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The term 'Twelve Square Metre' evolves from the original sail area, though on modern sharpies sail designs reach up to around sixteen square metres. 12 m 2 Sharpie Past Australian champions to have passed through the ranks include Sir James Hardy , John Cuneo , Rolly Tasker and John Bertrand .
Because of the need of strength, agility and skill, the class is considered to be the top level of small boat sailing. Worldwide this boat is called the "18 Foot Skiff". It is the fastest conventional non-foiling monohull on the yardstick rating, with a score of 675, [1] coming only third after the Tornado and Inter 20 (Both multihulls).
The Heron has a Portsmouth Yardstick of 1346 when sailed single handed. [3] In the US Sailing scheme it has a D-PN of 120.0. [4] Over 10,500 Heron sail numbers have been issued since the design first appeared in the late 1950s. [5] The first Heron, No 1 Flook, still exists and is now owned by the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. [6]
The Portsmouth Yardstick (PY) or Portsmouth handicap scheme is a term used for a number of related systems of empirical handicapping used primarily in small sailboat racing. The handicap is applied to the time taken to sail any course, and the handicaps can be used with widely differing types of sailboats.
Australian Sailing is recognised by World Sailing as the governing body for the sport of sailing in Australia. It formed in 1950 as the Australian Yachting Federation at a meeting at the Royal St. Kilda Yacht Club. [1] It is responsible for the administration, promotion and development of sailing in Australia.
The NS14 (or Northbridge Senior 14) is an Australian restricted development class of sailing dinghy.Measuring 14 feet in length, the class was designed the 1960 and introduced at the Northbridge sailing club in Sydney, Australia, with control of the class transferred to the NS14 Association of New South Wales in 1965. [2]
Sailing is a popular sport and recreational activity in Australia with its varied coastline and often warm climate. Australian Sailing is the peak body in charge of sailing as recognised by the International Sailing Federation [ 1 ] In 2017-18 there were over 80,000 registered sailors and over 16,000 events held across the country.
The Pacer class of sailing dinghy, formerly known as the Puffin Pacer, was designed in the United Kingdom by Jack Holt.It was commissioned by Puffin Paints and Glues to be designed as sailing dinghy for use by families, so needing to be larger than their earlier Puffin dinghy.