![]() The flat bottom makes for her equally notorious upwind ‘pounding’. Their relatively flat bottom is part of the revolutionary design that makes her so fast downwind-she surfs! But like with everything on a boat, there is always a compromise. What was originally considered a radical and even dangerous offshore design became legendary among racers and highly influential in boat design to follow. In the years to follow, the Cal-40 boats went on to win an unprecedented string of victories in major ocean-racing events. A year later, hull #2 Conquistador came out of California to win the Southern Ocean Racing Conference (SORC) off Florida, a highly coveted title. She instantly dominated the local racing scene. They talked Jack Jensen of Jensen Marine in Orange Country into building it and Persephone was launched in 1963. ![]() In 1963, a man named George Griffith asked his friend and marine architect, Bill Lapworth, to design a new type of boat. ![]()
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