11:Metre One Design Explained

11:Metre One Design
Insignia:File:11 Meter class badge.png
Insignia Size:126px
Designer:Ron Holland & Rolf Gyhlenius
Location:United States
Year:1990
No Built:350
Builder:Precision Boat Works
Role:One-design racer
Draft:5.9feet
Displacement:35270NaN0
Hull Type:monohull
Construction:fiberglass
Loa:33.8feet
Lwl:26.9feet
Beam:8.2feet
Keel Type:fin keel with weighted bulb
Ballast:15980NaN0
Rudder Type:internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig Type:Bermuda rig
I:32.18feet
J:10.18feet
P:36.09feet
E:13.12feet
Sailplan:fractional rigged sloop
Sailarea Main:294.93square feet
Sailarea Headsail:138.85square feet
Sailarea Spin:860.03square feet
Sailarea Total:1293.81square feet

The 11:Metre One Design, also called the 11 Metre or 11 Meter, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Ron Holland and Rolf Gyhlenius as a one-design racer and first built in 1990.

The design was at one time a World Sailing international class.

Production

The design was built by Precision Boat Works in Palmetto, Florida, United States, starting in 1990. Boats was also built in Norway, Australia and Sweden. A total of around 300 boats was completed during the 1990s.

Design

The 11 Meter is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of cored fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a sharply reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel with a weighted lead bulb. It displaces 35270NaN0 and carries 15980NaN0 of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 5.9feet with the standard keel.

The design has minimal cabin space, intended for storage space.

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical masthead spinnaker.

Operational history

The boat is supported by a class club that organizes racing events, the International 11:Metre One Design Class Association.

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