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The VX ONE is a fresh and exciting sport one-design for the international two to three person racing enthusiast. The design concept is born of a careful review of performance one-design demographics within this category worldwide. The VX ONE offers sailors from Junior to Advanced a vehicle for perpetual enjoyment of performance sailing in an affordable, durable, and technically advanced package, and at a realistic price.

• LOA = 19′/5.79m
• LWL = 18.83′/5.74m
• Beam = 7.17′/2.19m
• SA Main + Jib = 215 sq ft./19.97 sq m
• SA Gennaker = 280 sq ft./26 sq m
• Draft, keel down = 4.33′/1.32m
• Crew Weight tolerance = 380 – 450 lbs (2-3 person)

• Boats built by Ovington Boats, Ltd.
• GNAV (above boom Vang.)
• Self Tacking Jib on Harken Radial track.
• Recessed Harken Jib furler.
• Large mouth Gennaker launcher.
• Single line Gennaker halyard/ retrieval/ pole launcher.
• Clear coated Carbon mast by Southern Spars (NZL).
• Clear coated Carbon Gennaker prod.
• Clear coated Carbon Boom.
• Simple, uncluttered cockpit.
• Extruded and Anodized Aluminum keel for perfect shape and durability.
• High performance profile Carbon-Glass rudder.
• Simplified rig utilizing sensible engineering; provides easy tuning.
• Storage for Day gear/ Provisions.
• Under deck paddle storage.
• Optional Outboard bracket (2 Hp Outboard) for recreational use.
• No paid professional programs at VX One level*.
• See SS version for pro/am rules.
• All sailors welcome. No owner-driver restrictions.
• KISS approach.
• Complete Race Ready VX One.
• Vacuum Infused Opoxy with carbon reinforcements and E glass construction. Divinycell foam cores throughout.
• Absolutely NO fairing required.
• Southern Spars Carbon Mast, Boom, Gennaker Prod, GNAV strut.
• Mast utilizes fixed carbon spreaders.
• Carbon/Glass rudder.
• Extruded anodized aluminum keel fin with kelp cutter and fiberglass encapsulated lead bulb.
• 100% Dyform standing rigging package.
• Complete pro – race level running rigging package, halyards, control lines, and sheets.
• All Harken fitout, including radial self tacking and double swivel below deck furler.
• Launcher tube fitted.
• Padded hiking straps.

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VX ONE AT A GLANCE 

A POWERFUL, HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPORTSBOAT

The VX One is a 2 to 3 person keelboat with a light, easily driven hull by an efficient sail plan set on a full carbon rig. The boat can be launched simply off a dinghy style trolley or craned in using a single point lifting strop.

Key features of the VX One are the off the boom mainsheet which gives a huge uncluttered cockpit, whilst the self-tacking jib makes gybes easy when sailing 2 up. The jib furls for easy launching and recovery and for short-handed sailing or playing with the family. The spinnaker is launched using a single line hoist/ retrieval line making the process easy for anyone and a large chute mouth reduces friction.

Association Link vxone.org.uk

VX One Complete, sail away package

• Complete, fully fitted hull
• Carbon Mast (Inc wires & halyards)
• Carbon Boom & Vang
• Fixed rudder w/carbon tiller & extension
• North Sails – Main, jib and spinnaker
• Under Cover
• Launching trolley
• Combination road trailer w/lighting board

Price:  £37,528.07

            £31,273.39 (ex VAT)

VX ONE PARTS

Standard furling drum only

VX One Side Hatch Cover

VX One Hiking Straps – Pair

40/29mm Carbo linked block

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From sails to rigging, mast fittings and covers.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

One Design, Evolved

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ONE DESIGN, EVOLVED.

Since 2012, the VX One has been the ultimate one design sportboat for top level sailors and families alike. With a focus on fun, friendly competition and no paychecks, the VX One is an affordable high performance platform that guarantees fun in all conditions. The VX One family is like no other and we hope you will join us!

LOA = 19′/5.79m

LWL = 18.83′/5.74m

Beam = 7.17′/2.19m

SA Main+Jib = 215 sqft/19.97 sqm

SA Gennaker = 280 sq ft./26 sqm

Draft, keel down = 4.33′/1.32m

Crew Weight = 375 – 475 lbs (2-3 person)

With hundreds of boats sailing worldwide, the next great event is never far away. In the USA, sailors spend the summer with their home fleets and then come together for a Winter Circuit in South Florida and Charleston.

