BB10m
| Notation | |
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| Boat dimensions | |
| Length above : | 10.00 m |
| Width above sea level : | 2.30 m |
| Draft : | 1.45 m |
| Weight (ready to sail): | 2345 kg |
| Weight (ballast, keel): | 1225 kg |
| Sail area | |
| Sail area close to the wind : | 37 m² |
| Mainsail : | 23 m² |
| Jib : | 14 m² |
| Genoa : | 21 m² |
| Spinnaker : | 63 m² |
| Gennaker : | 50 m² |
| Others | |
| Rigging type: | Sloop |
| Class : | One-size-fits-all |
The yacht BB10m is a 4-man keel yacht from Denmark . It was designed in 1977 by the boat builder and owner of the internationally known dragon boatyard Børresens Bådebyggeri in Vejle Børge Børresen (1920–2007) and his son Anders Børresen.
The name BB10m is derived from the first letters of the shipyard Børresens Bådebyggeri and the boat length 10 meters. The yacht was designed for sailing regattas and touring sailing , due to its outstanding sailing properties it is used almost exclusively for regattas. Many regatta crews see the BB10m as the ideal regatta yacht of their time. The simple handling of the sail on board also enables the yacht to be sailed with one hand . Anders Børrensen realized a one-handed Atlantic crossing with a BB10m in 1979.
Since January 19, 1991 the BB10m is a registered unit class with the Dansk Sejlunion. The regattas as part of the Danish Championships have shown time and again that older ships in particular occupy the foremost places, often without expensive equipment and new sails. The BB10m is still built today at Børresens Bådebyggeri with a plastic hull and deck, but mainly sailed in Denmark and Germany. In southern Germany you can find BB10m yachts with modified rigs because of the sometimes weak wind conditions.
BB10m yachts can be seen on many regatta courses in Scandinavia, Germany and Switzerland. Often times, a BB10m wins the rating over everything . The Danish Open Championships have been held annually for 25 years. These races always attract the best Scandinavian sailors. The power density in this one-size-fits-all class is so dense that the regatta series is usually not decided until the last of six races. Interestingly, in the results lists of the Danish champions you rarely find a crew that has won two years in a row.
literature
- One-hit wonder , GRP classic BB 10 (sailing TEST) in sailing , Issue 9/2018, page 80 ff