470 (dinghy)

470
Class symbol
Development
DesignerAndré Cornu
Year1963
Boat
Crew2 (single trapeze)
Draft150 mm (5.9 in)
970 mm (3 ft 2 in)
Hull
Hull weight120 kg (260 lb)
LOA4,700 mm (15 ft 5 in)
LWL4,400 mm (14 ft 5 in)
Beam1,690 mm (5 ft 7 in)
Sails
Mainsail area9.12 m2 (98.2 sq ft)
Jib/genoa area3.58 m2 (38.5 sq ft)
Spinnaker area13 m2 (140 sq ft)
Racing
D-PN86.3
RYA PN973
Current Olympic equipment

The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork is necessary to sail it well. The name comes from the boat's length of 470 centimetres (4.7 m; 15 ft 5 in).

The 470 is a World Sailing International Class and has been an Olympic class since the 1976 games.[1]

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