8.5 Metre (keelboat)

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Current Specifications
LOA 8.5 m (28 ft)
Infobox last updated: 19-APR-2010
Former Olympic Class

The International Eight point Five Metre Class is a construction class, meaning that the boats are not identical but are all designed to meet specific measurement formula, in this case the french rule called Jauge chemin de fer.


The 8.5m was used as an Olympic Class during the 1920 Olympics.

The first formula of the 8.5m, was worked out by Louis Dyèvre, member of the Société des régates de Vannes, naval architect and member of the French delegation to the congress of London of 1906, is inspired by the formula of the New York Yacht Club in 1903.

<math>J=\frac {Lf \cdot \sqrt{S}} {\sqrt[3]{D}} \le 3,2</math>

Olympic results


No competitors did enter the Olympics in the 8.5 Metre.


fr:6.5m SI