11:Metre One Design

11:Metre One Design
Development
Designer	Ron Holland
Boat
Crew	350 kg (770 lb)
Draft	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Hull
Hull weight	1,625 kg (3,583 lb) (725 kg (1,598 lb) keel)
LOA	10.3 m (34 ft)
LWL	8.2 m (27 ft)
Beam	2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Sails
Spinnaker area	76 m² (820 sq ft)
Upwind Sail Area	42 m² (450 sq ft)
Former Class of World Sailing

The 11:Metre is a sloop-rigged yacht with One Design rules that specify every hardware and rope. The building manual makes every boat alike no matter where it is built. The class rule has a crew weight limit, which allows everyone to race on equal terms.

The 11:Metre One Design was designed in 1990 by Ron Holland and Rolf Gyhlenius for inshore racing.

Background

Keelboat yacht racing has become a costly and time-consuming sport. As a result, yachting as a sport shows a down trend in many part of the world and many sailors have been lost to other sports. To counter this trend the 11:Metre One Design was developed.

The 11:Metre project started with a very extensive 2 boat test program during the fall of 1990 in Sarasota, Florida. Residents could see 2 yachts pacing each other side by side for months testing a variety of keels, rudders, and sail plan configurations.

The test program was also aimed to check the building procedure in order to test a simple, cost-effective but still a high quality construction. Everything to ensure the best value for money for this kind of yacht, and that the boat could be built all over the World to exactly the same specifications. The 11:Metre is a yacht with very tight One Design rules with every hardware and rope specified. The Building manual makes every boat alike no matter where it is built.

The first boats was shipped from Florida to Stockholm International Boat show in March 1991. In spite of the bad economy in Sweden during that time 37 yachts was sold to private owners during that show. In less than 2 years more than 120 yachts was sold all over the World to enthusiastic sailors. Often persons with world class sailing experience that was attracted by the 11:Metre performance and ease of handling.

The 11:Metre One design yacht was awarded the prestigious Silk Cut Nautical Award for best production yacht 1991.

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Classes of World Sailing

Current Olympic classes	470 49er 49er FX Finn Laser Laser Radial RS:X Nacra 17

ISAF centreboard classes	29er 420 505 B14 Byte Cadet Contender Enterprise Europe Fireball Flying Dutchman Flying Junior GP14 Int. 14 Laser 2 Laser 4.7 Lightning Mirror Moth Musto Performance Skiff O'pen BIC OK Dinghy Optimist RS Feva RS Tera RS100 RS500 Snipe Splash Sunfish Tasar Topper Vaurien Zoom 8

ISAF keelboat classes	12 mR 2.4 mR 5.5 m 6 mR 8 mR Dragon Etchells Flying 15 Hansa 2.3 Hansa 303 Hansa Liberty H-boat J/22 J/24 J/70 J/80 Melges 20 Melges 24 Melges 32 Micro Platu 25 RC44 SB20 Shark 24 Soling Sonar Star Tempest Yngling

ISAF yacht classes	Class40 Farr 30 (Mumm 30) Farr 40 IMOCA 60 J/111 International Maxi Association Soto 40 Swan 45 Swan 60 TP 52 X-35 X-41

ISAF multihull classes	A-Class Dart 18 Formula 16 Formula 18 Hobie 14 Hobie 16 Hobie Dragoon Hobie Tiger Hobie Wildcat Nacra Infusion SL 16 Topcat K1 Tornado Viper F16

ISAF windsurfer classes	Formula Experience Formula Windsurfing Funboard Kona Mistral Raceboard RS:One Speed Windsurfing Techno 293

ISAF kiteboarding classes	International Kiteboarding Association

International Radio Sailing Association classes	10 rater A Class Marblehead One Metre

Former ISAF classes	11:Metre One Design 29erXX Aloha Buzz C-Class Division I Division II Division III Elliott 6m Farr 45 Farr Maxi One Design Hobie 17 Hobie 18 IOD ISO Laser Vago Lechner A-390 Mistral Junior Mumm 36 Nacra F18 Open 50 ORMA 60 Sydney 40 Ultimate 20 Windglider X-99

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