Category Archives: News
Carkeek boats perform well in 2016 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
15 Jan
Carkeek Design Partners featured 2 boats in this year’s edition of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Ichi Ban the Carkeek60, skippered by Australian Matt Allen (Class0) and Indian the Carkeek47 under the wing of Craig Gardener (Class1) Recent races had seen smaller to mid size boats between 42-52ft perform best as witnessed by
Carkeek 40 Decision leads Inaugural Islands in the Stream Series
16 Dec
Steven Murray’s Carkeek 40 Decision holds a four-point edge atop the standings at the mid-point of the Inaugural Islands in the Stream Series, a four-event series organized by SORC. Decision swept the top of the standings for both the Nassau Cup Ocean Race and the Wirth M. Munroe Palm Beach Race. They charged to Victory
Carkeek 60 Ichi Ban wins the 2015 Cabbage Tree Island Yacht Race
04 Dec
Matt Allen and his team aboard Ichi Ban convincingly won this years race against a competitive field. They held off the Judel Vrolijk 63 from start to finish in testing conditions. The team now have their sites set on this years bug prize the 2015 Rolx Sydney Hobart Race.
Carkeek 40 ‘Spookie’ wins the Ida Lewis Race under IRC
04 Dec
Steve and Heidi Benjamin notched up yet another win on their Carkeek HP IRC 40 ‘Spookie’ They dominated the field crossing the line 20 minutes ahead of their nearest rival, the Ker 50 ‘Temptation’ to win overall under IRC. Congratulations Team Spookie
C 40mki Decision wins the Rolex Annapolis Newport Race IRC Class 1
19 Jun
Stephen Murray Jr sailed his Carkeek C 40 mki Decision to victory in Class 1 IRC at this years Rolex Annapolis Newport Race. They sailed an outstanding Race in variable conditions to beat yet another Carkeek design, The C 47 Black Pearl into second place. Congrats to the Murrays and Team Decision. This week they
The New Carkeek C 40 MKii high performance IRC racer Rebellion Hull No 2 launches in the UK
16 Jun
Our Carkeek C 40 Mkii is our 5th generation high performance IRC design and launched recently in the UK. This is our second Hull in the new C 40 Mkii series and an evolution of the successful C 40mki (Spookie, Decision and Denali) built 4 years ago. Hull 3 is being completed and we’re taking
The new C 40 MKII Esprit wins the 65th Oshima Race IRC overall and sets a new course record
16 Jun
Congratulations to the Esprit team for their outstanding performance in the recent Oshima Race. They dominated on the water demonstrating their offshore capabilty in testing conditions. Esprit won line honours setting a new course record and also win overall in corrected time under IRC.
Carkeek 40 Mki Spookie wins prestigous NYYC Award
16 Dec
Heidi and Steve Benjamin have won the prestigious NYYC Herreschoff Award. The Herreschoff Medal “is awarded to the yacht which in the opinion of the Race Committee makes the best overall performance in the season’s races in the class selected by the Flag Officers that has shown the most interesting and instructive racing during the
C47 #3 ‘The Black Pearl’ begins sea trials
24 Aug
Photos courtesy of Andrea Carloni.
