470

A two-person dinghy with trapeze and spinnaker, an Olympic class since 1976.

The name comes from the length, 4.70 metres. The dinghy has been Olympic since 1976, and since 1988 also for women.

Materials: Fibreglass; sloop-rigged dinghy

Manufacture: Built in many countries to the same rules.

The figures 470 on the sail.

The light, planing hull.

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