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Encyclopedia > 2.4 Metre (keelboat)
Specifications Under Current Rules
Number of crew 1
LOA 2.4m 13ft 7in
Beam 0.75mm 2ft 8in
Draft 1.1m 3ft 3in
Hull weight (with fittings) 400lbs
Sail Area of total of Main and Jib 81sq.ft
Paralympic Class
2.4mR
2.4mR

The 2.4mR is a one-person keelboat designed by Peter Norlin of Sweden. It is a miniaturized version of the old America's Cup boats on a 1:5 scale. 2.4mR has been a Paralympic class since 2000 and is ideal for handicap integrated sailing since the sailor does not move in the boat, and everything is adjustable from right in front of the sailor. Both hand-steering and foot-steering is possible. The boat's ability in integrated sailing has been proven on the result lists of several World Championships. In 2002 and 2005 there were handicapped World Champions. The boat is sailed without a spinnaker, but with a whisker-pole for the jib. Image File history File links Klassenzeichen_2. ... A loa is a powerful spirit or deity in the voodoo religion. ... The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the mid-point of its length. ... A hull is the body or frame of a ship or boat. ... A mainsail is the most important sail raised from the main (or only) mast of a sailing vessel. ... A typcial jib on a small yacht A jib is a triangular staysail set ahead of the foremost mast of a sailing boat. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1134x809, 107 KB) speedydelete - Im Artikel durch aktuelles Bild ersetzt. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1134x809, 107 KB) speedydelete - Im Artikel durch aktuelles Bild ersetzt. ... A Keelboat is a keeled boat built for the navigation of rivers. ... The Americas Cup trophy The Americas Cup (originally the 100 Guineas Cup, then the America Cup ) is the most famous and most prestigious competition in the sport of yachting, and the oldest active trophy in international sports, predating the FA Cup by two decades and the Modern Olympics... Silver 2004 The Paralympic Games are an official equivalent of the Olympics for athletes with physical disabilities. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Sailing at sunset Wooden sailing boat Sailing is the skillful art of controlling the motion of a sailing ship or smaller boat, across a body of water. ... A spinnaker is a special type of sail that is designed specifically for sailing downwind (with the wind behind the boat). ... A typcial jib on a small yacht A jib is a triangular staysail set ahead of the foremost mast of a sailing boat. ...


History

After the 1980 America's Cup, people in the Newport, RI area started sailing boats called Mini-12s named for the 12-Meter Yachts used in the America's Cup. As the class developed, word of it spread to Sweden, where yacht designer Peter Norlin lived. Norlin tweeked the design, and along with other naval architect designed the 2.4 meter yacht class. In addition to all the sailing aspects of the boat, Norlin worked the design to incorporate features for the physically disabled to use the boat. The Americas Cup trophy The Americas Cup (originally the 100 Guineas Cup, then the America Cup ) is the most famous and most prestigious competition in the sport of yachting, and the oldest active trophy in international sports, predating the FA Cup by two decades and the Modern Olympics... The 12-metre yacht Freedom The 12-metre class is a group of sailing vessels which, while not identical, are all designed to a particular formula, so as to make the boats involved in a competition roughly comparable, while still giving individuals the freedom to experiment with the details of... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Naval Architecture. ...


External links

  • US Class Page


List of ISAF international keelboat classes

11 mR 12 mR 2.4 mR 5.5 mR 6 mR 8 mR Dragon Etchells Flying Fifteen H-boatJ/22 J/24 Melges 24 Open 50 Monohull Open 60 Monohull Soling Sonar Star Tempest Yngling The International Sailing Federation is the world governing body for the sport of sailing, particularly yacht and dinghy racing. ... The 11:Metre is a sloop-rigged yacht with One Design rules that specify every hardware and rope. ... The 12-metre class sailing vessels replaced the huge and expensive J-class yachts that were raced in the 1930s. ... The International 5. ... Former Olympic Class The Dragon is a keelboat designed by Johan Anker in 1929. ... Etchells are a one design class of sailing boat. ... The Flying Fifteen is a keelboat designed by Uffa Fox in 1947. ... The H-Boat is a keelboat designed by Hans Groop of Finland in 1967, with some minor modifications by Paul Elvström in 1971. ... The International J/22 is a popular fixed keel racing sailboat normally raced with a crew of three people. ... The International J/24 is one of the worlds most popular one-design keelboats. ... The Melges 24 is a one-design class of sailboat commonly used for racing. ... The International Monohull Open Classes Association (IMOCA) is an international assocation within the sport of sailing which administers the monohull Open 50 and Open 60 classes of sailboats. ... The International Monohull Open Classes Association (IMOCA) is an international assocation within the sport of sailing which administers the monohull Open 50 and Open 60 classes of sailboats. ... A soling is a small class of keelboat that was used as the Olympic keelboat from 1972-2000. ... A Sonar start The Sonar is a 7 m (23 ft) one-design keelboat for three to five people. ... A Star (or Starboat) is a 6. ... The Tempest is a keelboat designed by Ian Procter. ... Yngling (keelboat) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...


