International 14

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Specifications Under Current Rules
14
Number of crew 2 (Double Trapeze) LWL 4267 mm 14 ft LOA (including retractable spinnaker pole) 7010 mm 23 ft Beam 1830 mm 6 ft Mast Height above hull 7626 mm 25 ft Hull weight (with fittings) 74.25 kg 164 lb Sail Area of total of Main and Jib 18.58 m³ 200 ft³ Sail Area Spinnaker Unlimited (typicallly 32sq.m 350sq.ft)

The International 14 is a type or class of fourteen foot long sailing dinghy, sailed by two people. The class originated in England in the early part of the 20th century. It is sailed and raced in many countries around the world and was one of the very first true international racing dinghy classes. It is a Development Class being controlled by a set of rules meaning that the design of the boat isn't fixed, allowing for innovation and changes in hull and rig design as long as they fall within a set of specific limitations such as length weight beam and sail area. The class has permitted it's rules to be revised at various times in its history in order to keep the class at the forefront of dinghy racing development and can now best be described as an ultralight dual trapeze sailing dinghy with large sail area. It is often raced with boats of similar design in one-design, or non-handicap races.

Contents 1 History 2 Modern Hull Shapes 3 Images 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

There have essentially been 4 periods in the class history:

1. Displacement style, or the "Before Uffa Fox Era,"

2. Planing, which started with Uffa Fox and his deep-chested hulls, (boats named AVENGER, and ALARM were quitessential examples) which were broad aft with nearly straight buttocks, and narrow forward with a deep vee,

3. Trapeze planing, which came about decades later, when the trapeze was finally legalized in the class (it had been tried by Uffa and others in the 1930s but was banned),

4. Double-trapeze super-planing, which has gone through a number of evolutions. The concept was developed in Australia and New Zealand, and influenced the design of the high-powered but lightweight Australian 18. This form of the boat really started to take form in the early 80's (but with only one trapeze) as the minimum weight was lowered and upwind planing became possible.

Contemporary boats weigh as little as 165 lb, and have as typical equipment a retractable spinnaker pole, unlimited asymmetric spinnaker size, 200sq ft mainsail and jib area, a fully battened mainsail, an adjustable carbon rig, and a hydrofoil rudder that allows the boat to be trimmed fore and aft for different conditions.

Since this is a development class, older boats have been obsoleted through rules changes. Many of the older boats still race in fleets of similar boats. Penultimates, also known as 'Pennies' are boats that feature much of the same technology as modern boats but are from prior to the 1996 merger between the International 14 and Aussie 14 classes. Classic boats are boats prior to 1984 and feature a symmetric spinnaker, single trapeze, and many feature cold molded wooden hulls.

[edit] Modern Hull Shapes

• Ovington 1 1995 Dave Ovington
• Bieker 2 1996 Paul Bieker
• Morrison 7e 1995 Phil Morrison
• Morrison 8 1996 Phil Morrison
• Ovington 2 1997 Dave Ovington
• Bieker 2Z 1998 Paul Bieker
• Bieker 3 1998 Paul Bieker
• Morrison 9 1998 Phil Morrison
• Ovington 3 1999 Dave Ovington
• Morrison 10 2000 Phil Morrison
• Bieker 4 2002 Paul Bieker
• Bieker 5 2005 Paul Bieker
• Beebe 2 2005 Jason Beebe
• Benji 1 2005 Le Poisson

[edit] Images

An International 14 racing at the 2006 International 14 Class World Championships in Long Beach, California.

[edit] See also

• Jack Holt
• History of the Fourteens Part 4 - The Years of Challenge.

[edit] External links

• International 14 Class website
• The Class History