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Albacore (dinghy)

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Specifications Under Current Rules
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Number of crew 2
LOA 4.5 m 15 ft
Beam 1.6 m 5 ft 3 in
Hull weight (with fittings) 136 kg 300 lb
Draft 1.42 m 4 ft 6 in
Sail area of total of Jib 3.2 m² 34.45 ft²
Sail area of total of Main 8.3 m² 89.34 ft²


The Albacore is a 4.5 m (15 ft) planing dinghy developed in 1954 from an Uffa Fox design.An Albacore dinghy planing

By 2005 over 8,000 Albacores have been built and the class is actively raced in England, the United States and Canada. (See Dinghy racing for more information on these races.)

The Class has a biannual world championship with the venue alternating between the three key countries where the class is sailed. The 2005 championship was held in Lyme Regis in Dorset.

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Classes of sailing dinghies, scows, sharpies and skiffs (worldwide)

29er | 405 ("Four-oh-five") | 420 ("Four-twenty") | 470 ("Four-seventy") | 49er | 505 ("Five-oh-five") | Adventuress | Albacore | ASC | Australian Sharpie | Blue Jay | Bosun | Buccaneer 18 | Byte | C-Lark | Cadet | Cherub | Comet | Contender | Coypu | Day Sailer | El Toro | Enterprise | Escape | Europe |Fatty Knees | Finn | Fireball | Firefly | Flying Dutchman | Flying Eleven | Flying Junior | Flying Scot | GP14 | Graduate | Heron | Highlander | Hornet | Idle-along | IDRA14 | International Canoe | International Twelve | International Fourteen | 12ft Skiff |16ft Skiff | 18ft Skiff | Javelin | Jersey Skiff | Jollyboat | JY15 | Lark | Lido 14 | Lightning | Manly Junior | Merlin Rocket | Mirror | Mistral (Des Townson) | Musto Skiff | Mutineer 15 | National 12 | O'Day DaySailer | OK Dinghy | Optimist | Osprey | Otter | P Class | Pirate | Precision 15 | Puddle Duck Racer | Pacer | Sabot | Sabre | Salcombe Yawl | Sea Bright | Scorpion (dinghy) | Scow (A, C, E, MC, M16, 17) | Snipe | Solo | Spiral | Streaker | Sunfish | Tasar | Tauranga | Thames A Class Rater | Thistle | Turtle | Twinkles 10 & 12 | Vagabond | Vanguard 15 | Wanderer | Wayfarer | Y flyer | Z Class (aka Zeddie, Takapuna) | Zephyr (Des Townson) | Zoom 8

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RS200 | RS300 | RS400 | RS500 | RS600 | RS700 | RS800 | RS Feva | RS Vareo | RS Vision | RS K6

Topper | Topper Topaz | Topaz Taz | Topaz Magno | Topaz Omega | Topaz Vibe | Topaz Xenon | Cruz | Sport 14 | Sport 16 | Buzz | Iso | Spice

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