Flying Tiger 10 M

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The Flying Tiger 10 M (FT10) is a keelboat designed in 2005 by renowned naval architect Robert H. Perry (N.A.), built by Bill Stevens at Hansheng Yachts in Xiamen, P.R. China and comercialized by Hiptrader LLC. The FT10 is intended as an affordable one-design club racer, and with its light displacement (4900 lbs), open transom and bowsprit that supports large masthead asymmetrical spinnaker belongs to the category of sportboats. In order to allow building in a low cost region and shipment all over the world, the boat is designed to fit in a standard container.

The idea of building an affordable 30 feet sportboat emerged in 2002 as a heated discussion topic in the on-line forum Sailing Anarchy. A group of avid one-design racers contributed to the definition of the requirements of a low cost 30 feet sportboat. The group guided Robert H. Perry (N.A.) through the design of the Anarchy 30 concept boat. Starting from the Anarchy 30 Robert H. Perry (N.A.) designed the Flying Tiger 10 M during the most part of 2005 in an open forum under the scrutiny and the input of the forum members, in a process that is probably unique in the history of American yacht building.