8 Metre R « YQUEM » (ex Spirit)
Built: 1985
Hull : Polyester/ Divinycell
Lenght : 13.56 m
Beam : 2.46 m
Flag : Guernesey GBR and Geneva
Owner : Yquem Marine Limited

Price : Euro 110,000.—Swiss VAT paid

Sail racer of the International Metre Registered Class, three time World Champion and
several time vice World and European champion.
Entierely overhalled. Exceptionnally equiped.
Can be seen at the yacht club “la Société Nautique de Genève”, Switzerland
Has been skipped and sailed in 2001 by Team Alinghi actual America Cup defender for their
match racing training program.
Please contact : Jean Fabre in Geneva, Switzerland mobile : 00.41.79.212.18.18
fax : 00.41.22.310.19.01
E-mail : farel@bluewin.ch


8 Metre R « YQUEM » SUI-8
Current name YQUEM (ex Spirit)
Home port Geneva, Switzerland
Registry Guernsey
Sail number Sui-8
Yacht club S.N.G. (Société Nautique de Genève) Switzerland
Status Swiss VAT paid
Certification Lloyd’s Register
Length overall 13m56
Length at waterline 9m35
Beam 2m46
Draught 2m00
Displacement 8.034 t
Sail area 74m2
Design Pelle Petersen, Sweden
Builder Bätbyggarna, Enkoping, Sweden
Construction 1985 Glass reinforced polyester over divinycell h.d. foam
Keel and winglets (new) 2003 by Peter Van Oossanen, Wegeningen, Netherlands
Rudder (new) 2003 by Peter Van Oossanen
Mast (new) 2003 by ZR concept, Echandens, Switzerland
Hydraulic set up (new) 2003 by Burkhalter shipyard, Yverdon, Switzerland
Rigging (new) 2003 by Burkhalter shipyard: 2 waah-waah pedals,
7 winches + handles, rigid vang, 2 running backstay, 2 pools (1
carbon, 1 aluminium), 1 main sail hook, 1 genoa hook
Engine Off boat since 1999, optional
Batteries 2 (1x 12 V for electronics, 1x 12V for 2 bilge- pumps)
Electronics 2003 B&G H1000 3display: depth- finder, loch, speedo, wind
indicator etc…
Sails 3DL Full racing set 2007
2 full training set ranging 2002-2006
Covers sail covers, summer and winter tarpaulin
Miscellaneous anchor, 5th category and swiss regulation specifications.
Racing performance World Champion : 1987, 1992 and 1999
World Vice Champion : 2002, 2003
Europe Vice Champion : 1999
World Championship 2007 : 4th