Class and Equipment Details
The classes (called Equipment) to be used in the 2012 event in Dublin Bay have already been selected. Five different class of boat/equipment will be used - in addition to the well known Laser, 420 and 29er there will be the RS:X Windsurfer and the SERINA SL16 multihull. There will be racing over three courses for:
- Boy’s One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial
- Girl’s One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial
- Boy’s Two Person Dinghy - 420
- Girl’s Two Person Dinghy - 420
- Boy’s Windsurfer - RS:X with 8.5m2 sail + 60cm fin
- Girl’s Windsurfer - RS:X with 8.5m2 sail + 60cm fin
- Open High Performance Dinghy - 29er
- Open Mulithull - SL16
The open high performance dinghy and multihull crews may be boys, girls or mixed. Nations may only enter one team in each of the above events.
Open High Performance Dinghy
The 29er was introduced to get people into the pure excitement of Australian skiff sailing. The boat is smaller, simpler and less expensive than its bigger brother, the Olympic Class 49er.
Open Multihull
The Serina series of multi-hulls catamarans, drawn by Yves Loday, naval architect and Gold Medallist at the Olympic Games on a Tornado, is constructed and distributed by Sirena all over the world.
Winsurfer - Boy & Girl
RS:X is a popular and fast-growing Olympic windsurfing racing class under the International Sailing Federation.
420 - Boy & Girl
The 420 is an established worldwide performance two person trapeze and spinnaker racing dinghy. There are 56,000 worldwide.
Laser Radial - Boy & Girl
The Laser is a challenging single-handed dinghy that rewards athleticism, subtle steering and trimming techniques, as well as tactical excellence. It is a singlehanded Olympic class boat, also sailed at club, national and international levels.
