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Specifications Under Current Rules


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Number of crew 2
LOA 4039mm 13ft 3in
Beam 1600mm 5ft 3in
Draft 1200mm 3ft 10in
Hull weight (with fittings) 94kg 207lb
Sail Area of total of Main and Jib 10. 7sq m 115sq ft

The Enterprise is a two-man sloop-rigged hiking sailing dinghy with distinctive blue sails. Dinghy sailing is the activity of Sailing small boats by using (1 the Sails and (2 underwater foils ( Daggerboard or Centreboard Despite being one of the older classes of dinghies, it remains popular in the United Kingdom and about a dozen other countries, and is used for both cruising and racing. A dinghy is a type of small Boat, often carried or towed by a larger vessel The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is about yacht cruising For cruising on cruise liners see the article Cruise ship. See also Dinghy sailing Dinghy racing is the competitive Sport of sailing dinghies. It has a combination of size, weight, and power which appeals to all ages, and to sailing schools. The Enterprise is accredited as an International Class by the International Sailing Federation, the ISAF. The designation International Class may be granted by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF to classes of sail boat that offer a high standard of international competitive The International Sailing Federation (ISAF is the world governing body for the sport of Sailing, particularly yacht, dinghy, Windsurfing and

The Enterprise is most often sailed with no spinnaker. A spinnaker is a special type of Sail that is designed specifically for Sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a downwind i However the international class rules allow the decision of whether to allow spinnakers to be made by the national authority. In the U. K. and Canada, no spinnakers are allowed until 2002 when a new PY handicap was introduced in the UK to allow spinnakers to be used in multi class racing in clubs, although spinnakers may still not be used in "Class" racing; in the United States they are allowed.

Early boats wooden and GRP boats used buoyancy bags fixed under the benches and twarts for internal buoyancy but nowadays foam reinforced plastic built boats have built in buoyancy tanks improving stiffness and removing much of the maintenance associated with buoyancy bags. Wooden boats still tend to have buoyancy bags to the rear and a forward bulkhead.

They are also relatively unstable in comparison with other dinghies of similar performance, they have handling characteristics which would generally be associated with much faster designs.

Enterprises provide close tactical racing, as opposed to some modern designs, which are considered "boat speed-obsessed". However, top Enterprise sailors depend more on expensive equipment and exotic materials than sailors in stricter one-design classes such as the Laser, where all boats are identical. The International Laser Class sailboat, also called Laser Standard and the Laser One is a popular One-design class of small sailing dinghy

Originally "The News Chronicle Enterprise", this predates Jack Holt's other newspaper sponsored Mirror Dinghy as the first UK sailing dinghy to be sponsored by a national newspaper. The News Chronicle was a British daily Newspaper. It ceased publication in 1960 being absorbed into the Daily Mail. Jack Holt may refer to Jack Holt (actor (1888&ndash1951 Jack Holt (trainer - An Australian horse racing trainer Jack The Mirror is a highly successful pram Dinghy, with more than 70000 built

The first two Enterprises built were sailed from Dover to Calais both as a test and for advertising purposes. This feat was recreated on the Enterprise's 50th anniversary, but this time the two boats were sailed both to France and back again!

Specifications

The Enterprise has the following specifications:

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Other types of Sailing Dinghy


Sailing dinghies (ISAF International Classes)
14 Foot | 29er | 420 | 470 | 49er | 505 | Cadet | Contender | Enterprise | Europe | Finn | Fireball | Flying Dutchman | Flying Junior | Laser Standard | Laser 4.7 | Laser II | Lightning | Mirror | Moth | OK Dinghy | Optimist | Snipe | Splash | Sunfish | Topper | Vaurien | Zoom 8
A dinghy is a type of small Boat, often carried or towed by a larger vessel The International Sailing Federation (ISAF is the world governing body for the sport of Sailing, particularly yacht, dinghy, Windsurfing and The designation International Class may be granted by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF to classes of sail boat that offer a high standard of international competitive The International 14 is 14-foot double-handed dinghy. The class originated in England in the early part of the 20th century The 29er is a Skiff designed by Julian Bethwaite and first produced in 1998 The 470 is a double-handed Monohull planing Dinghy with a Centreboard, Bermuda rig, and center sheeting The 49er is a newer One-design class of small sailing dinghy. The International 505 is a One-design high-performance two-person Monohull planing centerboard Dinghy. The International Contender is a single-handed high performance sailing Dinghy, designed by Bob Miller latterly known as Ben Lexcen, (Australia in 1967 The Europe is a one-person Dinghy designed in Belgium in 1960 by Alois Roland as a class legal Moth dinghy. Design Changes Although the Finn hull has changed little since 1949 there has been other developments in controlling the sails Originally designed by Peter Milne in 1962 the Fireball is a One-design high-performance sailing dinghy. The Flying Dutchman (FD is a high-performance class of racing dinghy The International Flying Junior or FJ is a Sailing dinghy which was originally designed in 1955 in Holland by renowned boat designer Van Essen and Olympic sailor The International Laser Class sailboat, also called Laser Standard and the Laser One is a popular One-design class of small sailing dinghy The Laser 47 is a One-design dinghy class in the Laser series See also Blue Jay Sailboat a smaller version of the lightning The Mirror is a highly successful pram Dinghy, with more than 70000 built Moth Beginnings The current International moth is a result of merging two separate but similar historical developments The OK Dinghy is an international class sailing dinghy designed by Knud Olsen in 1956 The Snipe is a foot 2 person one design racing Dinghy. Designed by William Crosby in 1931 it has evolved into a modern tactical racing dinghy with fleets around the world Racing There are regional continental and world championships every year Background The Topper is a one-design boat with a large international following it is also an International class by the ISAF and is an approved youth class of the The Vaurien is a Dinghy designed by Jean-Jacques Herbulot in 1951 and presented in the Boat show in Paris in 1952 Manufactures The Zoom 8 is currently produced in Denmark(http//www
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