Development | |
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Designer | Gino Morrelli and Pete Melvin |
Location | Netherlands |
Year | 1998 |
Builder(s) | Performance Catamarans Nacra Sailing |
Role | One-design racer |
Name | Nacra 20 |
Crew | Two |
Boat | |
Crew | Two |
Boat weight | 390 lb (177 kg) |
Draft | 3.18 ft (0.97 m) with the daggerboards down |
Hull | |
Type | catamaran |
Construction | Glassfibre foam sandwich |
LOA | 20.00 ft (6.10 m) |
Beam | 8.50 ft (2.59 m) |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | twin daggerboards |
Rudder(s) | twin transom-mounted rudders |
Rig | |
Rig type | Bermuda rig |
Sails | |
Sailplan | Fractional rigged sloop |
Mainsail area | 206 sq ft (19.1 m2) |
Jib/genoa area | 50 sq ft (4.6 m2) |
Spinnaker area | 269 sq ft (25.0 m2) |
Total sail area | 256 sq ft (23.8 m2) |
The Nacra 20 is a catamaran sailing dinghy that was designed by Gino Morrelli and Pete Melvin as a one-design racer and first built in 1998. [1] [2]
The design is a development of the Nacra F18 Infusion, using the same rudders, mast, inter-hull beams and other small parts and fittings, but with new, longer hulls. [3]
The design was originally marketed by the manufacturer as the Nacra Inter 20 and later as the Nacra 20, more recently it has been developed into the Nacra F20 Carbon and the hydrofoil-equipped Nacra F20 Carbon FCS. [1] [3] [4]
The Nacra F20 Carbon is a recognized World Sailing international competition class. [5]
The design was initially built by Performance Catamarans in Santa Ana, California, United States, but that company is out of business. Since 2007 the design has been built by Nacra Sailing in Scheveningen, Netherlands, and it remains in production as the Nacra F20 Carbon and Nacra F20 Carbon FCS models. [1] [3] [6] [7]
The Nacra 20 is a racing catamaran sailboat. All models have fractional sloop rigs with rotating masts, vertical transoms, transom-hung rudders controlled by a tiller and retractable daggerboards. They are normally sailed by a crew of two and the design is equipped with two trapezes for balance. [1] [3]
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