HISTORY:

SPECS:
Sail Number | KA-8 |
International Rule | THIRD Rule-AC |
Year Built | 1985 |
Designer | Ben Lexcen |
Builder | Steve E. Ward & Co. |
First Owner | South Australia Challenge for the Defense 1987, Ltd. |
First Name | South Australia |
First Sail Number | KA-8 |
First Country | Australia |
Original Homeport | Port Adelaide |
Other Names | New Sweden (1988) |
Current Status / Condition | sailing |
Current Location | St. Tropez, France |
Construction | Aluminum alloy |
Length Overall | 19.51 m. |
Length Waterline | 13.40 m. |
Beam | 3.60 m. |
Draft | 2.63 m. |
Sail Area | 179.5 m. |
Displacement | 24.32 t. |