The goal is to make it easier than ever to get on the water. Parts, rigging, repair, and service are available at all major events along with transportation and logistics management.

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The #VXOne is a fresh and exciting sport one-design for the international two to three person racing enthusiast. The design concept is born of a careful review of performance one-design demographics within this category worldwide. The #VXOne offers sailors from Junior to Advanced a vehicle for perpetual enjoyment of performance sailing in an affordable, durable, and technically advanced package, and at a realistic price.

The Ultimate One Design Racer !

The VX offers sailors from Junior to Advanced a vehicle for perpetual enjoyment of performance sailing in an affordable, durable, and technically advanced package, and at a realistic price.

Additional Features

• Boats built by Ovington Boats, Ltd.
• GNAV (above boom Vang.)
• Self Tacking Jib on Harken Radial track.
• Recessed Harken Jib furler.
• Large mouth Gennaker launcher.
• Single line Gennaker halyard/ retrieval/ pole launcher.
• Clear coated Carbon mast by Southern Spars (NZL).
• Clear coated Carbon Gennaker prod.
• Clear coated Carbon Boom.
• Simple, uncluttered cockpit.
• Extruded and Anodized Aluminum keel for perfect shape and durability.
• High performance profile Carbon-Glass rudder.
• Simplified rig utilizing sensible engineering; provides easy tuning.
• Storage for Day gear/ Provisions.
• Under deck paddle storage.
• Optional Outboard bracket (2 Hp Outboard) for recreational use.
• No paid professional programs at VX One level*.
• See SS version for pro/am rules.
• All sailors welcome. No owner-driver restrictions.
• KISS approach.

THE ULTIMATE ONE DESIGN RACER!

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• Last update: 20th March 2020

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VX One: could this be a modern keelboat class to match the popularity of Flying 15?

• Matthew Sheahan
• April 20, 2015

So far there has not been a planing keelboat class to touch the Uffa Fox Flying 15. Could the VX One be the one? Matthew Sheahan is impressed

A modern high-performance machine with the ordinary sailor in mind. Photos: Ocean Images

I’ll come straight out with it: there are some boats that hit the spot from the outset and for me the VX One is on that list. In fact, I’ll go further. This two- or three-crew 19ft performance keelboat was my favourite boat of 2014. It is, quite simply, superb.

Bridging the gap between dinghies and keelboats has always been tricky. What’s good for those used to hiking with their well-trained quads, honed stomach muscles and backsides that only feel right if they keep slapping the tops of the waves is not what will appeal to those more used to hiking facing outwards. For this group, draping their bodies over a 4mm wire like washing on a line, occasionally lifting their sea boots over the waves, is the norm. So the switch from keelboats to dinghies has always proved troublesome and conversely the performance downgrade for dinghy sailors has often been equally unappealing.

Yet back in 1947 Uffa Fox figured out how to tempt both camps when he designed the world’s first planing keelboat, the Flying 15.

Blending dinghy performance with keelboat stability, the Flying 15 established a new concept and continues to be the datum in this field, with over 4,000 boats built and a world championship fleet that can still draw up to 100 at a time. There has been no other boat of this type that has been anywhere near as successful. And while many have tried to emulate Fox’s success with a more modern boat, no one has yet succeeded on this scale.

Although the VX One looks nothing like the Flying 15, the comparison is a good way of describing what the boat is all about.

With her wide, shallow and open cockpit, complete with toestraps and a smattering of control lines, the VX One is every bit a modern high-performance machine and yet she’s designed with ordinary racing sailors in mind.

“From the outset I wanted the boat to be light and lively,” says designer Brian Bennett. “I wanted a boat that was good in light airs and outstanding in heavy airs. It also had to be bulletproof, current in terms of design, incorporate modern systems and be easy to handle. But in addition to being the perfect raceboat, it needed to be a fun daysailer where you can take your family for a 15-knot blast.”

Sales talk, you may think, but that is precisely what she delivered. Had I looked at her anticipated Portsmouth Yardstick rating – estimated to be 860-885 which is close to that of a twin-trapeze RS800, or even her IRC at 1.012 (the same as a 32ft JPK 1010) – I would perhaps have been more prepared when we lit the blue touch paper.

