2008 Botin/Carkeek TP52 'Vesper'
Built as Quantum Racing by one of the most successful TP52 Builders in the World “Longitude Cero”. Professionally maintained and continually refitted throughout her life to keep her competitive against much newer boats, Vesper is still very much at the top of the fleet and could potentially be the most decorated 52 ever built (see below her incredible results and relevant links). Her most recent victory's have come at the 2025 Copa Del Rey where she was crowned ORC European Champion, coming out on top over 8 other TP52’s, including several 2015 & 2018 generation boats, while she also took out her class on IRC at the 2025 Les Voiles de St Tropez.
The yacht remains competitive under both IRC and ORC with the current trim tab configuration, while the recent optimization has been more closely aligned with ORC. Vesper is an exceptionally fast yacht whose rating remains manageable, in part due to 15 years of accumulated age allowance under the rating rules. Notably, her rig remains the one of the lightest "tall rigs" in the fleet.
Under current ownership, Vesper has regularly competed against several "turbo" TP52s and one area of targeted improvement for the 2024–2025 season was better control off the start line and maintaining clear air—critical factors in large fleet racing.
LATEST UPGRADES SNAPSHOT:
2014 - Vesper under-went a major refit at the KKMI Boat yard in Sausalito. Her hull, deck paint and fairing was removed and the hull sanded to bare carbon. The deck is reinforced, the stem is rebuilt to handle the increase Code Zero Loads. Her hull is ultra-sounded. Winch system upgraded. The hull is re-faired and repainted. A new Hall Spars mast is built 600 mm taller with all carbon standing rigging. Her structure is reinforced for the higher loads from the taller mast.
2015 - New keel fin and keel bulb fitted. Her fin is built in New Zealand. The fin is composite with machined solid steel center section with carbon fiber fairings fore and aft. The fin is 150 mm deeper.
2016 - She is refit with a new light weight racing engine.
2019 - Hall SCS rigging replaced with EC6 standing rigging
2020 - Masthead Lock added to the rig. Lower check-stay deflector added to the mast. Genoa Staysail sheave added to the rig
2024 - At the end of the 2024 Season a new deeper keel was constructed with a trim tab to improve the upwind performance of the yacht vs the latest generation TP52’s.
SPECIFICATIONS AND INVENTORY:
HULL: (constructed by Longitude Cero Composites in Spain)
• The hull was constructed from a female mold. Its inner and outer skins are a carbon laminate with honeycomb and foam core. All laminates are bonded using a carbon epoxy pre-preg which was heat cured under vacuum. The bulkheads, keel floors, and longitudinal are constructed of carbon fiber. The laminates are bonded with epoxy resin using an infusion process and then heat cured under vacuum.
DECK: (constructed by Longitude Cero Composites in Spain)
• The deck was constructed using a female mold. Its construction is of carbon laminates and honeycomb core, which are bonded using a carbon epoxy prepreg, followed by heat curing under vacuum. High density core was used in high load areas where winches and deck fittings are located.
INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION:
• The interior components are constructed using carbon laminates and foam.
KEELS:
• There are two keel fins and keel bulbs. A 2015 IRC Keel 3.65m Draft with 3.9t Bulb (In Newport, RI). 2024 ORC Keel Fin with Trim Tab and Bulb, 3.8m Draft with 3.95t Bulb.
• Vesper is set up to race, IRC, ORC, ORR and CSA.
• The ORC/CSA keel fin is a milled steel fin with a draft of 3.8m
• The IRC and ORR keel fin is composite carbon and steel with a draft of 3.65 meters.
• All the keel fins and bulbs are faired to Americas Cup standards and finished to perfection.
RUDDERS:
• The rudder has a carbon prepreg rudder stock with JP3 self aligning rudder bearings.
• The rudder blade is constructed of foam and carbon laminates.
• Spare rudder
STEERING:
• Composite Tiller
• Spare Tiller and extension with securing point in hull while racing
• Carbon Fiber Spinlock Hiking Extension
PAINTWORK:
• Exterior: The hull above and below the waterline is faired and painted while the boatis hanging using Allgrip HD primers and clear coats. The hull and bottom are wet sanded and buffed to a mirror finish.
