Skiff

As a light skiff sailing dinghy is called, which quickly comes through a flat hull skids. Skiffs are sword boats that can reach speeds of over raumen courses 60 km / h. The bowsprit is a distinctive identifying feature. In him is a gennaker, an asymmetric spinnaker set. Sailboats of this type are mainly used in the regatta.

Have their origin skiffs in Sydney, Australia. Beginning of the 19th century served skiffs in Sydney Harbour, the square-rigged ship with provisions. For fun races have been sailed with these ships and on the weekends. Through further development and weight reduction today's pleasure boats emerged.

One of the most skiffs is the 14- footer, a construction class, which has been in existence since the late 19th century. Fastest representative of this type of boat is the 18-footer, which is sailed by a crew of three.

Known Skiff designers are Frank Bethwaite and Julian Bethwaite, the recorded including the Olympic 49er skiff and the youth Skiff 29er. The fastest single-handed skiff, the Musto Performance Skiff, designed by the German Contender sailors and boatbuilders Joachim Harpprecht from Kiel.