12 m2 Sharpie

Type of Sharpie sailing boat {{DISPLAYTITLE:12 m2 Sharpie}} 12 m2 Sharpie Sharpie 12m2.svg 120x60px 2 5.99 m on 1.43 m on 0.96 m on 230 kg on 6.80 m on 12.7 m2 on 109 1026 vintage The 12 m2 Sharpie was a type of Sharpie sailing boat designed in 1931 by the Kröger Brothers in Warnemünde, Germany. The peak of the class was in the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. The original design has been preserved, and the class is sailed competitively in the UK,http://www.sharpies.org.uk British Sharpie Owners Association 2012-05-17 The Netherlands,http://www.sharpie.nl Nederlandse 12M SHARPIE nl 2012-05-17 Germany,http://www.sharpie-kv.de Deutsche Sharpie-Klassenvereinigung de 2012-05-17 and Portugal.http://www.sharpieclub.pt/ Sharpie Club (Portugal) pt 2014-09-01 The European Championships are rotated between these four countries every year. The term 'Twelve Square Metre' evolves from the original sail area (equivalent to 129 sq ft), though on modern sharpies sail designs reach up to around sixteen square metres (equivalent to 172 sq ft). thumb|12 m2 Sharpie Past Australian champions to have passed through the ranks include Sir James Hardy, John Cuneo, Rolly Tasker and John Bertrand. Rolly Tasker won Australia's first sailing medal at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne when he and John Scott won a silver medal in their 12 m2 Sharpie. The 12 m2 Sharpie is one of the Vintage classes for the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games. There are still a few original sharpies in Australia and Brazil, though they have not been sailed competitively on International level since the 1960s. In Australia, the original 'heavyweight' Sharpie evolved into the lightweight Australian Sharpie. When racing in a mixed fleet, the 12 m2 Sharpie has a Portsmouth number of 1026.http://www.benfleetyachtclub.org/files/Portsmouth_HC/2007_Handicap_List.pdf RYA Portsmouth Yardstick Scheme 2007 Royal Yachting Association 21 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518090534/http://www.benfleetyachtclub.org/files/Portsmouth_HC/2007_Handicap_List.pdf 2015-05-18 dead Events Olympics 1956 Melbourne details NZLPeter ManderJack Cropp AUSRolly TaskerJohn Scott GBRJasper BlackallTerence Smith References Category:Sharpies (boat) Category:Dinghies Category:Olympic sailing classes Category:1930s sailboat type designs Category:Sailboat type designs by German designers Category:12m² Sharpie Category:Former classes of World Sailing