Heart dinghy
| Notation | |
|---|---|
| Character does not exist | |
| Boat dimensions | |
| Length above : | 5.00 m |
| Length WL : | 4.50 m |
| Width above sea level : | 1.68 m |
| Weight (ready to sail): | 150 kg |
| Sail area | |
| Mainsail : | 9.40 m² |
| Jib : | 4.00 m² |
| Genoa : | 5.80 m² |
| Spinnaker : | 17.50 m² |
| Others | |
| Class : | National Danish class |
The heart dinghies are Danish one- and two-man dinghies that were built for sporting regattas.
Construction
The dinghies constructed in the early 1960s were made exclusively from GRP. According to the manufacturer, no wood was used on board other than the battens . Heart dinghies are built to be extremely stable. The underwater hull has no weak point thanks to side struts. The keel bottom could be equipped with a sword case. The cockpit was built with the involvement of doctors so that there should be no pressure points when sitting. Heart dinghies were equipped with aluminum masts that weighed around 9 kg.
History and interesting facts
The heart dinghies were designed by Paul A. Christiansen (Charlottenburg, Denmark ) and built by HN Skoeth in Aabenraa, Denmark, who successfully presented them to a broader German public for the first time at the Hamburg boat exhibition in 1962. The protruding stern gave the boats an elegant look. They were also popular in Germany at the end of the 1960s / beginning of the 1970s.
A one-man dinghy (heart I) and more often a two-man dinghy were built. The original name of the two-man boat was "Hjerter To", in German "Herz Zwei", but it was often called "Doppel-Herz-Jollen". The dinghies could be recognized from a distance by the large hearts or double hearts embroidered or colored in the sails . The double heart dinghies were offered in Germany at a price of 5,350 D-Marks and were considered unsinkable.
At the beginning of the 1960s it was still very unusual to build plastic dinghies, so the heart dinghies were modern and trend-setting. GRP was considered to be very easy to care for and was only cared for with car polish at the time. To prove the stability of the GRP boats, the boat builder carried out a crash test back then by deliberately steering the dinghy onto the beach and driving it up 5 meters without damaging the construction.
Nowadays (as of 2010) the Herzjollen are almost extinct (one in Flensburg and one in the Segeberg district).
Class association
By decision of the Danish Sailing Association of November 11, 1961, Herzjollen were recognized as a national class.
swell
- Segelmagazin Yacht : 1962, issue 3, page 10 and page 11