Special class (boat class)

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A special class yacht

The special class was "arranged" at the Imperial Breakfast of the Lübeck Yacht Club in 1898 with the North German Regatta Club and the Kiel Yacht Club and was included in the Kiel Week program for the first time in 1900 . This laid the foundation for German yachting. It was the very first racing class to be recognized as an international class and built and sailed in different countries according to a uniform formula.

Building codes and class rules

The building regulations for these yachts set limits on the construction price (initially max. 5100 M, in 1912 5600 M, from 1913 6100 M could not be exceeded), the sail area (max. 51 m²), displacement (min. 1830 kg), plank thickness (min. 16 mm) Seat length (max. 2.50 m) and crew (3 men).

The formula is: WL + B + T = max. 9.75 m

WL = waterline length
B = greatest width
T = greatest draft

The special class is therefore a construction class .

Originally, the crew was only allowed to consist of three "gentlemen's sailors" from the country in which the yacht was built. The gentlemen were not allowed to earn their living by "the work of their hands", paid people were forbidden. Likewise, women were not allowed in official regattas at the time, not only in the special class. The Kieler Yacht Club and the Eastern Yacht Club of Marblehead agreed on German-American regattas of the special class off the east coast of the USA for the Roosevelt Cup as early as 1906. In the sailing competitions of the Olympic Games , however, dominated by the First World War, which nevertheless yachts of the Meter classes .

There are only a few of these yachts left in Germany and Austria. Regattas are still regularly used with these boats, especially on the Attersee and Wolfgangsee (Austria).

Regatta and races

Class regattas are still actively sailed with the special class. You can also admire these beautiful and elegant yachts on various vintage or yardstick regattas.

  • Chiavenna Pokal - Austria, Attersee ( UYCAs )
  • Lilly Prize - Austria, Attersee (UYCAs)
  • Halunk Cup - Austria, Attersee (UYCAs)
  • Spring regatta - Switzerland, Lake Zurich
  • Cima Pokal - Austria, Wolfgangsee (UYCWg)

Well-known special classes

S 2 Panther 1905 Attersee
S 11 Angela IV 1905 Lake Constance
S 20 maharani 1910 Chiemsee
P. 31 Chiavenna 1910 Wolfgangsee
P 39 pike 1911 Attersee
P 41 Youth II 1911 Attersee
P 43 Wolkuse 1908 WYC Friedrichshafen
P.56 Vidi II 1902 Attersee
P. 59 Moby Dick 1912 Attersee
P. 66 Tilly XV 1912 Bavaria
P. 67 Lilly 1911 Attersee
P 68 Marion III 1912 Attersee
P. 69 Hedy 1912 Attersee
P 72 Hagen 1913 Attersee
P. 74 Tilly XVII 1913 Attersee
P 77 Tigra 1903 Berlin
P 85 Yavena 1920 Attersee
P 116 Pia 1922 Attersee
P. 118 Cima 1910 Wolfgangsee
S 125 Biblot II 1992 Attersee
P. 126 Company 1994 Attersee
P. 127 Rose wind 1996 Attersee

literature

  • Klaus Kramer: Sailing for the Kaiser
  • Lübeck Yacht Club (Ed.): The Lübeck Yacht Club and 100 eventful years. LYC Marketing, Lübeck 1998.
  • Thomas Richter, Gert Schmidleitner: Special class, the most beautiful inland yachts. Klein Publishing, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3903015012 .

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References and comments

  1. ↑ In contrast to the unit class , where the yachts are identical.