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International 14

Fractional Sloop · Centerboard Dinghy · First built 1928

A high-performance development racing dinghy that has served as a testing ground for innovations like the trapeze since 1928

LOA
Beam
Displacement
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy

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The International 14, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Classic Yacht TV

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.83 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 74 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 74 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.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 2 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 2
CoastalBluewater

At 4.39 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 4.39
LightHeavy

27 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 27

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

What the fleet has seen

The International 14, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The International 14 is a 4.3-meter fractional sloop centerboard dinghy, built from 1928 to the present, known as a high-performance two-man development racing dinghy. It displaces 74 kg and has a 1.8-meter beam. The design has historically introduced performance innovations, including early trapeze use in 1938 and twin trapezes in 1984. Its spinnaker typically measures 32 square meters, and it features a skiff-like hull, hiking racks, and a large flat-head main. The International 14 class merged with the 'Aussie' version in 1996, which previously had slightly different rules. Uffa Fox, a designer of the International 14, also applied its planing-hull principles to keelboats like the Flying 30.3:31

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

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
Displacement / length
26.7
Comfort ratio
1.7
Capsize screening
4.39
Hull speed
5.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
300
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
All materials allowed
Production
Years built
First built 1928
Builder
Ovington Boats Ltd

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The family

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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

International 12 Foot DinghyA George Cockshott-designed Olympic class dinghy from 1913 that remains actively raced across Europe and ScandinaviaBeneteau First 14A Samuel Manuard-designed performance dinghy with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for spirited, responsive sailingJet 14A 1952 centerboard dinghy with a hull derived from the International 14, offering a versatile sloop or cat rigHobie ONE-14A lightweight 4.17-metre centreboard dinghy with a high 40.52 sail area-to-displacement ratio for responsive sailingWindrush Yachts 14A long-running production catamaran licensed as the TRAC-14 in the US, featuring a shallow 0.18m draft

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