29er (dinghy)

29er
	Class symbol
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Boat
Crew	2 (single trapeze)
Hull
Hull weight	74 kg (163 lb)
LOA	4.40 m (14.4 ft)
Beam	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Rig
Mast length	6.25 m (20.5 ft)
Sails
Spinnaker area	16.83 m2 (181.2 sq ft)
Upwind sail area	13.19 m2 (142.0 sq ft)
Racing
D-PN	84.5
RYA PN	902
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The 29er is a two-person high performance sailing skiff designed by Julian Bethwaite and first produced in 1998. Derived from the Olympic class 49er class, it is raced in the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships.^[3] The 29er is able to reach high speeds fairly quickly by having a sleek and hydrodynamic hull and will often exceed the wind speed when planing both up and downwind.

Background[]

The 29er class is targeted at youth, especially those training to sail the larger Olympic 49er. The Youth Sailing World Championships^{[citation needed]} has adopted it to replace the Laser 2 - which was designed by Julian Bethwaite's father Frank.

The 29er has two sailors, one on trapeze. The rig features a fractional asymmetrical spinnaker; a self-tacking jib decreases the work load of the crew, making maneuvers more efficient and freeing the crew to take the mainsheet upwind and on two-sail reaches. The spinnaker rigging set-up challenges crews to be fit and coordinated, and maneuvers in the boat require athleticism due to its lack of inherent stability and the high speed with which the fully battened mainsail and jib power up.^{[citation needed]}

The hull construction is of fibreglass-reinforced polyester in a foam sandwich layout. The fully battened mainsail and jib are made from a transparent Mylar laminate with orange or red Dacron trimming, while the spinnaker is manufactured from ripstop Nylon. The mast is in three parts - an aluminium bottom and middle section, with a polyester-fiberglass composite tip to increase mast bend and decrease both overall weight, and the capsizing moment a heavy mast tip can generate. Foils are aluminium or fibreglass.^{[citation needed]}

Events[]

World Championship[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Italy Lake Garda 58 Boats^[4]	New Zealand	Australia	New Zealand
2001 Canada Kingston 64 Boats^[5]	Great Britain	Great Britain John Gimson	Australia
2002 Australia Sydney 103 Boats^[6]	Australia	Australia Nathan Outteridge	Australia Jonathan Bonnitcha
2003 Spain Laredo ?? Boats^[7]	Great Britain	Argentina	Great Britain
2004 Switzerland Lake Silvaplana 84 Boats^[8]	Great Britain Alain Sign	Finland Lauri Lehtinen	Australia
2005 United States San Francisco 78 Boats^[9]	Australia Jacqui Bonnitcha	Australia	United States
2006 Great Britain Weymouth 105 Boats^[10]	Finland Silja Lehtinen	Great Britain Dylan Fletcher	United States
2007 Argentina Buenos Aires ?? Boats^[11]	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina
2008 Australia Melbourne 102 Boats^[12]	Australia Steve Thomas Jasper Warren	Australia Byron White William Ryan	Great Britain Max Richardson Alex Groves
2009 Italy Lake Garda 185 Boats^[13]	Australia Steve Thomas Blair Tuke	Australia Nathan Outteridge	Australia Haylee Outteridge Iain Jensen
2010 Bahamas Freeport 35 Boats^[14]	France	Argentina	Italy
2011 Argentina Mar del Plata 60 Boats^[15]	Argentina María Belén Tavella	Argentina	Argentina
2012 Germany Travemünde 216 Boats^[16]	Spain Florián Trittel	France Lucas Rual	Argentina Klaus Lange
2013 Denmark Kalø Vig 213 Boats^[17]	France Lucas Rual Emile Amoros	New Zealand	Spain
2014 Canada Kingston 101 Boats^[18]	Australia	France	Germany
2015 Great Britain Pwllheli 193 Boats^[19]	Australia	Argentina	United States
2016 Netherlands Medemblik 228 Boats^[20]	Australia	France	Great Britain
2017 United States Long Beach 129 Boats^[21]	South Africa Alex Burger	France	France
2018 Hong Kong Hong Kong 58 Boats^[22]	New Zealand	Australia	France
2019 Poland Gdynia 175 Boats^[23]^[24]	France	United States	Sweden
2020 Great Britain Weymouth^[25]	Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Spain Valencia 190 Boats^[26]	Spain	Spain	Denmark

Youth Sailing World Championships[]

The 29er has been used as equipment in the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships.

