| Length: 3.66m (12ft) |
| Width: 1.40m (4ft 7ins) |
| Weight: |
| Country: United Kingdom |
| Keel Type: Centreboard |
| Rig Type: Lug - Standing (with gooseneck) |
| Crew: 2 |
| Trapeze: none |
| Sail Area: 9.3 sq. m |
| Spinnaker Type: No spinnaker |
| Spinnaker Area: 0 sq.m |
| Designer(s): G Cockshott |
| Design Year: 1913 |
| Builder: |
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| Current CVRDA Handicap Ratings | |||||
| Classic wing: 120 (Alloy mast, Dacron sail) | |||||
| Old wing: 118 (Alloy mast, Dacron sail) |
| Alternate Names and Variations | ||
| A Class One Design Dinghy | UK | |
| BRA 12ft | UK | British Racing Authority 12ft |
| British Racing Authority 12ft | UK | |
Used as the 1928 Olympic dinghy, when the Gold medal was won by Sven Thorell of Sweden. The International 12 has recently seen a considerable surge in interest. The design is still enthusiastically raced in the Netherlands and Italy, but has now spread to Northern Germany, Austria and Turkey and is becoming established in France. New boats are being built (in both wood and GRP) in Britain, France, Italy, Turkey, Lithuania and Holland.
Originally the BRA 12 ft dinghy (BRA was the Boat Racing Association), the boat gained international status several years after its original design date. It later lost the international status sometime in the sixties and so became again the BRA 12 foot dinghy.
| Class Association website: http://www.12footdinghy.org |
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