Heron (dinghy)

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Specifications Under Current Rules
Crew Maximum Two
LOA 3429 mm (11 ft 3 in)
LWL
Beam 1372 mm (4 ft 6 in)
Draft
Hull weight (with fittings) 63.7 kg (140 lb)
Mainsail area 4.78 m2 (51.5 ft2)
Jib / Genoa area 1.72 m2 (18.3 ft2)
Spinnaker area 6.36 m2 (59 ft2)
Portsmouth 1346 (Single handed)

The Heron Dinghy is a dinghy designed by Jack Holt of the United Kingdom as the Yachting World Cartopper (YW Cartopper). The Heron dinghy was designed to be built by a home handyman out of marine ply over a timber frame, but can now also be constructed from marine ply using a stitch and glue technique or from Fibreglass. Modern dinghies will usually have built in buoyancy tanks, older craft will have bags or retrofitted tanks.

Since about 1980 boats have been increasingly made of Fibreglass.

The Heron is sailed in the UK and Australia and New Zealand, with a few others spread around the world. UK class rules vary slightly from the Australian Rules. In the UK a spinnaker is permitted and a larger genoa can be used. The UK also permits the use of different rudder shapes and a Bermudan Mast. Other more minor differences exist between the rules.[1]

They are mainly used as adult/child racing dinghies.

The Heron has a Portsmouth Yardstick of 1346 when sailed single handed.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ UK Heron Association
  2. ^ Royal Yachting Association

[edit] External links

UK heron Dinghy Class Associaion:

National Heron Sailing Association of Australia:

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