Open[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010	France Gael JAFFREZIC Julien BLOYET	New Zealand Alexandra Maloney Sam BULLOCK	United States Antoine SCREVE James MOODY
2011	Spain Florián Trittel	United States Antoine SCREVE Max Agnese	Netherlands Max DECKERS Annette DUETZ
2012	Spain Florián Trittel	France Lucas RUAL thomas BITON	Argentina Klaus LANGE Mateo MAJDALANI
2013	France Lucas RUAL Emile AMOROS	Sweden Ida SVENSSON Rasmus ROSENGREN	New Zealand Markus SOMERVILLE Jack SIMPSON
2014	France Brice YRIEIX Loïc FISCHER GUILLOU	United States Quinn WILSON Riley GIBBS	New Zealand Markus SOMERVILLE Isaac MCHARDIE

Boys[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2002^[27]^[28]	Australia Nathan Outteridge Ayden Menzies	New Zealand Geoffrey Woolley Mark Overington	France Guillaume Vigna Thibaut Gatti
2007^[29]^[30]	Denmark Henrik Sogaard Søren Kristensen	New Zealand Paul Snow-Hansen Blair Tuke	Great Britain James Ellis Rob Partridge
2008^[31]^[32]	Great Britain James Peters Edward FitzGerald	Argentina German Billoch Gaston Cheb Terrab	Judge Ryan Hans Henken
2016 Aukland^[33] 25 Nations	Great Britain Tom Darling	France	Australia John Cooley
2017 Sanya^[34] 30 Nations	France	Norway	Argentina
2018 Corpus Christi^[35] 25 Nations	Norway	New Zealand	Australia
2019 Gdynia^[36] 28 Nations	Norway	Finland	Australia

Girls[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2002	Great Britain Pippa Wilson Jenny MARKS	Australia Elise Rechichi	New Zealand Rachel O'BRIEN Kelly RIECHELMANN
2007	United States Emily DELLENBAUGH Briana PROVANCHA	Great Britain Sophie Ainsworth	Australia Hannah NATTRASS Michelle MULLER
2008	Great Britain Frances Peters Claire Lasko	Netherlands Annemiek Bekkering Jeske Kisters	Australia Hannah NATTRASS Michelle Muller
2015	Finland SIRRE KRONLOF VEERA HOKKA	Denmark LAERKE GRAVERSEN IBEN NIELSBY CHRISTENSEN	New Zealand GRETA STEWART KATE STEWART
2016	Australia Natasha Bryant Annie Wilmot	Poland Aleksandra Melzacka Maja Micinska	New Zealand Greta Stewart Kate Stewart
2017 Sanya^[37]	Italy	Russia	Australia
2018 Corpus Christi^[38]	Norway	United States	Russia
2019 Gdynia^[39]	United States	Malta	Sweden

29er XX and XS[]

Bethwaite and Jen Glass have also designed the 29erXX, a twin trapeze derivative of the 29er. It uses the same hull with some minor changes such as an extended gunwale and a rudder gantry, with a larger rig that includes a square-top main and masthead asymmetric spinnaker. The class became an International Sailing Federation recognised class in its own right in 2010.^{[citation needed]}

In late 2012 Bethwaite announced another new version, the 29erXS, aimed at younger and/or lighter sailors. The XS features a similar rig to the XX, but of smaller size fitted to a standard 29er hull and employing a single trapeze. The intention is that sailors can upgrade the rig when they are ready to move to full sized sails, and keep the hull, which will remain standard across all 29er variants.

