The 420 was designed by French engineer Christian Maury in 1959, after initial specification were drawn by Aristide Lehoerrff and Pierre Latxague, chief sailing instructors of the Centerport sailing school South-West France. An established worldwide performance two-person trapeze and spinnaker racing dinghy which holds status as an ISAF International Class. A total of 56,000 boats have been built worldwide. This popular dinghy is sailed at school, club, open, national and international levels.
Built in buoyancy tanks, this make the boat very safe even when inverted. The 420 is the youth development boat in 43 countries around the world. It is the equipment for the two-person dinghy boys and two-person dinghy girls events at the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships, the pinnacle youth event in the world.
420 Dinghy Specifications:
LOA: 13′ 9 / 4.2m
Beam: 5’4 / 1.63m
Draft: 3’2 / 0.965m
Hull Weight: 180 lb / 80kg
International 420 Class Assocation
office@420sailing.org