Revision as of 03:52, 22 November 2014 edit Trilobitealive (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers 6,230 edits I'm going to delete this link to a site which is selling a boat which is not the subject of the article. Also, persons with a commercial interest in selling a product should not be posting such links to their websites. See WP:SPAM ← Previous edit		Revision as of 15:32, 5 January 2017 edit undo M.Pussycat (talk \| contribs) 7 edits m I learned to sail on these boats at the Biloxi Yacht Club and have seen many pictures of them with the club foot jib. I have sen them single handed, but never less than 3 during a race; perhaps with the club foot there were just two. Next edit →
Line 4: ==Specifications== The Fish class sloop is a [[Gaff rig\|gaff-rig]], [[Keel\|fixed-keel]], hard [[Chine (boating)\|chine]], [[V-hull (boat)\|v-hull]] [[sloop]], originally made of wood, which can ~~carry~~carryed a crew of from two ~~crewmembers~~to five (usually three) depending upon the wind. Its specifications are length 20' 6", waterline 16', beam 6', draft 3', weight {{convert\|1500\|lb\|abbr=on}}, ballast {{convert\|220\|lb\|abbr=on}}, sail area {{convert\|270\|sqft\|m2\|abbr=on}}., mainsail area {{convert\|216\|sqft\|m2\|abbr=on}}., jibsail area {{convert\|54\|sqft\|m2\|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www.navypnsyc.org/fishclass.htm Fish Class Sloop at NYCP site<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In early years a club foot jib was used and in later a genoa jib was used. Rules have been modified to allow [[aluminum]] [[spar (sailing)\|spar]]s and hulls made partially or totally of [[fiberglass]] composite.<ref>http://www.fishclass.org/files/phatfile/FishClassRules2001.pdf</ref> When the Fish is raced in a cruising class event its (2008) [[Portsmouth yardstick]] rating is 97.1.<ref>[http://www.ussailing.org/portsmouth/tables08/tables08kb.asp US SAILING - Portsmouth Yardstick Keelboats<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It is not listed in the [[Performance Handicap Racing Fleet\|PHRF]] critical dimension database.<ref>[http://www.ussailing.org/phrf/Critical%20Dimensions.pdf US SAILING PHRF access database 2007_2.xls<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==Notes==

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