This VO60 (ex Assa Abloy, ex Chessie Racing) is the first cruising boat in the VolvoOcean 60 class in Croatia and one of the fastest regatta boats in the Mediterranean VO60 CLASS FORMULA 1 AT SEA Regatta cruising boats of the VO60 class were created in early 1990’s at the famous Bruce Farr’s studio with a clear idea: to combine speed and durability without making compromises, in other words to make a light but firm boat that would measure up to any ordeals one might come across during the most famous and the most difficult regatta in the world – the Volvo Ocean Race (ex Whitbread.) These highly sophisticated sailing machines weigh only 13.5 tons, with a draft of almost 4 meters, sail surface area of 417m2 and a water ballast of 2.5 tons, achieving speeds of over 30 knots, and truly representing the sea equivalent to Formula 1.
They were first presented at the Whitbread Regatta in 1993, and proved to be so much superior to the previous Maxi Yachts class that they soon eliminated it from the most prestigious regatta around the world.

In 1997, the boat was built as “CHESSIE RACING” according to Bruce Farr's plans at "Eric Goetz Custom Sailboats" shipyard (Bristol, USA). In 1999, a Hong Kong businessman, Karl Kwok, whose aim was to gather the team for the next Whitbread, purchased the boat. The boat was renamed “BEAU GESTE”. Competing at the China Sea Race, a 575-mile-long regatta between Hong Kong and Manila, "Beau Geste" set a new record for the China Race at 47 hours, 43 minutes and 7 seconds. In 2000, "Semcon", a Swedish company, purchased it as a training boat for the team“ASSA ABLOY”. The boat was thoroughly reconstructed and completely modernized in Sweden. It was refitted with new equipment and a new carbon-fibre mast was installed, thus bringing the boat up to the level of class VO60 standards set in 2001. "Assa Abloy" team came in second at Volvo Ocean Race in 2002.