Fasizi

Fasizi is a racing sailboat, created in Russia for the Whitbread Round The World race in 1989-1990. The Whitbread race evolved into todays Volvo Ocean Race. But this incredible yacht was created in the waning years of the Cold War by dreamers, and was raced by amateurs!

Stephen Waring Design tells some of the story of this fantastic boat here. https://stephenswaring.com/thinking-back-on-faz…. It's a crazy tale, including the skipper's death in Uruguay. It was beached by Hurricane Irma, and scavenged by locals, but saved by Yuri Raul - read about that here: https://yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/…
From photos, it appears that it's been re-masted since then, and has solar power, probably for bilge pumps. But the bottom growth is very heavy.Read more