slight increase in the fore triangle area. Adding sail area to the staysail helps fill the gap in wind range between the small self tacking jib and the larger genoa.Another interesting modification was the change to asymmetrical daggerboards. Prior A55's had used either swing up centerboards or symmetrical daggers. Both worked well but it seemed that windward performance could be ratcheted up from excellent to spectacular by using a daggerboard that created extra lift. This is evident when sailing the A57 to windward as it makes no noticeable leeway. There were numerous small changes made to the interior accommodation. Most of these qualify a “tweaks” rather than major alterations; Refrigeration space was increased, lockers in the sleeping cabins were enlarged, access improved into the forepeaks and the interior lighting plan refined among other things. One significant alteration; the aft deck level was reduced allowing fixed seating along the forward side and a deeper bulwark around the aft side. Additionally, continual progress has been made in the reduction of construction weight by altering materials, installed equipment and construction techniques. The A57's are coming in about 1500 lbs lighter than the A55's which translates into several percent more boat speed under sail.Four large solar panels and two big 24v alternators provide plenty of charge for the ships batteries. All A/C systems can run on both 120v/60 cycle and 220v/50 cycle shore power, which allows easier international dockside plug in. Diesel propulsion is by twin Volvo D55 engines (55 HP) coupled to saildrives made by ZF and three blade folding props. She is fast and rugged, designed to sail her owners anywhere in the world in comfort.

Chris White Designs

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