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P CLASS yacht

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:03 pm

P Class - 40c
A monohull yacht. The hull is made of wood, plywood or fibreglass.
Bermuda rig, sail area 4.2 m²
Crew 1.

Most young (and some not so young) New Zealander’s learned to sail in the P Class, a delightful and uniquely New Zealand sailing dinghy.
In the early 1920’s they appeared on Tauranga harbour. Designed by Harry Highet, the P Class was first known as the Tauranga Class.
A local yachtsman, Percy Carter, spied the potential for Highet’s design as a perfect craft for children and young people to learn to sail in. With the help of a friend and fellow yachtsman, he built one for his sons, and within a year there was a fleet of ten or so racing regularly every weekend. By 1944 the boat was so popular that inter-provincial races were being held.
With more advanced building materials and techniques being used, over the years the P Class has developed into a relatively modern boat. However, the design remains basically unaltered, and it is still one of the most popular New Zealand youth class boats.

New Zealand 1999 40c sg?, scott? and MS sgms?, scott?
https://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/1999/yachting
More info is given on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-class_yacht
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