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The committee completed its proposal the following year. It was accepted as the first Square Metre Rule: yachts were to be classed by their sail area which was fixed. In addition, there were minimum requirements for weight and cabin measurements. Four new classes were originally accepted: 22 m 2, [1] 30 m 2, [2] 45 m 2 and 55 m 2.
A sail plan is a drawing of a sailing craft, viewed from the side, depicting its sails, the spars that carry them and some of the rigging that supports the rig. [1] By extension, "sail plan" describes the arrangement of sails on a craft. [2] [3] A sailing craft may be waterborne (a ship or boat), an iceboat, or a sail-powered land vehicle.
Pages in category "Two-person sailboats" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 29er (dinghy)
In 2004 former Vendee Globe and Whitbread competitor, Patrice Carpentier, [1] brought together designers, builders and sailors to formulate a new accessible class of shorthanded offshore racing boats. Now with more than 160 boats, the Class has become the most successful offshore racing class.
Star Flyer, a 112 m (367 ft) sail cruise ship launched in 1991, in the Pacific. This is a list of large sailing vessels, past and present, including sailing mega yachts, tall ships, sailing cruise ships, and large sailing military ships.
The number of oars pulled varied with the size of the boat. A schedule of ship's boats of 1886 shows 34 to 30 feet (10.4 to 9.1 m) cutters pulling 12 oars, 28 feet (8.5 m), 10 oars, 26 to 20 feet (7.9 to 6.1 m), 8 oars and the two smallest sizes of 18 and 16 feet (5.5 and 4.9 m), 6 oars.
Gloucester Yachts Cardinal Yachts Nickels Boatworks WindRider LLC [75] Buko MKI: Buko MKII: Bullet 14: 1971: Newport Boats [76] Cape Cod Frosty: 1984: Thomas Leach: Sailpower Corp and Star Marine, amateur construction from plans [77] Cape Cod Gemini: 1955: A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company Cape Cod Shipbuilding [78 ...
This list of motor yachts by length, is a table of the world's longest active superyachts, with an overall length of at least 75 metres (246 ft) and up. These boats are also known as "megayachts", "gigayachts" and even "terayachts", usually depending on length.