References[]

^ "Centerboard Classes". US Sailing. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
^ "Portsmouth Number List 2020". Royal Yachting Association. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "Bethwaite Design". Retrieved 30 October 2016.
^ 29er at World Sailing
^ 29er at World Sailing
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^ {{World Sailing regatta}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
^ 29er at World Sailing
^ 29er at World Sailing
^ "2012 29er World Championship Regatta". Archived from the original on 2015-04-23.
^ "2013 29er World Championships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-09.
^ "2014 29er World Championships". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25.
^ "2015 29er World Championships".
^ "2016 29er World Championships" (PDF).
^ "2017 29er World Championships".
^ "2018 29er World Championships".
^ "2019 29er World Championships".
^ 29er at World Sailing
^ 29er at World Sailing
^ "2021 29er World Championships".
^ https://www.sailing.org/regattainfo.php?rgtaid=4607
^ www.worldyouthsailingcanada.com/
^ https://www.sailing.org/21938.php
^ www.isafyouthworlds.com
^ https://www.sailing.org/22436.php
^ www.isafyouthworlds.com
^ http://worldsailingywc.org/results/2016_auckland_newzealand.php
^ http://www.worldsailingywc.org/results/2017_sanya_china.php
^ http://seedat.me/YWResults/18_YW_29erb.html
^ https://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/29er_boys.html
^ http://www.worldsailingywc.org/results/2017_sanya_china.php
^ http://seedat.me/YWResults/18_YW_29erg.html
^ https://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/29er_girls.html

External links[]

International Links

Builders

National Class Associations

[UScb-1] "Centerboard Classes". US Sailing. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

[RYA2020-2] "Portsmouth Number List 2020". Royal Yachting Association. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[3] "Bethwaite Design". Retrieved 30 October 2016.

[4] 29er at World Sailing

[5] 29er at World Sailing

[6] 29er at World Sailing

[7] 29er at World Sailing

[8] 29er at World Sailing

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[12] 29er at World Sailing

[13] {{World Sailing regatta}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

[14] 29er at World Sailing

[15] 29er at World Sailing

[16] "2012 29er World Championship Regatta". Archived from the original on 2015-04-23.

[17] "2013 29er World Championships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-09.

[18] "2014 29er World Championships". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25.

[19] "2015 29er World Championships".

[20] "2016 29er World Championships" (PDF).

[21] "2017 29er World Championships".

[22] "2018 29er World Championships".

[23] "2019 29er World Championships".

[24] 29er at World Sailing

[25] 29er at World Sailing

[26] "2021 29er World Championships".

[27] ttps://www.sailing.org/regattainfo.php?rgtaid=4607

[28] www.worldyouthsailingcanada.com/

[29] ttps://www.sailing.org/21938.php

[30] www.isafyouthworlds.com

[31] ttps://www.sailing.org/22436.php

[32] www.isafyouthworlds.com

[33] ttp://worldsailingywc.org/results/2016_auckland_newzealand.php

[34] ttp://www.worldsailingywc.org/results/2017_sanya_china.php

[35] ttp://seedat.me/YWResults/18_YW_29erb.html

[36] ttps://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/29er_boys.html

[37] ttp://www.worldsailingywc.org/results/2017_sanya_china.php

[38] ttp://seedat.me/YWResults/18_YW_29erg.html

[39] ttps://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/29er_girls.html

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World Sailing multihull classes	A-Class Dart 18 Formula 16 Formula 18 Hobie 14 Hobie 16 Hobie 17 Hobie Dragoon Hobie Tiger Hobie Wildcat Nacra 15 Nacra 17 Nacra F18 Infusion Nacra 20 Carbon M32 SL 16 Topcat K1 Tornado Viper F16
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World Sailing kiteboarding classes
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Boat
Class symbol
+
Crew	2 (single trapeze)
Hull
Hull weight	74 kg (163 lb)
LOA	4.40 m (14.4 ft)
Beam	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Rig
Mast length	6.25 m (20.5 ft)
Sails
Spinnaker area	16.83 m² (181.2 sq ft)
Upwind sail area	13.19 m² (142.0 sq ft)
Racing
D-PN	84.5^[1]
RYA PN	902^[2]
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