The International 420 Dinghy is a sailing dinghy popular for racing and teaching. The hull is fiberglass with internal buoyancy tanks. The 420 has a bermuda rig, spinnaker and trapeze. It has a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, and is designed to plane easily. The 420 is an International class recognised by World Sailing. The name refers to the boat's length of .
History The International 420 was designed by Christian Maury in France in the year 1959. The class developed rapidly in France, being adopted nationally as a youth trainer for the larger Olympic class International 470. By the late 1960s the class was adopted by a few UK university sailing clubs for training and team racing.
Construction The class adopted a policy of "prudent evolution" so as to allow development without making existing dinghies obsolete. The hull's seaworthiness and stability at speed proved to be better than most of its contemporaries, and this together with its modest sail area make it fun to sail in heavy weather and thus an excellent youth trainer, qualities that led to its adoption for that role by the Royal Yachting Association in the mid-1970s. In addition, the international 420 is known for its inherent lightness. The floatability of the boat made for a safer training vessel.
With its trapeze and spinnaker it provides the capability for sailing techniques for international standard sailors, while still remaining affordable and accessible to beginners. The International 420 maintains a multinational class association. The combination of class management, the boat's sailing qualities, and evolution have contributed to the class's continuing success.
Derivatives C420 and Z420 The Club 420, or C420, was derived from the 420 by Vanguard boats in the 1970s. It is not recognized by World Sailing or the International 420 Class Association and cannot be used at I420 class events.
Itt is much simpler to sail and is used on the youth race circuit in the US, with over 5,000 boats in North America, but is not sailed in most other countries.
With a heavier hull, reinforced for durability in institutional sailing, and a stiff, untapered mast it lacks the performance of the original dinghy due to its extra weight.
The Z420 is a transformation of the Club 420. Its hull is lighter and 40 percent stiffer than the C420. Whereas a C420 hull is composed of six pieces, the Z420 has only three molded components: the hull, the deck, and the mast partners. Unlike the C420, the Z420 does not include a spinnaker or trapeze in its rigging. Z420 boats are specially designed for college sailing and were used at the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association National Championships in 2014 for the first time.
420 Events 420 World Championships
Held every year since 1973 organized by the International 420 Class Association and recognised by World Sailing. Three fleets current race separately which are the Male & Mixed, Female and Open Under 17.
420 Team Racing World Championship The boat has been used for team racing in both the ISAF Team Racing World Championship and the ISAF World Sailing Games however the class established its own team racing competition in 2015. Only the International 14 and Optimist (dinghy) class association hold a team racing based World Championships in addition to the two discipline led events.
2015 Lake Garda2016 Lake Garda
IYRU Women World Championships
1978 Monnickendam1978 Rochester1980 Skovshoved1981 Stintino 1989 Palma
World Sailing – Youth Sailing World Championships The class has been used extensively at the Youth Sailing World Championships which run by World Sailing this is different to the Class Worlds by way that equipment is supplied and entries are limited to one entry per nations but often from more nations.
Club 420 Events Club 420 North American Championship 2018New Bedford Community Sailing, MA Luke ArnoneNoble RenyosoJack MurphyTommy Szymanski 2017Buffalo Canoe Club, ONMaddie HawkinsKimberly LeonardSarah BurnPatricia Gerli 2016Cabrillo Beach YC, CACole HarrisTanner Chapko Luke ArnoneMariner Fagan 2015 Sail NC, NCHenry BurnesPeter BarronEduardo MintziasKatie Lounsbury 2014 Brant Beach Yacht Club, NJMartina SlyIan MorganNick HernandezZack Jordan 2013 St. Margaret Sailing Club, NS, CANCharlie LomaxEvan Morgan Nicholas SertlElizabeth Pemberton 2012 Falmouth Yacht Club, MA Bradley AdamCharles MacBain Max SimmonsRiley Legault 2011Buffalo Canoe Club, ON, CAN Malcolm LamphereRiley Legault Alex CurtissJackie Capellini 2010Brant Beach Yacht Club, NJ Pearson PottsCaitlin Connerney Graham LandyColin Murphy 2009Macatawa Bay Yacht Club, MI Taylor Canfield Stephanie Roble Marlena FauerChristina Lewis 2008Chautauqua Lake Yacht Club, NYStephanie HudsonLaura McKennaLouis PadnosBen Spector 2007Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, CAAdam RobertsNick MartinTaylor CanfieldPerry Emsiek 2006Bellport Bay Yacht Club, NYTaylor CanfieldNate RosenbergMolly LucasCharlotte Williams 2005Beverly Yacht Club, MATyler SinksBen TotderSteven BarbanoDan Liberty 2004 St. Thomas Yacht Club, USVI TJ TulloNiki KennedyJohn KemptonMolly Lucas 2003 Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, ON, CAN Leight KemptonKaity Storck Chris BehmMeg Callahan 2002 Wayzata Yacht Club, MNTJ TulloJohn SampsonLee SackettMandy Sackett 2001 Marc SorboRyan Heaney John HowellNick Nelson 2000 Barrington Yacht Club, RIKerry LogueLiz McCarthyAllison RobinRebecca Doane 1999 Plymouth Yacht Club, MAErin MaxwellLeslie SandbergPeter DemingCameron Williams 1998 Maxwell ManningAshley Lang 1997 Bristol, RIPeter LevesqueNicole ErnstJohn MolliconeHeather Tow-Yick 1996(Scituate Harbor YC)Mike RichardsLeah WilliamsFalmouth YC 1995 (Plymouth YC)Tim FallonMartha CarletonWild Harbor YC 1994 (Portland YC)Tim FallonMartha CarletonWild Harbor YC 1993 (Wianno YC)Andrew ButtnerLaura Stearns of Plymouth YC 1992 (Hyannis YC)Robbie Richards & Margaret Gill of Falmouth YC
Club 420 US National Championship 2018Brant Beach YC, NJ Ansgar JordanPatrick Mulcahy Luke ArnoneNoble Reynoso 2017Wianno Yacht Club, MA Tucker WeedOlivia de Olazarra Boyd BraggAisling Sullivan 2016Falmouth YC, MA Nicholas MarwellAidan Morgan Kyle DochodaGeorge Sidamon-Eristoff 2015Sail Newport,Newport, RI Stephanie HouckCamille White Timothy GreehouseJack DeNatale 2014San Diego YC, CA Scott SinksRebecca McElvain Max BrillIan Brill 2013 Lake Geneva YC, WI Carter CameronIan Dilling Mary Claire KiernanLucy Wilmont 2012California YC, CA Will La DowNikki Obel Jack JorgensenSavanna Willard 2011 Sheridan Shores SS, IL Chuckie EatonTrevor Hecht Ben HermanMason Ryan 2010 California YC, CA Kieran ChungRyan Davidson Jack OrtelKelly Ortel 2009 Conanicut & Jamestown YC, RI Nick Johnstone Katia DaSilvaMarcus EdegranTeddy Mark 2008 Stanford SC, CA Tyler SinksMiles Gutenkunst Louis PadnosBen Spector 2007 Wazayta SS, MN Sam WilliamsMargaret Rew Sydney BolgerKayla McComb 2006 No Event 2005 No Event 2004 No Event 2003 Youngstown YC, NY Martin SterlingSean Doyle Charlie ModicaPatrick Bordner 2002 Youngstown YC, NY Lauren PadillaRobbie Ginnebau TJ TulloJohn Sampson 2001 No Event2000 Grosse Point YC, MI Nathan HollerbechCarrie Howe Lauren PadillaEllen Padilla
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External links
Official international class website Official UK class website Official Austrian class website