But, having joined Bennett aboard his boat for the last day of the inaugural national championships held in Torquay last autumn, I found the sub-eight-knot breeze provided little clue to what she’d be like at full throttle. The real fun came a few weeks later when I borrowed another boat from the builder Ovington Boats and sailed her in more lively conditions out of Lymington.

In around 12-16 knots of breeze with gusts to 18 she lit up downwind, hitting 16 knots with ease. With the bow up and half the boat well out of the water, she not only looked the part, but was a doddle to handle at speed.

With wind against tide, the Solent chop was at its notorious best – short, steep waves set across our track like a deeply ploughed potato field. But with our weight back and her bow up, she made light work of the uneven surface, skipping over each crest effortlessly.

Heeled at speed

On the few occasions that we did faceplant into the back of a wave, we did so because I was trying to sail the boat too upright, as you might a high-performance dinghy. The VX One is different and likes to be heeled slightly at speed in waves to get her onto her aggressive chine. Once there, not only is she developing maximum righting moment and hence power from her hull form, but the rocker in the chine helps her stern to squat down and her bow to rise.

Given her downwind sail area of 46m 2 (495ft 2 ) you might think that she’d be a handful, especially for the crew, and yet the deck layout and control lines have been so well thought-out that she is no more difficult than my own RS400. In some ways she’s easier.

Although both of us were new to the VX One, she was simple to sail at speed straight away

Her spinnaker chute is huge, making for easy hoists and drops using the single recovery line on a two patch arrangement on the kite. The halyard and drop line also deploy and retrieve the carbon bowsprit with ease.

Elsewhere her control line layout throughout is simple and well-executed with control lines that have minimum friction, are led to the right places and are easily accessible. A good example is her self-tacking jib, which includes a simple yet effective barber hauler to change gear in different sea states. Both her jib sheet and barber hauler control lines exit from one swivelling double jammer under the foredeck making them easy to adjust wherever you are.

Upwind she proved stiff and easy to get into the groove and while she likes to be hiked, the shaped side decks make this as easy and comfortable as could be expected.

One detail that does take a little while to get used to is the skiff-style mainsheet system that comes directly off the boom rather than through a cockpit floor-mounted jammer. As any 49er, 29er, or skiff sailor will tell you, there are good reasons why this system works and offers a more efficient way of trimming the mainsail. A floor mounting modification is available, but according to Bennett most crews switch back to boom mounting later.

When handling her ashore, her lifting keel, which is raised using the main halyard, means that she can be launched, recovered and trailed on a combi trailer.

She weighs just 260kg all up – the weight of a Wayfarer with someone sitting in it – making her pretty easy to move around on a decent surface and easy to tow with a normal saloon car. Alternatively, her single-point lift means she can be craned with ease.

Two decades of sportsboat activity has now helped to close the dinghy/keelboat gap and encourage more people to downsize and up-speed, but there is still the issue of the perceived athleticism that is required for anything that has toestraps rather than guardwires. Yet the reality is that you can easily sail this boat without having to hike like an Olympic Gold medallist.

While she was new to the UK and Europe in 2014, the first boat was launched in the USA two years ago and around 100 have already been built to the strict one-design rules.

So for all those facing the wrong way or leaning up against a cold steel rail on the side deck, it really is time to turn around, slip your feet under the toestraps, sheet in and send the VX One downwind. Within minutes you’ll be driving like you’re in the getaway car and grinning from ear to ear.

The simple, uncluttered cockpit of the VX One has been well thought-out. For example, water is shipped through chute drains straight out of the transom. The boom-mounted mainsheet takes a little getting used to

The self-tacking jib also has a single-line barber hauler, which allows the sheeting angle to be changed easily while under way (seen just under the car)

Simple control line layout: red jib sheet and barber hauler, blue kite hoist and pole deployment, yellow kicker. Having controls here keeps the rest of the boat clear

The upside-down kicker strut (Gnav) keeps the forward area of cockpit clear. Single-spreader carbon mast

A huge spinnaker chute opening makes for easy hoists and drops. The jib has a roller furler

Simple hand adjustments for V1 and D1 shrouds. Lowers are also included to support the mast at Gnav height

Specifications

LOA 5.79m/19ft 0in

Beam 2.20m/7ft 3in

Draught 2.11m/6ft 11in

Displacement 260kg/573lb

Mainsail/jib 19.97m 2 /215ft 2

Spinnaker 26m 2 /280ft 2

Typical crew weight 135 -250kg/297-550lb 2-3 crew

Price £20,408 ex VAT, inc sails, covers and combi road trailer/landing trolley

Designed by: Brian Bennett

Built by: Ovington Boats (UK) Mackay (New Zealand)

This is an extract from a feature in Yachting World March 2015 issue

Website Rebuild In Progress!

