Botin & Carkeek will design PUMA's new Volvo Open 70, which will compete in the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 and Goetz Custom Boats will build it.
Botin & Carkeek based in Santander, Spain, has been renowned for designing some of the world's fastest racing yachts. The designers have had resounding success in the highly competitive IMS with the GS42R and winning yachts in the Breitling MedCup TP52 class. Marcelino Botin is also the lead designer for Team New Zealand currently sailing in the semi-finals of the America's Cup Challenge Series. Goetz Custom Boats of Bristol, Rhode Island, USA, has an outstanding reputation for building boats for offshore endurance races. Its boats have won the America's Cup, Admiral's Cup and Maxi Worlds and have also competed successfully in three Volvo Ocean Races. PUMA Racing Team's new Volvo Open 70, which will compete in the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09, will be ready to set sail in early 2008. Currently, the PUMA Racing Team is training locally in New England with their home base in Newport, Rhode Island.
