420 (dinghy)

international racing sailing class

The International 420 Dinghy is a sailing dinghy popular for racing and teaching. The hull is fiberglass with internal buoyancy tanks. The 420 has a bermuda rig, spinnaker and trapeze. It has a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, and is designed to plane easily. The 420 is an International class recognised by World Sailing. The name refers to the boat's length of 420 centimetres (4.2 m; 13 ft 9 in).

DEVELOPMENT

Designer	Christian Maury +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Year	1959 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Design	One-Design +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Role	Youth trainer, racing +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

BOAT

Crew	two +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Draft	0.965 metres (3 ft 2.0 in) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Trapeze	single +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

HULL

Type	Monohull +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Construction	GRP +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Hull weight	80 kilograms (180 lb) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
LOA	4.20 metres (13 ft 9 in) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Beam	1.63 metres (5 ft 4 in) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

HULL APPENDAGES

Keel/board type

Centerboard

RIG

Rig type	Bermuda +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Mast length	6.26 metres (20 ft 6 in) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

SAILS

Mainsail area	7.45 square metres (80.2 sq ft) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Jib/genoa area	2.8 square metres (30 sq ft) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Spinnaker area	8.83 square metres (95.0 sq ft) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Upwind sail area	10.25 square metres (110.3 sq ft) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

RACING

D-PN	86.3 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
RYA PN	1087 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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