Are you someone who craves speed? Simplicity? Do you love
sailing for the pure pleasure of experiencing the thrill and
excitement of competition? How about innovation? Do you have
big dreams and ambitious goals? We thought so and with
that in mind we invite you to become a part of our dream;
SpeedDream.
SpeedDream started as a simple idea, a quest to
build the world’s fastest sailboat, but along the
way something magical happened. As a first step in
what’s rightfully considered an enormously ambi-
tious project, we built a scaled prototype, a 27-
foot version of the boat principally to test some
of the innovations like the flying keel,
stepped hull and wave piercing
bow. SpeedDream27 is now a real-
ity and the boat is really cool, quite
stunning, simply amazing. Those
are not our words; they are some
of the comments on our Facebook
page. Without trying, our crazy lit-
tle rocketship has gathered quite a
YOU’RE INVITED
following and has inspired many people from
around the world.
It’s our stated goal to make fast sailing more
affordable, more accessible and more fun
and with that in mind we invite you become
part of the dream. Help us build SpeedDream
into a global movement that changes the
way we race boats. Sailing journalist James
Boyd, who runs thedailysail website, had it
right when he said “aside from the AC72s,
prize for the coolest boat to be launched in
2012 must go to SpeedDream.” We like that.
We want you to become an integral part of
the success of the entire SpeedDream pro-
gram, to feel a part of something bigger than
just a new idea. Join us as we pioneer this
new Development Class and be there with
us as we attempt the ambitious ini-
tiative of building the fastest
and sexiest sailboats on
the planet.
Over the last decade there has been some very real pushback
against professionalism in the sport, not at the extremes like
the Volvo Ocean Race and Vendée Globe, but among weekend
warriors. Sailing in not cheap, but still you should not have to
have the deepest pockets to win. How many times have we
heard the lament that regatta’s were lost because the boats
that won were able to bring in a crew of hired guns? Some
of the fun has been taken out of racing and we plan to
put it right back in again.
SpeedDream is all about speed. It’s not about
calling wind shifts on the windward leg. It’s not
about hiring the best tacticians and helmsmen
to help you spend your money to go
fast while you watch the action from
the weather rail. SpeedDream is all
about you taking the helm and re-
fining your skills as a helmsman to
see how fast you can go.
Just as catamaran sailing is all
about keeping the windward hull
out of the water, helming a Speed-
SPEEDDREAM FOR EVERYONE
Dream27 is all about keeping the keel fly-
ing. Our test pilot Cam Lewis, no stranger
to helming fast multihulls, states it clearly.
“There is skill required to get the keel flying
and to keep it flying, but it’s a skill that can
be learned, and honed. The better you get at
it the faster you will be able to sail. Racing
a SpeedDream27 will simply be about going
fast and having a blast without the complica-
tions, and expense, of a large crew.”
We have creative plans to get you out sail-
ing both locally and on an international
scale. For the entrepreneur, someone who has
craved to make his passion for sailing his live-
lihood, we have a plan for you as well. Think
along the lines of shared ownership, turnkey
arrive-and-drive and a little business model
that builds a fleet and takes it global
in partnership with an already
established international
racing circuit.
A boat as different as SpeedDream deserves some different
thinking when it comes to round the buoys racing. We are
reinventing it and we think that you will like what we are pro-
posing. It’s a sharp idea...:)
Let me introduce you to the SpeedDream SpeedWay.
Loosely based on slalom ski racing where two skiers
race through gates on parallel courses, the SpeedDream
SpeedWay will be raced on two spear shaped courses.
Yes the reference to the spear is deliberate; racing
the SpeedWay will be one-on-one combat.
The SpeedDream SpeedWay is designed to
challenge the speed skills of each team.
It’s not about picking wind shifts on the
windward leg; it’s about maximizing the
time spent with the keel flying and the boat
flying along at top speeds.
The course provides short, fast, reaching
legs with a crossover point so that all
competitors sail the same waters. If there
are more than two boats the starts will be
staggered; the winner is the boat with the
lowest aggregate time over a number of
races. Simple, fast, fun, creative and best of
all, you are in control.
SPEEDDREAM SPEEDWAY
VLAD MURNIKOV
Project Leader and Design Coordinator
skype - vladsailing1
1 (617) 861 7184
BRIAN HANCOCK
Creative and Marketing Director
skype - callbrianhancock
1 (617) 271 0712