Racing Yachts
In recent years the racing fraternity have discovered the Paine office for the design of light but durable speedsters competitive in point to point racing. Chuck would never contend to be in the same league as Bruce Farr or Jouvert- Nivelt-- famous light structure specialists whose marvelous creations crash and bang their way rapidly to windward marks with a football team of live ballast on the rail. He prefers to dial back his racers one notch so that they will last far longer than the stripped out machines and be absolutely competitive as soon as the course becomes a reach or a run. With their more modest draft they carry the advantage of handicap ratings that their deeper drafted brethren curse mightily as soon as the wind fairs.
Racing Yachts
- Mandalay/Kaori
- Morris 52
- Morris 48 Racer "Reindeer"
- French & Webb 45 Spirit of Tradition Racing Yacht
- Morris 45 Racer/Cruiser
- Norseboat
Paine designed sailing designs range from small high-performance day boats to huge sailing palaces. Briefly they are:
Megayachts
Investment-grade yachts for highly committed yachtsmen.
Performance Cruisers
Yachts with full accommodations capable of extensive worldwide cruising.
Bermuda Series
Paine’s famous series of light-displacement, long-waterline, ocean-voyaging yachts.
Spirit of Tradition Class
A class of racing yachts for racers who value beauty as well as competition.
Highly Specialized Custom Projects
Intriguing designs that didn’t fit the other categories.
Day Sailors
Designs with compromised headroom but stimulating performance.
Authentic Replicas
A specialty of the Paine office, styled after the work of designers gone before.
Legacy Yachts
Some of the fine older designs that made the office famous.
Special Editions
Each of these is available for someone to carry forward to completion.