Hetairos

The meticulously maintained 218ft carbon “Hetairos”, knowing that Woodstock is always up for adversity, asked us if we could look at its keel.

Likely due to the great speeds she achieves (she has the highest possible IRC rating of 2.00 and is the current record holder of the Round Antigua Race with a time of 03 hrs 46 mins 08 seconds!) had at some point lost the fairing to her bulb keel.

As there is nowhere in Antigua (or the entire antilles) able to dry dock a vessel as large and deep, the job had to be conducted in the water. Relishing a challenge, we got to work.

Creating the template took some initiative, skill and dive equipment, but once this was created accurately, it was easy enough to make a new fairing in the workshop and go back down to fit.

Whilst Hetairo’s was alongside, we also made some titanium anti chafe plates for her caprails which were nice thing to make with a neoprene backing to protect her beautiful varnish.