Pirate (dinghy)
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[edit] The Pirat
The pirate was constructed in 1935 and has no trapez. The sailors must sail the boat without trapez or other things to help history of the Pirat, a 10m²-Knickspantjolle, was drawn in the year 1934 by the German builder Carl Martens, which won thereby a price writing of the magazine "yacht out". The boat was called "10 m² unit Jugendjolle" original. The name "Pirat" then in support to the American custom of selecting lyric bootsnamen likewise determined by a price writing of this magazine out. In the future the Pirat became the usually-built solid wood sailing boat of Germany. Since the 60's 20. Century the bottom structure is manufactured also in GRP and/or sandwich structure or plywood. According to the class regulations boats from kevlar and carbon fiber are however forbidden. After the permission of aluminum Rigg, Spinnaker and other technical Raffinessen surviving of the Piraten was secured as popular boat class into the today's time. Became so far approx.. 6,000 boats built.
[edit] Sails with the Pirat
The Pirat is a youthdinghy. It is hardly used for sails on lakes design because of its heavy handling the Pirat for travel sails. As long as there is it, with the Piraten Regatten were gesegelt. In former times it was the only class, in which German youth championships were gesegelt. At present the class registers alone in Germany more than 380 participants in the official rank list and is thereby in Germany one the most active raceclass at all. Among other things about 70 rank list Regatten (national and international) in Germany are delivered annually. Internationally there are 216 listed races at present. The Pirat is led by the German Segler federation as national unit class and as youth class. The Pirat is a boat for Segler progressed far. The boat crew consists of two persons, the attendant and/or the tax woman and the crew. In the trapezoid is not permitted sails according to class regulation. With fresher hoists the Pirat is therefore upright for light crews with difficulty to sails. It requires a good trim, in order to know this Jolle fast and surely sails. The Pirat possesses good sliding qualities on Raumschotkursen starting from 4 Bft. despite the break frame building method.
[edit] Mass
Mass of the Pirat is long, without helm, 5,00m and measures at the broadest place of the outer skin 1.61 m.
[edit] Materials with GRP Piraten
The sword with most ships from steel it can by an easier from wood or GRP be replaced. The trunk manufactured in sandwich structure and also with the deck can one between wood and GRP select. Since such a large difference in weight comes, the difference becomes balanced the standard measure by weights.
[edit] Sails of the Pirat
The Pirat is a slup dinghy. The maximum sail surface at the wind, consisting of the surfaces of the large and Focksegels, amounts to according to class regulation 10 m². The surface since the 1960er years permissible Spinnakers may not exceed 10 m² likewise. The employment of Genova or Gennaker is not permissible according to the class regulations. After the original Takelvorschriften for the Piraten driving of a "balloon gel in such a way specified" was possible, for a larger ballonfoermigen fock of 3,70 m² sail surface. The sails can be manufactured according to class regulation from cotton, linen or synthetic Tuchen. Normally the sails are nowadays of polyethylene fibers made, main from the material "Dacron". Carbon fibers in the sails are however forbidden according to class regulation and may be used only as reinforcement in the windows of the sail.
[edit] Races
Active races give it in Germany, Bulgaria, Denmark, Austria, Poland, Tschechien, Switzerland, Hungary, Turkey and Chile.
