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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Julian Bethwaite |
| Year | 2012 |
| Boat | |
| Crew | 2 (double trapeze) |
| Draft | 1,447 mm (4 ft 9 in) |
| Hull | |
| Hull weight | 94 kg (207 lb) |
| LOA | 4,876 mm (16 ft) |
| Beam | without wings: 1,752 mm (5 ft 9 in) with wings: 2,743 mm (9 ft 0 in) |
| Rig | |
| Mast length | 7.5m |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 13.8m |
| Gennaker area | 25.1m |
| Current Olympic equipment | |
The 49erFX is a skiff designed by Julian Bethwaite and Mackay Boats in 2012 and adopted as a World Sailing class in 2013 [1] as a counterpart to the 49er, who it shares hulls with, to allow female competition in the skiff class in the Olympics. [2] Like the 49er, the two crews both work on the trapeze, with the helm making tactical decisions while the crew controls the sail setting and flying the gennaker. The boat was first selected at Olympic level for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro.
