8.5 Metre

8.5 Metre
Current specifications
LOA	8.5 m (28 ft)
Infobox last updated: 19-APR-2010
Former Olympic class

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

History

The 8.5m was used as an Olympic Class during the 1920 Olympics, however no entries were actually made.

The first formula of the 8.5m as worked out by Louis Dyèvre in 1903, member of the Société des régates de Vannes, naval architect and member of the French delegation to the congress of London of 1906, was inspired by the formula of the New York Yacht Club.

$J=\frac {Lf \cdot \sqrt{S}} {\sqrt[3]{D}} \le 3,2$

Olympic results

1920

No competitors entered the Olympics in the 8.5 Metre.

References

Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). "Olympic Games 1920 – Officiel Report" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-01-22.

Olympic sailing classes

Current classes	470 49er 49erFX Finn Laser Laser Radial Nacra 17 RS:X

Former classes	10 Metre 12' Dinghy 12 Metre 12m² Sharpie 15 Metre 18' Dinghy 30m² Skerry cruiser 40m² Skerry cruiser 5.5 Metre 6 Metre 6.5 Metre 7 Metre 8 Metre 8.5 Metre 9 Metre Division II Dragon Elliott 6m Europe Firefly Flying Dutchman French National Monotype 1924 Lechner A-390 Mistral One Design Class O-Jolle Snowbird Soling Star Swallow Tempest Ton classes (0–½, ½–1, 1–2, 2–3, 3–10, 10–20, 20⁺ & Open) Tornado Windglider Yngling

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