The JPK 10.80 hull no.… winning in IRC 3 at the RORC
Raging-Bee² is aJPK 10.80 launched in 2017, the second racing boat of Louis-Marie Dussere after the JPK 10.10 of the same name. Design byJacques Valer, built byJPK Composites in Larmor-Plage. Home port Cherbourg, RORC circuit, reduced crew IRC 3 / Two-Handed.
The JPK 10.80
IRC performance cruiser designed by Jacques Valer, produced by JPK Composites since 2014. The model received the titleEuropean 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 spec)
- Upwind sail area: 73 m² (main 40 m² + genoa 33 m²)
- Asymmetric spinnaker: 120 m² | Symmetric 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.
