Botin TP52

Main characteristics

• LOA: 15,85 mts
• Beam: 4,42 mts
• Draft: 3,35 mts
• Displacement: 7300kg
• IRC: 1.391
• Builder: KING MARINE S.A. Valencia - Spain
• Year built: 2012
• Designer: BOTIN & PARTNERS TP-52-2012 generation
• Flag: German flagged EU VAT paid
• Lying: Greifswald, North-east Germany.

History

• 2012 – 2014 / Azzurra - 52 Super Series Champions.
• 2015-2019 / Matador - optimized for day-sailing, always dry stored and used less than 20 days in 5 years.
• 2020-2025 / Imagine – huge modifications and optimization for offshore and inshore racing. Always dry stored at the yard with just about 15 days of sailing each season (1-2 events).

Upgrades

• 5 x Quantum Sails new in 2025 - Inshore & Offshore mains / BRO / A4 / J4
• Inshore & offshore setups
• Additional carbon structure added – bow stringers and mast/boom reinforcements
• Major upgrade of water proofing and bilge pump systems to improve offshore water ingress
• Starlink coms / B & G & Garmin instruments
• Offshore safety equipment Cat 2

Spars and Rigging

MAST, BOOM and BOWSPRIT

• 2012 TP-52 generation Southern Spars carbon rig - 3 spreader configuration.
• Mast locks - Main, 2 x MH, Jib (external), GS (external)
• Harken Track for Batt-cars Slides, or internal groove for mainsail luff tape bolt rope
• Internal Hydraulic ram for mast jack adjustment w/ Enerpac pump
• Cariboni hydraulic forestay ram
• Nitronic standing rigging
• Reinforcements for 2 reefs, GS and fractional Spin halyard
• Rig upgraded to EC6 runner cables (new service in 2025)
• New Armare PBO runner cables (2025)
• Southern Spars Carbon boom package with 2 reef locks
• Carbon fibre vang tube
• CLC Carbon STL 9.00m Prod with 2 Tacklines, max. tackload 2.5 T
• CLC Carbon Bobstay

RUNNING RIGGING

• Full set of inshore & offshore Grand Prix sheets and halyards, control lines, tweakers, runner tails, etc.
• Grand Prix spare sheets, runners, halyards, etc.

Hardware and winches

WINCH & PEDESTAL SYSTEMS

• 6 x 650 self-tailing winches with ceramic drums – Primaries and port main winch driven by pedestals
• 1 x 500.2 Self-tailing pit winch with ceramic drum
• 2 x Harken Carbon Grinder pedestals chain driven with overdrive selector
• Harken winch system with gearboxes, overdrive 1.4-gear box w/ X- joint, drive shafts, 4 disconnect buttons
• 6 x Harken/Lewmar winch handles

GEAR AND OTHER EQUIPMENT

• Harken Pro Trim Traveller
• Jib Tracks with internal in/out control line adjustment from jib trimmer position and waterproof carbon boxes below deck
• Jib Cunningham and up/down control lines on forward primary winch pedestal
• Vang control line
• Hydraulic pump handle on starboard jib trimmer position for headstay adjustment
• Mainsail control lines for outhaul & cunningham on foot rest at main trimmer position
• 3 x Spinlock Stoppers XCS clutch (jib & staysail + Spin sheets)
• 4 x Spinlock XXC-0812 power clutches for halyards (2 x MH Spin halyards +1 x Fractional halyard +1 x Tackline)
• Composite stanchions and stainless steel bow pulpits and stern push pits & central stanchion
• 6 x Custom made tail bags
• 8 x custom made adjustable carbon offshore bunks
• 2 x custom made carbon tubes with 15 clip-on hooks for personal gear
• Custom made forehatch with take down roller
• Offshore front hatch cover
• Inflatable front hatch seal with compressor, above and below deck functionality
• 2 x spin sheet take up reelers & 1 x Spinnaker halyard take up reelers

FURLERS

• 1x Karver 1.5 T GS 3:1 furler with head swivel with integrated sheave
• 1x Morfrac 1.5 T SS custom made below deck furler with endless furling line and head swivel
• 1x Morfrac powerfurl.[four] with head swivel

Keel, rudder and steering system

2 x Carbon Steering Wheels made by Exit Engineering

• 1 x Carbon Rudder blade 52 SS made by King marine with JP-3 racing bearings (for tiller and wheels)
• 1 x Carbon Rudder blade Cruising made by King marine with JP-3 racing bearings (for wheels)
• CNC Refraschini Italy made Steel Finn spade
• CNC Lead Bulb
• Stainless steel Internal structure

Battery, electronics and engine

BATTERIES & ELECTRONICS

• 2 x new Lithium light weight battery with management system
• 1 x starter battery
• Battery Charger
• Starlink coms
• Hand-held VHF radio
• Fixed VHF radio

ENGINE

• Yanmar 54hp
• Yanmar SD40 strut sail drive
• Gori 2 blade

Instruments

• B&G H5000
• Chart plotter 7“ NSO Zeus2
• Adjustable custom made carbon nav station with tablet
• GPS trimble
• Starlink mini
• LTE antenna
• Wifi router
• 4 x 30/30 B&G mast displays
• 3 x B&G H5000 Graphic displays (pedestals + steering wheels)
• B&G 1,5m MHU 1450 mm
• B&G speed sensor
• B&G depth sensor
• B&G load cell pin forestay
• B&G compass RC42N

Sails

Mains

• 1x Quantum M7 Main Inshore (2025, used in 1 event)
• 1x Quantum M7 Main Offshore with 2 reefs (2022, used in 2 events)
• 1x North 3Di Inshore (2019, used in 4 events)
• 1x North 3Di Inshore (2018, used in 5 events)
• 1x North 3DL full battened with Tafetta Delivery Main with cars and 1 reef (2014)

Jibs

• 1x North 3Di J1 (2020, used in 3 events)
• 1x North 3Di J1.5 (2020, used in 3 events)
• 1x North 3Di J2 (2022, used in 2 events)
• 1x North 3Di J3 (2018, used in 5 events)
• 1x Quantum J4 (2025, used in 1 event)
• 1x North 3Di GS (2018, used in 4 events)
• 1x Quantum SS (2019, used in 4 events)

Downwind

• 1x North A1 (2018, used in 2 events)
• 1x North A1.5 (2020, used in 3 events)
• 1x Quantum A2 (2020, used in 3 events)
• 1x North A2 (2022, used in 2 events)
• 1x Quantum A4 (2019, used in 2 events)
• 1x Quantum A4 (2025, used in 1 event)
• 1x North A5 (2014, Fractional, used 2 events)
• 1x Quantum M7 cableless MHO (2021, used in 4 events)
• 1x Quantum M7 BRO (2025, used in 1 event) with cables

Trysail and Storm jib

Many more training sails (jibs & kites)

Safety and additional extras

• 1 x 10 and 1 x 6 Ocean Safety life rafts
• 16 x life jackets
• All other safety items required for CAT2
• SeaDeck cockpit light grey with traveller trim numbers and cockpit deck covers
• Offshore bags for personal gear
• Boom cover
• Mainsail cover
• Full set pedestal and winch covers
• Halyard tail bags
• Floor cover bow area
• Padded transport covers for rudder
• Galvanized Adjustable cradle (2 heights) with legs/splashes
• Spare stanchions; spare lifelines
• Electrical and mechanical bilge pump system onboard
• 2 x Custom quick install Jet boils
• Dehumidifier