New Europe
60-foot IMOCA monohull designed by Owen Clarke Design and Clay Oliver, built by Hakes Marine (New Zealand) and launched in December 2007 as Aviva for Dee Caffari. It later raced as GAES Centros Auditivos, Ariel 2, Stark, Szabi Racing and New Europe.
Identity card
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- LaunchedThe moment a new boat touches the water for the first time.See in the glossary
- 2007
- ShipyardThe company that builds the boat, or carries out major work on it.See in the glossary
- Hakes Marine
- Designer(s)The designer of the boat: hull shape, appendages, structure, sail plan.See in the glossary
- Owen Clarke Design,Clay Oliver (co-designer)
- DesignThe drawing a boat is built from; sister-ships share the same design.See in the glossary
- Owen Clarke Design IMOCA 2007
- GenerationBuild period: boats of the same generation often share the same technical choices.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Hull typeHow many hulls the boat has: monohull, catamaran or trimaran.See in the glossary
- MonohullA boat with a single hull, kept upright by the weight of its keel.See in the glossary
- StatusWhere the boat stands today: active, retired from racing, lost, in a museum or converted.See in the glossary
- ActiveStill sailing.See in the glossary
- SponsorsA company or institution that funds a boat, a team or a skipper in exchange for visibility.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- OwnersThe person or organisation that owns the boat, which does not necessarily race it.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Operating teamThe organisation running one or more racing boats: technical crew, logistics, partners.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- SuppliersA company that supplies part of the boat's equipment: sails, mast, electronics, foils, keel, energy.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Sail numberThe identifier printed on the mainsail: a country code followed by a number.See in the glossary
- HUN 23
- FlagThe country the boat is registered in.See in the glossary
- Hungary
- Keel typeThe weighted fin under a monohull's hull, which stops it drifting sideways and keeps it upright.See in the glossary
- CantingA keel that swings sideways, to windward, to better counter heeling.See in the glossary
- FoilsAn underwater wing that lifts the boat so it drags less in the water and goes faster.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Hull materialWhat the hull is made of: carbon, glass fibre, composite, aluminium, wood or steel.See in the glossary
- CarbonA very stiff and light composite material, the standard of racing boats.See in the glossary
- Hull lengthLength of the hull alone, without the bowsprit or protruding appendages.See in the glossary
- 18.28m
- Max beamMaximum width of the boat; for a multihull, from one float to the other.See in the glossary
- 5.57m
- DraftHow deep the boat sits: from the waterline to the lowest point of the keel.See in the glossary
- 4.5m
- Air draftHeight of the boat above the water: from the waterline to the top of the mast.See in the glossary
- 29m
- DisplacementThe mass of the boat ready to sail, equal to the mass of water it displaces.See in the glossary
- 8,500kg
- Upwind sail areaSail area carried when the boat sails towards the wind: mainsail and headsail.See in the glossary
- 270m²
- Downwind sail areaSail area carried with the wind on the beam or from behind, with the big headsails.See in the glossary
- 580m²
Names and sail numbers
What the boat was called and the numbers it sailed under.
Life timeline
Names, skippers, shipyards and races, in one place.
Name
- Podium
- Finished
- Retired
- Yard work
Detailed timeline
Unknown date
Build · until 2007
Hakes MarineBuilt in carbon honeycomb sandwich in Wellington (New Zealand), using the Ecover 3 mould.
2007
Launched as
Aviva
Launch · 14 December 2007
Aviva launched
2008
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · since 2008
Dee Caffari
2009
Record · 22 June 2009
Crewed Round Britain and Ireland record
All-female crew (Dee Caffari, Samantha Davies, Miranda Merron, Alex Sizer) in 6 d 11 h 30 min 53 s, 17 h 16 min faster than the previous record.
2010
Co-skipperThe second sailor of a pair, sharing the running of the boat with the skipper.See in the glossary · since 2010
Anna CorbellaRenamed
GAES Centros Auditivos
2014
31 December 2014 · raced as GAES Centros Auditivos
2018
Renamed
Ariel 2
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · since April 2018
Ari HuuselaSale · April 2018
Sold by Arnaud Boissières to Ari Huusela
2020
Renamed
Stark
2021
Renamed
Szabi Racing
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · since November 2021
Szabolcs WeöresSale · November 2021
Sold to Szabolcs Weöres
2023
Renamed
New Europe
In figures
Computed from the results in the directory.
- StartsRaces started in finished editions. Non-starters (did not start, withdrawn) are not counted.See in the glossary
- 1
- WinsFirst place in the division: same edition, same class.See in the glossary
- 0
- PodiumsTop three in the division: same edition, same class.See in the glossary
- 1
- Adjusted finish rateLower bound of the 95 % confidence interval (Wilson) of the finish rate: a boat with 1 finish out of 1 start gets 21 %, not 100 %. Greyed out under 5 starts.See in the glossary
- 21%
- raw: 100%
- 1 startSmall sample
- Mean performanceMean of the percentiles of the classified results. Greyed out under 3 classified results.See in the glossary
- 0%
- 1 classified resultSmall sample
Computed on 4 Oct 2026.
- LongevityYears from launch to the last start, starts, names carried and skippers.See in the glossary
- 7 years
- 1 starts · 6 names · 2 skippers
Sillage ratingGlicko-2 rating computed per class from every edition: each result counts as duels against the rest of the fleet, one edition weighing one game. Starts at 1,500; provisional while its deviation is above 110.See in the glossary
Per class; the band shows the uncertainty (±2 deviations, about 95 %).
- Sillage ratingGlicko-2 rating computed per class from every edition: each result counts as duels against the rest of the fleet, one edition weighing one game. Starts at 1,500; provisional while its deviation is above 110.See in the glossary
- 1,338
- ± 581
- 1 edition ratedProvisional
- Best ratingHighest rating once established (deviation up to 110).See in the glossary
- —
Computed on 4 Oct 2026.
Race record
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