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Juan Kouyoumdjian (July 15, 1971 –),[1] also known as Juan K[1][2] is regarded to be one of the world’s leading naval architects[3] designing racing sailboats. His designs have obtained 2 Olympic gold medals, 3 VOR Volvo Ocean Race wins, 7 World Championship titles, 9 offshore speed records, 6 America's Cup involvements, amongst other competitions.[4]
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He is responsible for numerous ocean racing yachts. Juan K's most notable creations are MAXI 88 "Rambler 88",[5] VOR 2005-2006 winner VOR 70 ¨ABN AMRO I¨,[3][6][7][8] VOR 2008-2009 winner VOR 70 ¨Ericsson 4¨, Rolex Sydney Hobart 2023 winner MAXI 100 "LawConnect", VOR 2011-12 winner VOR 70 ¨Groupama 4¨, ClubSwan 36,[9] ClubSwan 43. ClubSwan 50, ClubSwan 80, the impressive ClubSwan 125 superyacht ¨The Beast¨.[10] IMOCA 60 Cheminees Poujoulat, IMOCA 60 Corum[11] IMOCA 60 Paprec 5, IMOCA 60 Pindar 2 and Perpetual Loyal, amongst others.[3]
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- ^ Bulešić, Hrvoje (October 8, 2021). "Juan Kouyoumdjian: Dizajnerski genij / Design Talks with Juan Kouyoumdjian". Yachts Croatia.
- ^ a b c "Juan Kouyoumdjian – Passion for speed". ACINO1 Magazine. August 2, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
- ^ Russo, Johnathan (January 17, 2018). "How One Yacht Designer Broke the Rules of Boat Making". Observer. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
- ^ "Extraordinary boats: Rambler 88 has won races all over the world. What's her secret?". Yachting World magazine. April 1, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
- ^ Pelling, Sue (November 18, 2005). "Juan Kouyoumdjian interview". Yachting World. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
- ^ "Star Sailors Juan Kouyoumdjian and Roy Heiner and ABN AMRO in the VOR". Star Class org Human Interest. October 26, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
- ^ Torterat, Chloé (September 7, 2021). "Interview / 3 questions to naval architect Juan Kouyoumdjian". Boatnews. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
- ^ "Throw it out there". Seahorse Magazine. May 1, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
- ^ Springer, Bill (July 6, 2021). "Nautor's Swan Debuts 125-Foot-Long Offshore Sailing Record Hunter That Will Compete For Line Honors At This Year's Rolex Fastnet Race". Forbes Magazine. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
- ^ Ravon, Didier (May 28, 2019). "Vendée Globe. Cours d'architecture navale avec Desjoyeaux et Kouyoumdjian (vol.3)". Voile et Voiliers. Retrieved December 15, 2024.