Audi Hamilton Island Race Week welcomes Q's flying keel

12:09 AM Thu 26 May 2011 GMT

'Radical rotation: Ian Oatley's radical new Grand Prix racer, Q, sails up Sydney Harbour - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2011' Blue Robinson

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2011 will see the most radical offshore racing yacht to be launched in decades compete. The 42-footer, simply named Q, has been created to capitalise on the exceptional performance gains that come from canting keels by taking the moveable ballast concept to the limit: the entire keel fin and ballast bulb rotates around the hull so that when it is fully canted it is completely clear of the water! The innovative concept is the brain-child of Ian Oatley, a member of the Oatley family who own Hamilton Island. It has been four years in design, ...

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