GUERNSEY REGATTA X 99 class yacht

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GUERNSEY REGATTA X 99 class yacht

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Jul 09, 2017 9:11 pm

The Guernsey Regatta.

The 21p stamp shows this event. This two-year event was held for the first time in 1990, when the United Kingdom Sigma Association held her championship on Guernsey.
Also the X 99 class held her national championship.
Local interest was appealed by the half-dozen or more X 99 yachts who have their home in the Channel Islands.
The yacht shown is one of the X-99 class of which 605 have been built.
Built by X Yachts, Denmark.
Weight of hull 2,980 kg, dim. 10 x 3m, length on water line 8.5m, draught 1.75m.
Sail area 140 m².
Crew 6
More info is given on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-99

Guernsey 1991 21p sg 525, scott 460
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