Sailing yacht

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An IMOCA 60, yacht of 60 feet.

Aerial view of a sailing yacht club and marina - Yacht Harbour Residence "Hohe Düne" in Rostock, Germany.

A Sailing Yacht (SY or S/Y) is a ship prefix used to identify a vessel that is privately owned and uses sails as its primary means of propulsion.

The category of classes sailing yacht is among those officially recognized by the International Sailing Federation.^[1] This category includes within it the sailing boats that exceed 30 feet (over 9 meters), so in all respects similar to a yacht.

Description

Sailing yachts can range in overall length (Length Over All—LOA) from about 6 metres (20 ft) to well over 30 metres (98 ft), where the distinction between a yacht and a ship becomes blurred. Most privately owned yachts fall in the range of about 7–14 metres (23–46 ft); the cost of building and keeping a yacht rises quickly as length increases. In the United States, sailors tend to refer to smaller yachts as [sailboats], while referring to the general sport of sailing as yachting. Within the limited context of sailboat racing, a yacht is any sailing vessel taking part in a race, regardless of size.

Modern yachts have efficient sail-plans, most notably the Bermuda rig, that allow them to sail towards the wind. This capability is the result of a sail-plan and hull design.

Classes

These are the nine classes of the International Sailing Federation.

Class 40
Farr 30
Farr 40
International Maxi Association
IMOCA 60 (aka Open 60 Monohull)
Swan 45
TP 52
X-35
X-41

References

↑ "Classes". sailing.org. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

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Yacht classes from site of International Sailing Federation

v t e Classes of the International Sailing Federation

Current Olympic Classes	470 49er Elliott 6m Finn Laser Laser Radial RS:X Star

ISAF Centreboard classes	Int. 14 29er 29erXX 420 505 B14 Byte Cadet Contender Enterprise Europe Fireball Flying Dutchman Flying Junior Laser Laser Radial Laser 2 Laser 4.7 Laser Vago Lightning Mirror Moth Musto Performance Skiff OK Dinghy O'pen BIC Optimist RS100 RS500 RS Tera RS Feva Snipe Splash Sunfish Tasar Topper Vaurien Zoom 8

ISAF Keelboat classes	2.4 m 5.5 m 6 m 8 m 12 m Access 2.3 Access 303 Access Liberty Dragon Etchells Flying 15 H-boat J/22 J/24 J/80 Melges 20 Melges 24 Melges 32 Micro Platu 25 RC44 SB20 Soling Sonar Star Tempest Ultimate 20 Yngling

ISAF Yacht Classes	Class 40 Farr 30 (Mumm 30) Farr 40 Int. Maxi Assoc IMOCA 60 Swan 45 Swan 60 TP 52 X-35 X-41

ISAF Multihull Classes	A-Class Dart 18 Formula 16 Formula 18 Hobie 14 Hobie 16 Hobie 17 Hobie 18 Hobie Dragoon Hobie Tiger Hobie Wildcat Nacra Infusion SL 16 Topcat K1 Tornado Viper F16

ISAF Windsurfer Classes	Formula Experience Formula Windsurfing Funboard RS:X Mistral One Design Class Raceboard Speed Windsurfing Techno 293

ISAF Kiteboarding Classes	International Kiteboarding Association

ISAF Classic Classes	GP14 IOD Shark

International Radio Sailing Association Classes	10 rater A Class Marblehead One Metre

Former ISAF Classes	6.5 Metre 7 Metre 8 Metre 8.5 Metre 9 Metre 10 Metre 11 Metre One Design Aloha Buzz C Class Cat Division I Sailboard - Flatboard Division II Sailboard - Displacement Division III Sailboard - Tandem Farr 45 Open 50 ORMA 60 Windglider Lechner Mistral Junior ISO Sydney 40 X-99

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Sailing yacht

Description

Classes

References

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