are why these W-class 46 boats were designed.

They are pretty (to my eye) even while seeing the traditional (above) and the modern (below), all at once on jack stands.

A boat designed to race specifically against each other like the old classes of the golden days of yachting.

The up close details at the dock have been fun to look at (especially while I'm building a cockpit). Interesting sail handling and cockpit set up. See the mainsheet, traveler controls and turning block forward of the jib winch? Hold that thought.

And the foredeck too. Lot's of new tech on these boats. See the jib tracks? Hold that thought, too.

Rockport Marine posted a photo of NASHUA racing off Nantucket. I love this shot (may be Billy Black) as it shows the cutting edge of the design. Pinching nice and tight to windward in not too much wind. Powerful boat, 16,000 lbs or so, 1,000 feet of SA, 46' long, 11' of beam. The helmsmen has a light touch on the wheel, one guy has easy control of both the doubled ended mainsheet and the traveler. These two are racing the boat, everybody else is just dead (useful) weight going to windward. The bowman looks like he's taking a phone photo of the jib?

I don't see how the jib works. How is it pulled in so close to the centerline. Is there some sort of barber haul that I can't see?