The new VX One class website is coming soon. In the meantime, all of the information, registration and results for the 2023-24 Winter Series in Miami, FL is here: www.vxone.com/winter

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2022-2023 Winter Series Registration

Come join us at Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club for a great winter of VXing! Mast up storage all winter long. Just show up and race!

Event #1: December 17-18, 2023

Event #2 (Midwinter Championship): January 14-16, 2023

Event #3: February 11-12, 2023

Register Here: https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/25410#_home

2022-2023 VX One Winter Series

The 2022-23 VX One Winter Series is Confirmed!

The annual VX One Winter Series returns at an alll new venue, with the same format promising fantastic racing to VX One sailors from all over the country.

More information and registration will soon be announced but in the meantime mark your calendars and start making your plans to attend what is looking to be the biggest winter series ever!

2022 Midwinter Championship

35 boats battled it out at the 2022 VX One Midwinter Championship (and the second stop of the Winter Series) in Pensacola, FL. After 8 races, Chris Alexander and team on 276 bested Hayden Bennett on 269 by two points to take home the title.

Full Results: https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/23476#_newsroom+results

Photo Gallery: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=vxoneclass&set=a.1874390159396107

Winter Series 1

The VX One Class kicked off the 2021-22 Winter Series in Pensacola, Florida this past weekend. With 34 boats competing from all over North America, the competition was tight, and the regatta wasn’t clinched until the last finish of the event.

Race Committee members and sailors lucked out when the conditions for the weekend provided a phenomenal two days of sailing. Day one saw persistent shifts and breeze hanging around the low teens and warmer weather with sunny skies. Day two saw cooler temperatures and a lighter and much shiftier breeze as it was coming over the land from the North.Taking the first win of the winter season was Alexander Heinzemann and Trevor Parekh on Bro Safari from Royal Vancouver YC/ Royal Saint-Laurent YC. The pair sailed a consistent event, with no finish above 6th, in the competitive 34-boat fleet. Double The Fun, sailed by Hayden Bennett and Esteban Forrer from Sail Newport were just two points behind placing them in second overall. In third was Chris Alexander and Ricky Welch, on Counterproductive from Gulfport Yacht Club.

Full Scores: https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/23475#_newsroom+results

Thanks to North Sails for the report.

Pensacola Winter Series Registration

#1 December 11-12: https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/23475

#2 January 15-17: https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/23476

#3 February 19-20: https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/23477

Race Documents: https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/regatta_uploads/23475/VXONEWINTERSERIES2021RD.pdf

2021 Winter Series Update

Please click the link below for an update on the 2021-22 Winter Series from the VX One Board of Directors

https://bit.ly/VXWinterSeries

Alexander Wins 2021 North Americans

The Oklahoma City Boat Club hosted 15 teams for the 2021 VX ONE North American Championship on September 23-25 in Oklahoma City, OK. The event was originally to be held in Toronto, ON but was moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with travel concerns and a date change translating to a smaller event than in the past.

Racing was on Lake Hefner just outside of downtown Oklahoma City and provided challenging conditions throughout the event.

Flat water and puffy conditions greeted the fleet for day 1 of the championship regatta. With 12-16kts of breeze from the south, race committee was able to set a 1 mile course and begin racing on time. Race 1 went off without a hitch and the fleet split evenly upwind until a noticeable shift favored the teams on the right side.

Race 2 looked very similar to the first race and the shifty conditions allowed teams in the back unique opportunities to fight towards the top. This also meant that teams leading had to have their heads out of the boat, looking for wind further up the course. It was nearly impossible to call the shifts. The breeze dropped on course left during the third race, and a majority of the fleet pulled out gybe sets to head towards better pressure. Once again, the fleet inverted a few times before finishing.

Race 4 saw the lightest breeze of the day, with teams transitioning to a low mode whenever possible to consolidate their gains downwind. With the wind velocity back up, the first general recall of the regatta happened during the fifth and final race of the day. Once the fleet was off the line, the course had the most consistent pressure of the day but still very shifty.

