Fractional Sloop • Fin w/bulb & spade rudder • Built 2001
First launched in 2003, the Shipman 50 is a new singlehanded high-performance pilothouse offshore cruiser developed by Joergen Bonde, the Danish owner of Shipman Yachts, and Jernej and Japec Jakopin of Slovenian J&J Design/Seaway. The carbon/epoxy prepreg technology was generously transferred by Bill Green of Green Marine in Lymington (UK), and the materials engineering and supply came from Giovanni Belgrano of SP Systems in Cowes (UK).