Classes of Keelboats (Worldwide List)

10 Metre | 11 Metre | 12 Metre | 2.4 Metre | 5 Metre | 5.5 Metre | 6 Metre | 8 Metre | Aloha | Antrim 27 | Catalina Yachts | Catalina 30 | Colin Archer | Contessa 32 | Down East Yachts | Dragon | Etchells | Farr 40 | Fife | Flying Fifteen | Folkboat | Freedom Yachts | Guppy 13 | H-boat | Hallberg-Rassy | International 806 | International Americas Cup Class | IOD | J/22 | J/24 | J-Class | Kendall 32 | Knarr |Laser SB3 | Maxi Yacht | Melges 24 | Monark 540 | Moore 24 | Open 50 Monohull | Open 60 Monohull | Pearson Triton | Ross 930 | San Juan 24 | Sea Sprite 34 | Shields | Soling | Sonar | Soverel 33 | Squib | Star | Stella | Sydney 38 | Tartan Ten | Tempest | Top Hat 25 | Triton | Vindö | Westsail 32 | Yngling The 11:Metre is a sloop-rigged yacht with One Design rules that specify every hardware and rope. ... The 12-metre class sailing vessels replaced the huge and expensive J-class yachts that were raced in the 1930s. ... The International 5. ... Aloha Yachts were a range of sailing keelboats manufactured in Whitby, Ontario, Canada by Ouyang Boat Works, founded by Ti Ouyang who had previously worked for Whitby Boat Works. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... The Catalina 30 is a thirty foot-long fiberglass sailboat first produced in 1974 by the Catalina Yachts Company in California. ... Colin Archer (22 July 1832 - 3 February 1921) was a naval architect and shipbuilder from Larvik, Norway. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Former Olympic Class The Dragon is a keelboat designed by Johan Anker in 1929. ... Etchells are a one design class of sailing boat. ... Fife Yachts were luxury, wooden yachts built in the first half of the 20th Century in the small Scottish village of Fairlie. ... The Flying Fifteen is a keelboat designed by Uffa Fox in 1947. ... The Nordic Folkboat is a clinker built wooden sloop and was designed in 1942 by the Scandinavian Yacht Racing Union. ... Freedom Yachts is the maker of the Freedom (sail) and Legacy (power) yacht brands. ... A Pocket cruiser, Microcruiser or Pocket yacht is a small sailboat with a cabin, whose length is at or under 20 feet (6 m), with some examples as short as 10 to 12 feet (3 to 3. ... The H-Boat is a keelboat designed by Hans Groop of Finland in 1967, with some minor modifications by Paul Elvström in 1971. ... Hallberg-Rassy AB (HR) is a famous international Swedish shipyard for producing exclusive sailing yachts. ... The International 806 is a sloop-rigged sailing yacht that is popular in northern and central Europe. ... The Americas Cup is the most famous trophy in the sport of yachting, and the oldest active trophy in sports. ... The International J/22 is a popular fixed keel racing sailboat normally raced with a crew of three people. ... The International J/24 is one of the worlds most popular one-design keelboats. ... During the 1930s J-class yachts were built to race in the Americas Cup. ... A Westsail 32 sailing off Northern California. ... The knarr (plural: knarrer) was the generic name for viking trade and mercantile ships. ... The Laser SB3 is a one-design class of sailboat commonly used for racing. ... A maxi yacht, or simply maxi, is a large racing sailboat. ... The Melges 24 is a one-design class of sailboat commonly used for racing. ... Monark 540 is a relatively small sailboat (5 meters 40 centimeters), from around 1975. ... The Moore 24 is a type of sailboat. ... The International Monohull Open Classes Association (IMOCA) is an international assocation within the sport of sailing which administers the monohull Open 50 and Open 60 classes of sailboats. ... The International Monohull Open Classes Association (IMOCA) is an international assocation within the sport of sailing which administers the monohull Open 50 and Open 60 classes of sailboats. ... The Pearson Triton, also known as Triton, was one of the first production fiberglass sailboats manufactured in the United States. ... Ross 930 Fleet The Ross 930 is a class of fast cruiser-racer yachts named after its designer, New Zealander Murray Ross. ... The San Juan 24 is one of the most versitile keelboats for its size. ... The Sea Sprite 34 is the largest of the Sea Sprite sailing vessels. ... In 1963 Cornelius Shields, one of the foremost proponents of one-design sailing in the U.S. conceived of a modern followup to the International One Design. ... A soling is a small class of keelboat that was used as the Olympic keelboat from 1972-2000. ... A Sonar start The Sonar is a 7 m (23 ft) one-design keelboat for three to five people. ... The Soverel 33 was launched in 1983 by renowned racing sailor and designer Mark Soverel. ... A Squib is a type of small sailboat originally designed in 1967. ... A Star (or Starboat) is a 6. ... The Stella 26 is a one design bermudian (marconi) sloop rigged cruiser / racer designed by the noted yacht designer C.R.(Kim) Holman in 1959. ... The Tarten Ten, nicknamed T-10, is a 10 meter keelboat designed by Sparkman & Stephens in 1978. ... The Tempest is a keelboat designed by Ian Procter. ... The internal plan of a Top Hat 25 Top Hat 25 is an Australian made sailing yacht. ... The Pearson Triton, also known as Triton, was one of the first production fiberglass sailboats manufactured in the United States. ... Vindö was a little boat yard on the Swedish west coast, situated between Orust and the mainland outside Uddevalla. ... A Westsail 32 sailing off Northern California. ... Yngling (keelboat) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...



 
 

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