Fish-class sloop
The Fish class sloop, also known informally as the Fish Boat, is a one-design sailboat designed in 1919 by New Orleans resident Rathbone DeBuys,http://www.fishclass.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=2&MMN_position=2:2 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310211531/http://www.fishclass.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=2&MMN_position=2%3A2 |date=2007-03-10 }} Online transcript of De Buys' 1948 short history of the design member of the Southern Yacht Club. It is reputed to have been the most popular sailboat racing class on the US Gulf Coast in the early 20th century{{Cite web |url=http://www.southernyachtclub.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=97 |title=Southern Yacht Club - History |access-date=2008-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203161223/http://www.southernyachtclub.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=97 |archive-date=2008-02-03 |url-status=dead }} and was the Gulf Yachting Association one-design racer until it was replaced by the Flying Scot in 1969.
It should not be confused with Nat Herreshoff's larger sloops,{{cite book| last = Jones| first = Gregory O.| title = Herreshoff Sailboats| publisher = MBI Publishing Company| date = December 25, 2004| location = St. Paul| page = 118| isbn = 978-0-7603-1160-8}} the Annisquam Fish Class Marconi rigged catboats,{{Cite web |url=http://www.dngoodchild.com/divide_for_sail_boats.htm |title=divide_for_sail_boats |access-date=2008-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118111255/http://www.dngoodchild.com/divide_for_sail_boats.htm |archive-date=2008-01-18 |url-status=dead }} nor various motor yachts and surfboards of similar names.
Specifications
The Fish class sloop is a gaff-rig, fixed-keel, hard chine, v-hull sloop, originally made of wood, which can carry a crew of from two to five (usually three) depending on the wind. Its specifications are length 20' 6", waterline 16', beam 6', draft 3', weight {{convert|1500|lb|abbr=on}}, ballast {{convert|220|lb|abbr=on}}, sail area {{convert|270|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}, mainsail area {{convert|216|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}, jibsail area {{convert|54|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}.{{Cite web |url=http://www.navypnsyc.org/fishclass.htm |title=Fish Class Sloop at NYCP site |access-date=2008-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513155000/http://www.navypnsyc.org/fishclass.htm |archive-date=2008-05-13 |url-status=dead }} In early years a club foot jib was used and in later a genoa jib was used. Rules have been modified to allow aluminum spars and hulls made partially or totally of fiberglass composite.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fishclass.org/files/phatfile/FishClassRules2001.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324223131/http://www.fishclass.org/files/phatfile/FishClassRules2001.pdf |archive-date=2007-03-24 |url-status=dead }} When the Fish is raced in a cruising class event its (2008) Portsmouth yardstick rating is 97.1.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ussailing.org/portsmouth/tables08/tables08kb.asp |title=US SAILING - Portsmouth Yardstick Keelboats |access-date=2008-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824222055/http://www.ussailing.org/Portsmouth/tables08/tables08kb.asp |archive-date=2008-08-24 |url-status=dead }} It is not listed in the PHRF critical dimension database.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ussailing.org/phrf/Critical%20Dimensions.pdf |title=US SAILING PHRF access database 2007_2.xls |access-date=2008-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715102824/http://www.ussailing.org/phrf/Critical%20Dimensions.pdf |archive-date=2010-07-15 |url-status=dead }}
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See also
External links
- [http://www.fishclass.org/ Fish Class Association home page]
- [http://www.gya.org/ Gulf Yachting Association home page]