6.5 Metre

6.5 Metre

Development
Design	Development class
Boat
Crew	3
Draft	1 m (3 ft 3 in)
Hull
Hull weight	minimum 600 kg (1,300 lb)
LOA	6.5 m (21 ft)
LWL	minimum 5.2 m (17 ft)
Rig
Sails
Upwind sail area	maximum 30 m2 (320 sq ft)
Former Olympic class

The International 6.5 Metre Class is a sailing construction class. The boats are not identical but designed to meet specific measurement formula, in this case the French rule called Jauge chemin de fer.

History

The 6.5m was used as an Olympic Class during the 1920 Olympics.

The first formula of the 6.5m, was worked out by Louis Dyèvre, member of the Société des régates de Vannes, naval architect and member of the French delegation to the congress of London of 1906, is inspired by the formula of the New York Yacht Club in 1903:

${\frac {Lf\cdot {\sqrt {S}}}{\sqrt[{3}]{D}}}\leq 2.8$

Lf represents the waterline length (LWL), S the measured sail area, D displacement.

The principal restrictions are:

• Maximum length: 6.50 m
• Minimum displacement: 600 kg
• Draft: 1 m
• Measured sail area : 30 m²
• Maximum cockpit area: 2 m²
• The LWL taken into account in the formula is at least of the 4/5 the length.

Olympic results

1920

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1920 Antwerp	Netherlands (NED) Joop Carp Berend Carp Petrus Wernink	France (FRA) Albert Weil Robert Monier Félix Picon	No further competitors