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JPK 10.80 Raging Bee²

Client Louis-Marie Dussere
Year 2017
Project type Offshore racing
Class IRC

Photo credits: Unknown [claim]

The JPK 10.80 hull no. … that wins in IRC 3 at the RORC

Raging-Bee² is a JPK 10.80 launched in 2017, the second racing boat of Louis-Marie Dussere after the JPK 10.10 of the same name. Design by Jacques Valer, built by JPK Composites in Larmor-Plage. Home port Cherbourg, RORC circuit, reduced crew IRC 3 / Two-Handed.

The JPK 10.80

IRC-rated cruiser-racer designed by Jacques Valer, produced by JPK Composites since 2014. The model received the title European Yacht of the Year 2015 — Performance Cruiser.

  • Hull length: 10.80 m
  • Waterline length: 9.40 m
  • Beam: 3.65 m
  • Draft: 2.20 m
  • Displacement: 4,800 kg
  • Ballast: 1,900 kg (JPK catalogue)
  • Upwind sail area: 73 m² (main 40 m² + genoa 33 m²)
  • Asymmetrical spinnaker: 120 m² | symmetrical spinnaker: 105 m²
  • Construction: polyester sandwich
  • Engine: Volvo 30 hp

Raging-Bee² achievements

Under Louis-Marie Dussere:

  • 2021 — 1st IRC 3 at the RORC Cowes-Dinard-Saint-Malo (crew: Bruno James, Éric Le Roi, Hugues Dorrière, Arthur Richer)

The boat regularly competes in classic RORC races (Channel races, Rolex Fastnet, RORC Cherbourg), in IRC 3 and Two-Handed classes.