Yacht Allied Bank by Angelo Lavranos

The arrival of a sponser to fund John Martins attempt on the BOC Race saw Angelo Lavranos design a world beating boat,it looked more like a space ship when compared to Voortrekker 2,it was sleek and very fast,for John it was a leg two class winner,only to loose the boat on the last leg when he hit an ice growler,he was rescued by a very tallented sailor and friend named Bertie Reed,who was in the same race on his yacht named Grinaker.

Roy

With Allied Bank (1990) John Martin & his brother Ian (who project managed the build of Allied Bank with the expertise of Phil Sharp) won the Transatlantic Two hander. On leg 1 of the BOC he got 2nd (after leading most of the leg but got a bit tangled in the SA high) , won leg 2 convincingly and hit the ice growler near Cape Horn on leg 3. Bertie and that amazing rescue. See photos attached.

Regards,
Angelo

Allied Bank at speed in Table Bay




Allied Bank BOC 60
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“Allied Bank” open class BOC 60. Winner & Monohull recordbreaker of 1990 “Twostar” doublehanded transatlantic race E-W 15.3 Days.
Winner & recordbreaker of Cape Town–Sydney leg of 1991 BOC single handed round the world race. She held 17 hour accumulated overall lead in 1991 BOC when she had an ice collision on leg 3 near Cape Horn, putting her out of the race. She is the only carbon prepreg & Nomex boat in Africa. She was innovative and conceptually ahead of the French boats of the time.

LOA 18.280
BEAM 6.000
DISPLACEMENT 11700 kg
SA 220sqm