New Zealand based Project Coordinator, Lapo Ancillotti, and businessman Francesco Piva have created BTBoats Ltd in order to manage the New Zealand production and Worldwide marketing of the KIWI 40FC - a new production Class 40 designed by Farr Yacht Design and built by Cookson Boats.

Ancillotti, Farr Yacht Design, and Cookson Boats have collaborated on numerous projects over the last two decades.

The keel is built from fabricated steel with a fiber glass fairing attached to a squished lead bulb. The keel attachment has been engineered to simplify boat assembly. The design features twin rudders with a direct linkage steering system with a single tiller.

The construction of the moulds will begin at the end of January 2010 and the first KIWI 40FC will be launched in August.

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