Sportsboat
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The term sportsboat first appeared in the late 1980s and early 1990s to describe high performance Trailer yachts with major compromises in accommodation and weight.
Size of most sportsboats is widely considered to be between 5.5m - 8m.
They tend to be characterised by large sail areas especially downwind, light weight construction, heavy reliance on crew weight and usually lifting keels with bulbs for righting moment. Almost all sportsboats are self righting.
Rules currently used to rate sportsboats include sportsboat rule [1] and individual country rule systems such as the New Zealand Sportsboat box rule. Some boats uses trapezes, racks and wings to increase performance. Heavier designs such as the SB3, J80, Flying Tiger and Platu are very competitive in handicap racing, but are significantly slower compared to the lightweight racers.
Popular one design boat designs include the Melges 24, Viper 640, Elliot 7, Open 5.7 and Magic 25. More recently, New Zealand and Australian designs have become increasingly popular including various designs by Thompson, the Phuket 8 by Duncanson and the Shaw 650 and others by Rob Shaw.
"A Trailable Yacht or Sportsboat is a ballasted monohull yacht, enclosing at least two full-length berths. That is capable of being transported on the public road system without requiring a road permit. Which can be transported, launched and retrieved at a standard boat ramp on the same trailer, without the assistance of external equipment or detachment from the towing vehicle." [2]
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