The Elliott 6m is an Olympic-class keelboat, designed by New Zealander, Greg Elliott.[1] It was selected for the women's match racing event for the 2012 Olympics.[2] The Elliott 6m carries a spinnaker pole and symmetric spinnaker which are considered more suitable for match racing.

Elliott 6m
Class symbol
Boat
Crew3 (max. 205 kg)
Draft1.66 m
Hull
LOA6.0 m
LWL6.0 m
Beam2.35 m
Rig
Sails
Mainsail area15.9 m²
Jib/genoa area7.7 m²
Spinnaker area28.0 m²
Upwind sail area23.6 m²
Former Olympic class

Olympics edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2012 London
details
  Spain (ESP)
Támara Echegoyen
Ángela Pumariega
Sofía Toro
  Australia (AUS)
Olivia Price
Nina Curtis
Lucinda Whitty
  Finland (FIN)
Silja Lehtinen
Silja Kanerva
Mikaela Wulff

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Elliott 6m". Elliott Marine. Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  2. ^ "Elliott 6 metre selected for 2012 Olympics". Sail-World.com. 2008-11-14. Retrieved 2009-08-09.

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