The deck smooth areas and cockpit walls are painted with Awlcraft 2000. The deck is painted with Awlgrip using Alwgrips nonskid.
• The cockpit has applied rubberized nonskid.
ENGINE:
• 2015 Lombardini light weight racing engine with SD60 sail drive (ORC optimized)
• Lombardini LDW1404 engine
• 2 Blade Gori Racing propeller
ELECTRICS:
• Navigation lights
• 2, batteries for electronics and engine starting
• Engine Spinnlock Gear Shift on cockpit wall
• Engine control panel on engine box below deck
CUSTOM HARDWARE:
• Fiberglass Bow pulpits
• Fiberglass stern pulpits
• E glass stanchions with double lifelines. Stanchions are fitted into glass tubes in deck
• Composite chainplates
• Forestay and backstay fittings
• Laminated carbon fiber mast collar
DECK HARDWARE:
• Includes Harken winch system, halyard jammer system, portlights, tracks, cars, blocks, padeyes, hydraulics & plumbing, mast base, chainplate pins, main hatch, forward hatch
HYDRAULICS – By Harken:
• Headstay ram
• Spare Headstay Ram
• Deflector ram mounted on mast
• Mast butt ram
• Harken Rotary Pump
• Hydraulics driven on aft pedestal.
• Hydraulic controls on stb cockpit wall
WINCHES – By Harken:
• One pit winch
• Two primary winches
• Two mainsheet winches
• Two runner winches
• Forward pedestal & aft pedestals
SPARS AND RIGGING – by Hall Spars:
• High modulus carbon fiber triple spreader mast 2014
• Carbon fiber box boom 2014
• 2019 EC6 Rigging upgrade. Serviced at Future Fibers Spain in 2022
• EC6 backstays (twin top mast runners)
• Deflector system
• Adjustable rake while sailing
• Adjustable mast butt while sailing
• 2020 Added 2nd Checkstay
• 2020 Added Masthead Halyard Lock and Genoa Staysail Sheave
• Fractional Halyard Lock
ELECTRONICS:
• Complete B&G WTP2 sailing package
• Instrument bracket with 4 x 20/20, 2 x GFD
• Cockpit instruments – 3 x FFD, 1 x GFD, 4 x 10/10
• Compass B&G IMU and Halcyon 2000
• ICOM M412 VHF radio
• AIS
• Panasonic CF-74 Toughbook PC x 2
• G-Tac Tablet
• Deckman and Expedition Navigation software
• Heel Sensor
• Linksys Router AC1900 x 2
• String pot Sensors x 3
• Hydro Load Sensor x 2
• Forestay load pin
• 2021 V1 Load Pins added
• 2021 Checkstay Cyclops Load Cell
Miscellaneous:
13 Spinlock Lifejackets w Tethers
Anchor and Rope/chain
1 Spare Tiller extension
1 Spare Hall Spar - 2014 on top of shed at KKMI 2 SCR Shrouds - 2014 in tube taped to mast
2 Gorilla headfoil
Spare boom
2 Masthead wands
2 Race Running backstays
2 Spare/old backstays
1 new forestay pennant
4 Used forestay pennants
2 Rod D1's w/ Turnbuckles
1 Mast Jack
4 Tacklines
4 2:1 tackline
2 Handy billy for Fr0
1 Frac Haly
10 Runner tails
6 Spin halyards
3 Jib Halyards
3 Main halyards
4 Spin sheets
5 Jib Sheets
2 Staysail sheets
1 Inshore Prod
1 Offshore Prod with bobstay
1 Emergency bobstay
1 Race rudder on the yacht
1 Spare rudder
1 Race tiller
1 Spare tiller
7 Docklines
4 Deck brushes/chamois
2 Rubber shackles for docklines
5 gal fuel jerry and funnel Misc.
