Phoebus II is a replica of a boat built in 1905. It is a Trois Tonneaux.
The history (well documented) of boat building for regattas in the eraly 1900 is very interesting
The boat was in use until the 1980s, when it turned out that the hull could not be maintained anymore (too rotten). A full reconstruction was required. An association was created to support the rebuilding of this historical boat. The association supported other restauration of boats on lake Geneva, Association Patrimoine Léman (in French) and the flag ship is Phoebus II.
See the pages dedicated to Phoebus II (in French) and the Wikipedia article about Phoebus.
The boat was rigged with a mast built according to the 1900 specification (although hollow, it is damn heavy), and as close as possible to the construction uses and copies of the sails (now in Dacron colored in beige), gréement aurique, fore and aft rig. There is a genoa for light wind and jib et stay sail for stronger wind (at and over 4 bf). There is also an asymetric spinnaker (clearly an anachronism) purchased for racing.
The boat is unbelieveable lively by little wind. It is sailed in heavy conditions too, but sometimes it can get a bit hairy (in the waves of the Atlantic – the boat was filling more quickly than the crew could bail it out).
The boat sails on lake Geneva but used to travel to the Atlantic coast (Brest and further South) and to the Mediterranean (Cannes and Saint-Tropez parade regattas).
My connection to Phoebus II
I learned to sail (1974, I was 14 years old, and my teachers were 1 year older) on Lake Geneva with the now owners of Phoebus, way before they purchased the boat (in the 1980s). I volunteered to maintain the sails and boat covers.