BoatsSeveral Under License 29er

Several Under License 29er

Fractional Sloop · Centerboard Dinghy · First built 1998

A high-performance skiff designed by Julian Bethwaite, featuring a powerful fractional rig for competitive racing

Designed by Julian Bethwaite & Bethwaite Design.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy

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The Several Under License 29er, on the water

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Footage from SEILmagasinet

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

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 (14.4-foot) fractional sloop centerboard dinghy designed by Julian Bethwaite and built by Several under License and MacKay Boats Ltd. since 1998. It has a beam of 1.7 meters, a draft of 0.7 meters, and a displacement of 89 kg. The boat's length, including its bowsprit, extends to 6.15 meters, and its spinnaker area is 16.83 square meters. The 29er is a high-performance dinghy, with a sail area to displacement ratio of 66.9.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once 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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