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The Musto Skiff is a single-handed sailing skiff with a length of 4.55 m (14 ft 11 in). It features a trapeze , asymmetrical spinnaker , wings and low weight and achieves speeds of over 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h), which makes it one of the fastest single-handed sailing boats.
As well as serving as the official design for the Solitaire du Figaro from 1990 to 2002, the boat was used for the first one-design transatlantic race, the double-handed Transat AG2R from 1992 to 2002. [1] [2] Sailboat Lab notes, "the Figaro Solo Beneteau is a light sailboat which is a very high performer.
The Beneteau 14 is a recreational and racing sailboat, built predominantly of a vacuum-infused vinylester glassfibre and foam sandwich for both the hull and the deck. It has a fractional sloop rig; with a roller furling, self-tacking jib; a deck-stepped mast; no spreaders and carbon fibre spars with continuous stainless steel 1X19 wire standing rigging.
Unlike the Moth the Waszp is a one design class. With the Waszp you have adjustable wing angles allowing you to adjust for your skill and for storage. The Waszp comes with retractable alloy foils making it an easy boat to launch. With a free standing rig, you can rig up quickly and have a much easier time getting back into the boat after ...
The boat was named European Yacht of the Year in 2010, Sail Magazine 2016 Best Boats Winner and Sailing World 2016 Boat of the Year. [10] In a 2016 review, Charles J. Doane described it as "a very exciting package and should check all or most boxes on the lists of buyers looking for a fun, affordable, versatile and easy-to-manage sport boat." [24]
Single-handed sailing has become a major competitive sport, and there are a number of prominent single-handed offshore races. The Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race (OSTAR) and the Route du Rhum are trans-Atlantic single-handed races. The single handed transpac (SHTP) starts off Tiburon in the San Francisco Bay, and ends in Hanalei Bay, Kauai.
Introduced in 1979, the aim was to build a boat that would be comfortable for a family to cruise or daysail without compromising speed and performance. By striking this balance, the J/30 is a competitive racer that can be comfortably handled by sailors of all age and experience levels. The J/30 ceased production with hull number 545, built in 1986.
The craft has a stayed 18-foot (5.5 m) mast set as a Marconi rig with a single mainsail with a 75-square-foot (7.0 m 2) surface area. The cockpit is 15 ½" deep, exceptionally deep for this size of sailboat, and can accommodate an adult up to 6 feet in height. [1]