secret project unveiled: Aeroyacht's new H42 Aeroyacht's-H42 affordable performance ADVANCED bows and daggerboards Ultimate SAFETY and DESIGN High Tech Construction

Aeroyacht's-H42 affordable performance

The all new H42 might be the catamaran you have been looking for. In collaboration with a top notch French company, Aeroyacht is pleased to announce the fast and very affordable H42. She is built by Edel catamarans France, a company with a 20 year history of building multihulls. If you like the room of cruising catamarans but not their performance look no further. The H42's high aspect ratio hulls and advanced bow shape will put 250 nautical mile days within reach. "Bateaux" Magazine, the French equivalent to "Sail", extensively tested the H42 in the freezing N-Atlantic last month and noted her outstanding performance "....very stiff under sail...very rigid construction..."

ADVANCED bows and daggerboards

The H42 is unlike any other production daggerboard catamaran on the market. Advanced high aspect ratio daggerboards are inclined to provide positive lift at high speed, effectively reducing resistance and wetted surface. In addition the twin performance foils create hydrodinamic lift to windward and thus optimize upwind VMG. The high tech bows, revolutionized by the hull shape of Formula 1 tris, allow a reduction in weight and windage, yet provide important reserve buoyancy when pressing the boat in gale conditions. The fine shape of the stem at the waterline allows for excellent light air characteristics, by minimizing wave making and parasitic hull drag. A flared section further up provides the all important volume needed to prevent nose digging. At deck level the stem radius tapers back to form a very rigid attachment for the crossbeam and also to reduce aero and hydrodinamic drag. Also new, is the material of the stems. A black extremely resilient elastomer acts as built in bumper and will reduce hull damage in case of frontal impacts. Not only does it give the boat a high tech look but is a practical safety feature found in no other catamaran.

Ultimate SAFETY and DESIGN

The H42 provides ultimate safety features of positive flotation, watertight bulkheads and integrated crash zones, which art isolated from the living accomodations of the vessel. Strict standards of the EC provide her with a " Category 1A offshore" homologation. The triple crash boxes - the forward one even filled with foam - and the innovative bow protection system will also reduce damage in case of collisions. ,br>Every effort was made by reknown designer (B. Lelievre of C-Class Little Americas Cup fame) to center weights. All accomodations are between the center and aft beams reserving the extremeties of the H42 for watertight bulkheads and storage.

High Tech Construction

The composite hulls and the nacelle consist of a PVC foam sandwich and are entirely vacuum bagged. Bulkheads and interior fittings are constructed with honeycomb and PVC sandwich panels and are also vacuum bagged for an optimal strength to weight ratio. The entire boat is constructed using high grade isophthalic vinylester resins. The separate crossbeams are built using a monolithic laminating process for ultimate resilience and reliability. Vacuum bagged foam core is also used for decks and cockpit floors to provide stiffness, strength and minimum weight. Daggerboard and trunks built in a high strength vinylester composite compound. A skeg is integrated into the bottom of the hull to protect saildrive and rudder from beaching and impacts. Helios 42 is available in two anti-leeway versions: either with dagger-boards or with keels. The all composite H42 comes with a 5 year structural and 3 year osmosis warranty.