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Shaw Yacht Design is a design company known for their high-performance sports boats and small keelboats. The principal designer is Rob Shaw, a lecturer in Marine Technology at Unitec's Department of Transport Technology in Auckland. [1]
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Shaw Yacht Design designs microboats. Rob Shaw's boat Karma Police (Shaw 9) and its sister ships Deep Throttle and the Shaw 10 Orbit took the first three places on handicap in the HSBC Coastal Classic 2010, outperforming far larger boats. [2] Karma Police, sailed by Shaw and Ben Costello, went on to finish second on line and PHRF in the 2011 "Round the North Island" two-handed race. [3]
According to the RaceTrack online yacht performance database, Shaw 10 Orbit was ranked 10th, Shaw 9 Karma Police 14th, and Shaw 7.5 Animal Biscuits 19th-fastest keelboat in New Zealand. [4]
The Shaw 650 was developed as a high-performance sports boat that can be handled with ease by a capable crew [5] and is available as a production boat. [6]