The hull mould of the new Desafío Español boat: Is it going to be ESP86 ?

Although it was presented last week, some technical difficulties prevented me from posting this photo earlier. As you can obviously see, it is the mould for the hull of the Spanish challenger's new boat, being built 20km from Valencia's harbor.

You can read about it in our article from last Tuesday, here. In a nutshell, the hull is being built by "King Marine", a shipyard in Valencia's suburb of Alginet. If all goes according to plan, the boat will be ready on the 30th of March and sailing trials will begin during the second half of April.

In addition to the obvious design secrets, the boat's sail number is still a mystery. Is it going to be ESP86, after NZL84 and ITA85? We'll see.

Photo copyright: Desafío Español 2007