Introducing the new ADMIRAL 42 from Reichel Pugh and San Giorgio Marine.This next generation design represents a bold shift in grand prix yacht development. While the current landscape has been dominated by inshore optimised platforms, trying to make old designs work for a purpose they were not originally intended, the new Reichel/Pugh–San Giorgio Marine project takes a decisive step to offer a more offshore friendly platform. A New Benchmark in Offshore Led Performance.With many inshore designs in the current playing field, its well understood that under true offshore conditions these boats quickly turn towards a boat and crew preservation sailing mode. Noting these new “team events” have a roughly 50% weighting towards the offshore sailing component, this is a huge area to explore performance gains, which is not currently catered for in the marketplace.In addition to that and knowing that fast, 40 footers are a clear sweet spot under IRC and ORC ratings, the Admiral 42 caters for a vast offshore calendar that the current breed of boats simply have to overlook due to their ultra-aggressive W/L approach.The concept of the new Admiral 42 is that this is a yacht you would actively choose to take offshore and race in the Iconic RORC and ROLEX regattas, which is what primarily stands this design apart from others in this space.A highly refined design and build package has been developed and with build times of around 7 months from the extremely experienced San Giorgio team, this is a compelling package for those owners wanting more from their 40ft racers.Inspired by the re-birth of the Infamous Admirals Cup, where R/P have a long and celebrated history, they hope to return to the ring with this multifaceted design that offers a lot more than meets the eye.The Admiral 42 is high-volume design compared to what we have seen in the current fleets, which not only increases interior spaces, but substantially improves handling in waves and ability to press the boat once the bows are off the wind.