Several Under License 29er

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The Several Under License 29er, on the water

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Character

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TrailerableBeam 1.70 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 90 kg of hull, so roughly 700 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 90 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.70 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

CoastalBluewater

At 3.83 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.83

EasygoingPowered-up

66.9 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 66.9

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

Draws less than ~85% of boats her size on file

Compared with 384 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Several Under License 29er, as the fleet has seen it

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The Several under License 29er is a 4.4-meter fractional sloop centerboard dinghy designed by Julian Bethwaite and built by MacKay Boats Ltd. and other licensees since 1998. It displaces 89 kg and has a draft of 0.7 meters. The boat's length, including its bowsprit, is 6.15 meters, and it carries a spinnaker with an area of 16.83 square meters. Competitors in the 29er class have experienced challenging conditions, including high winds up to 20 knots, during junior world championships.watch Sailors in this class have achieved fourth-place finishes but also faced disqualifications for rounding incorrect marks.1:43

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 4 times across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

66.9

Capsize screening

3.83

Hull

Hull type

Centerboard Dinghy

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1998

Designer

Julian Bethwaite, Bethwaite Design

Builder

Several under License, MacKay Boats Ltd

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The family

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