Life line hiking pads
2 Mast Carts
2 Shroud chafe guards 2 Keel Fin chocks
Container 40 ft HC Container # VSPR 501978-4 (Insulated, fitted for US and European Power)
Many Miscellaneous spares (full inventory available to serious inquiries.
SAILS:
Approx 39 sails. All North Sails. See year and hours per sail below.
Year Type Code Hours 2018 Main M5 10 2020 Main M6 94 2022 Main M7 135 2023 Main M8 159 2024 Main M9 97 2020 Main M10 39 2020 J1 J1-3 32 2022 J1 J1-4 28 2023 J1 J1-5 35 2024 J1 J1-6 42 2024 J1 J1-7 21 2021 J1.5 J1.5-2 (5) 16 2022 J1.5 J1.5-3 (6) 34 2025 J1.5 J1.5-4 3 2021 J2 J2-5 25 2022 J2 J2-6 31 2024 J2 J2-7 16 2020 J3 J3-3 16 2023 J3 J3-4 8 2021 J3.5 J3.5-3 10 2023 A1 A1-3 7 2024 A1 A1-4 11 2023 A1.5 A1.5-7 19 2023 A1.5 A1.5-8 16 2024 A1.5 A1.5-9 14 2025 A1.5 A1.5-10 4 2016 A2 A2-3 27 2023 A2 A2-5 10 2025 A2 A2-7 0 2022 A2+ A2+1 3 2016 A4 A4-2 8 2020 A0 A0 9 2024 Fr0 Fr0-2 1 2020 GS GS 5 2020 SS SS 47 2023 SS SS-3 38 2024 SS SS-4 23 A3 1 Storm Jib Storm Try PERFORMANCE SNAPSHOT/RESULTS:
Vesper:
2025 1st Overall ORC0 Copa del Rey Mapfre & ORC European Champion
2024 2nd Overall ORCA Safe Harbor Race Weekend
2024 1st Overall ORCB New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta
2024 2nd Overall ORCB New York Yacht Club Race Week
2024 2nd Overall GL52 Key West Cup
2024 2nd Overall ORC GL52 The Southernmost Regatta
2024 2nd Overall GL52 Winter Series
2023 2nd GL52 Macatawa Championships
2023 1st Overall GL52 Winterseries
2023 2nd GL52 Southernmost Regatta
2022 1st Overall ORCB New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta
2022 1st Overall GL52 Southernmost Regatta
2021 2nd Overall GL52 Summer Series
2021 2nd Overall ORC GL52 Macatawa Championships
2021 2nd Overall ORC Ugotta Regatta
2020 2nd ORC New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta
2020 2nd ORC New York Race Week
2019 1st 52 Class – 90th Annual SCYA Midwinter Regatta
2019 1st Overall PAC52 Long Beach Race Week
2019 1st Overall Newport to Ensenada Race
2018 1st Overall PAC52 Long Beach Race Week
Vesper:
2016 1st IRC1 New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta
2016 1st CSA0 Les Voiles de St. Barths
2015 1st Overall Les Voiles de St Tropez
2015 3rd Overall 52 Super Series Cascais (against much newer boats)
2015 1st Overall IRC East Coast Championships
2015 1st CSA0 Les Voiles de St. Barths
2014 2nd Med Cup Capri (against new TP52’s)
2014 1st IRC1 New York Yacht Club Race Week
2013 1st IRC1 Rolex Big Boat Series San Francisco
2013 1st IRC1 New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta
2013 1st IRC1 Les Viles de St. Barths
2012 1st IRC1 Rolex Big Boat Series San Francisco
2012 1st IRC1 New York Yacht Club Race Week
2012 1st IRC1 Les Voiles de St. Barths
2011 1st IRC1 Rolex Big Boat Series San Francisco
2011 1st IRC1 Block Island Race Week
2011 1st IRC1 Les Voiles de St. Barths
2011 1st IRC1 St Thomas Rolex Regatta
Quantum Racing:
2010 1st TP52 World Championship
2009 2nd TP52 World Championship
2008 1st TP52 World Championship
2008/2009 1st Overall Audi Med Cup