Development | |
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Designer | Christian Maury |
Location | France |
Year | 1959 |
Design | One-Design |
Role | Youth trainer, racing |
Boat | |
Displacement | 100 kilograms (220 lb) |
Draft | 0.965 metres (3 ft 2.0 in) |
Trapeze | Single |
Hull | |
Type | Monohull |
Construction | GRP |
Hull weight | 80 kilograms (180 lb) |
LOA | 4.20 metres (13 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 1.63 metres (5 ft 4 in) |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | Centerboard |
Rig | |
Rig type | Bermuda |
Mast length | 6.26 metres (20 ft 6 in) |
Sails | |
Mainsail area | 7.45 square metres (80.2 sq ft) |
Jib/genoa area | 2.8 square metres (30 sq ft) |
Spinnaker area | 8.83 square metres (95.0 sq ft) |
Upwind sail area | 10.25 square metres (110.3 sq ft)[1] |
Racing | |
D-PN | 97.6[2] |
RYA PN | 1087[3] |
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).