Class40 #55 – Tyker 40 Evo 2 “Mindset” – FOR SALE

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Description

Tyker 2 from 2007. Originally campaigned by Giovanni Soldini under the colours of Telecom Italia, with an impressive race record including victory in the Transat Jacques Vabre 2007, Artemis Transat 2008, and eight podium finishes in
2009/10. She is a fast prototype boat that has evolved within the racing rules, with numerous modifications and optimisations since launch.

In 2025/26 the boat was sailed around the world by adventurer James Ketchell, collecting water samples and delivering an educational project into schools via Starlink satellite internet. The project gained international media attention upon returning home to Gosport.

Dimensions

  • LOA: 12.18 m
  • Beam: 4.50 m
  • Draft: 3.00 m
  • Built: 2007
  • Builder: FR Nautisme
  • Designer: Guillaume Verdier
  • Location: Gosport, UK

Rig & Sails

  • Axxon carbon mast (2018) & boom
  • Maffioli forestay
  • 1 × Stay J2
  • Rod standing rigging (2018)
  • 1 × North Sails mainsail (2020)
  • 1 × North Sails J1 (2020)
  • 1 × North Sails J2 (2020)
  • 1 × North Sails Code 5
  • 1 × Medium A6 spinnaker with sock
  • 1 × Alta mainsail
  • 2 × J1 sheets
  • 2 × J2 sheets
  • 2 × Spinnaker sheets
  • 1 × 2:1 fractional halyard
  • 1 × Fractional halyard
  • 1 × 2:1 masthead halyard
  • 1 × Masthead spinnaker halyard
  • 1 × J1 sock

Deck Equipment

  • 2 × Bowsprits
  • 18 × Antal blocks
  • 6 × Antal winches
  • 1 × Facnor J1 furler
  • 1 × KZ4 J2 furler with 2:1 friction sheave
  • 1 × KZ4 J2 head swivel
  • 1 × Ubi Mayor Code 5 furler
  • 4 × Winch handles
  • 2 × Bowsprit outriggers
  • 2 × Dyneema lazy jacks

Electronics & Instruments

  • 2 × NKE Gyro Pilot 2 computers
  • 1 × NKE Carbo wind vane
  • 1 × Tricolour LED navigation light
  • 1 × NKE speed sensor
  • 1 × NKE ultrasonic speed sensor
  • 1 × NKE log/sounder interface
  • 1 × NKE Box N2K
  • 2 × NKE Gyro displays
  • 1 × NKE Gyro display (backup)
  • 1 × NKE TL25 display
  • 1 × NKE remote control
  • 1 × NKE hydraulic autopilot ram (backup pilot)
  • 1 × Ramnarine Type 1 electric ram (main pilot)
  • 1 × Spare electric ram
  • 1 × Ocean 6700 VHF radio
  • 1 × Garmin AIS 600
  • 2 × Garmin GPSMAP 7407
  • 1 × Worldwide cartography SD card
  • 1 × Starlink Marine system
  • 1 × Backup Starlink Mini
  • 10 × Solbian solar panels (new 2025), providing over 800W total capacity

Safety Equipment

  • 2 × Fire extinguishers
  • 1 × Liferaft (expires 2027)
  • 1 × Rescue tank
  • 1 × Garmin portable emergency GPS
  • 2 × 20-litre diesel canisters
  • 1 × MOB bucket
  • 1 × EPIRB
  • 1 × Ocean Signal SART

Miscellaneous

  • Main anchor
  • Light anchor

Refit History

  • January 2024: Complete electrical rewire and installation of numerous new Victron components.
  • March 2022: Nautix 4T antifouling applied with orange keel and rudders. Rudder shafts replaced with square-section shafts and new composite upper bearings installed.
  • 2020: Interior repainted with two-component white epoxy and grey non-slip epoxy coatings. Forward mast bulkheads renewed. Entire deck repainted with two-component epoxy incorporating fine sand finish. New white hull wrap applied (current logos removable). Ballast configuration modified with six ballast tanks, three per side, positioned further aft.
  • 2018: New Axxon carbon mast and boom fitted. Keel removed and fully inspected.

Race History

  • 2019 – 5th, Le Défi Atlantique
  • 2010 – 3rd, Route du Rhum
  • 2009 – 1st, Transmanche
  • 2009 – 1st, Les Sables–Horta–Les Sables
  • 2009 – 2nd, Rolex Fastnet Race

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