6.5 Metre (keelboat)
Encyclopedia
The International Six point Five Metre Class is a construction class, meaning that the boats are not identical but are all designed to meet specific measurement formula, in this case the french rule called Jauge chemin de fer.
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The first formula of the 6.5m, was worked out by Louis Dyèvre, member of the Société des régates de Vannes, naval architect and member of the French delegation to the congress of London of 1906, is inspired by the formula of the New York Yacht Club in 1903.
Lf represents the LWL, S the measured sail area, D displacement.
The principal restrictions are:
History
The 6.5m was used as an Olympic Class during the 1920 OlympicsSailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics
The sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics consisted of a total of 16 sailing classes . Two of these classes finally did not have entries. For each class three races were scheduled from 7 July 1920 to 9 July 1920 of the coast of Ostend North Sea. On 10 July 1920 sail-off races could be held.Two...
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The first formula of the 6.5m, was worked out by Louis Dyèvre, member of the Société des régates de Vannes, naval architect and member of the French delegation to the congress of London of 1906, is inspired by the formula of the New York Yacht Club in 1903.
Lf represents the LWL, S the measured sail area, D displacement.
The principal restrictions are:
- Maximum length: 6,50 m
- Minimum displacement: 600 kg
- Draft: 1 m
- Measured sail area : 30 m2
- Maximum cockpit area: 2 m2
- The LWL taken into account in the formula is at least of the 4/5 the length.
1920
| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew |
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CARP, Johan Robert | WERNINK, Petrus Adrianus CARP, Bernard |
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WEIL, Albert | PICON, Félix MONIER, Robert |
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