The Ktaba 20 Teleri is inspired by the racing sloops of the early 20th century that dominated the eastern seaboard of the US, with sleek, graceful lines, long overhangs, and a 3/4 fractional Bermudian rig. The IOD class was developed as a standard "racing class" that would allow boats of different designers to be raced against each other, hence the name "one design". Because of their long overhangs, an IOD's waterline increases by about 50% when she heels over, thus increasing the hull speed, and racing performance. Some of the most famous and treasured sailboats from the golden age of sailing are IOD yachts, and many were built by the most famous yacht builders and designers - Herreshoff, Shields, Sparkman and Stephens, Alden, Luders, and Borresen, for a short list. The K20 Teleri SX is powered by the WWC sailing system, modified tastefully by an expert scripter-sailor to closely mimic the behavior of a real racing sloop. She carries a skipper and two crew members, and features a low-lag, low-prim design that includes:
* mesh construction
* WWC
* crew controls and balancing
* luffing sails
* wood trim
* windvane
* sculpted main, jib, and spinnaker
* custom-fitted textures
* custom animations
* easily-customizable mesh construction with "texture faces"
* various innovations (sonar hud, mainsheet, billowing sails, new algorithms "under the hood")
Feature-for-feature, the K20 Teleri stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the finest racing yachts in SL. A customized Teleri drew the highest bid at the 2012 Sail4Life auction - $58,580L!
Note: The Teleri is delivered in a scale model of the hull and cabin. To unpack it, right click, and select "Open". 28 LI
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Absolutely fabulous
Very realistic behavior, correct rigging, even moves backwards in iron angle.
One of the best sailing, racing crafts in SL. If you have crew on board they are in charge of handling the jib and spinnaker. The boat gradually turns in to the wind if you just let her float. The wind-vane could be easier to see. The nautical display can be turned of by mounting a rather sophisticated Compass HUD. Some textures are included to customize the hull.
Beautifully Smooth
I have my share of sailboats, but I was certainly surprised by this one. I am very very pleased, with the physics of this craft, and alll I can say why get something that runs on Bwind, when you can sail something as wonderful as this..........enough said..........