Chris Alexander established his spot on the top of the leaderboard early, reaching the podium in all five races and winning two of them.

The second day of racing was very similar to the first but boasted more pressure. With only four races allowed for the day, racing went quick and seamless. Teams that didn’t start well were always afforded an opportunity to come back with the shifts. After nine races, Alexander still led the pack by 7pts.

With a weather forecast looking skeptical for the final day of racing, race committee started quickly and a maximum of three races were allowed. The hope was to beat the dying breeze but unfortunately that was not the case as just one race was completed in the 5-7kt easterly.

Chris Alexander with North Sails Expert John Bowden and 12 year old Noah Cina took home the North American Champion title. This is the third time Alexander has won the trophy and the second time with Bowden. In second was Larry Frost and Jackson Benvenutti, followed by Kaitlyn Liebel and crewed by Mark Liebel and Jordan Wiggins. Kaitlyn Liebel was also awarded Top Female Skipper and Noah Cina was awarded Top Youth Participant.

The 2022 VX ONE North Americans will be in September at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club in Torornto, ONT.

Details:  https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/22762

2021 VX One Women’s Championship

This past weekend, 11 teams made up of 33 women gathered to compete in the inaugural VX One Women’s Championship in Newport, RI. The event was designed to promote sportboat participation among female sailors while also using the regatta as a learning platform for the sailors. The VX One is a rapidly growing amateur sport boat fleet that is 19ft long, requires 2-3 sailors, is super fun and manageable in a big breeze, making it the perfect boat for an event like this. The event kicked off on Friday, August 13, 2021 with an evening clinic led by VX guru Hayden Bennett. With nearly every team in attendance, Hayden led the fleet through a series of starts and short courses. This allowed competitors to hone in on their boat handling and speed test against the other teams. For many of the sailors, this was their first time in a VX and first time sailing as a team. After two hours of on water coaching focusing on upwind trim (and the serious importance of vang and active main trim) and downwind boat handling the teams felt confident going into the first day of racing. Day 1 of the event started slow when a postponement to allow weather to pass kept teams on land. Near noon, race committee dropped AP and the fleet towed out to Potters Cove to begin racing. The eagerness to race was met with another postponement until a light 5-7kt southwesterly filled for the first two races. Race 3 was a different game, the breeze went right and built, making for a more dynamic race course and closer racing. After day 1, Alie Toppa in 329 was leading. Sunday’s racing was much more exciting, with the first two races having a gorgeous 12-15kt northerly. The breeze allowed the VX One to show teams its higher speeds and sporty nature. The northerly breeze hung on for the last two races but dropped in velocity, making teams transition modes and refocus. The final races were sailed in 6-10kts making downwinds and clean lanes the name of the game. The left played out consistently and Toppa was able to hold her lead after eight races to become the first ever VX One Women’s Champion alongside crew member and sister Holly Toppa and Kate O’Donnell. This is what the Women’s Champ Alie Toppa had to say about the regatta; “We had an epic time sailing this weekend in the VX One Women’s Championship! The conditions were tricky and with such good competition, it made for some tight racing. It was awesome being part of such a great event with a lot of enthusiasm and support from the class!” The VX One class is extremely excited about the success of the event and is already looking forward to a similarly structured event next year on August 12-14, 2022. Thank you to our 2021 sponsors; The Magenta Project, Whalers Brewing Company, Streamline Marine and Stringdrop.

2021 North Americans and 2021-22 Winter Series

2021 VX North Americans

We are thrilled to announce that the 2021 VX One North American Championship has been rescheduled for September 23-25, 2021 at the Oklahoma City Boat Club! The Oklahoma VX Fleet has been supporting VX events around the country for many years now and we are extremely excited to now have the chance to support them at their home club.

We will look forward to going to Toronto in 2022 and appreciate all of the hard work the Canadian fleet has put in to try to make an event happen despite all of the restrictions.

2021-22 Winter Series

Dates have been announced for our 2021-22 Winter Series at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron! Registration will be available in the near future but mark your calendars and be sure not to miss out on some of the best racing on the schedule.

Dec 11-12, 2021

Jan 15-16, 2022

Feb 19-20, 2022

Mar 18-20, 2022

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