International Moth

Length: 3.35m (11ft 0ins)
Width: 2.25m (7ft 5ins)
Weight: various
Country: United Kingdom
Keel Type:
Centreboard
Rig Type:
Bermuda Una
Crew: 1
Trapeze: none
Sail Area: 8 sq. m
Spinnaker Type:
No spinnaker
Spinnaker Area:
0 sq.m
Designer(s):
Design Year: 1928
Builder:
Boats Built:

For wing definitions see menu

Current CVRDA Handicap Ratings
Invited wing: 85
(Alloy mast, Dacron sail)
(Any International Moth Lowrider design first built 2010 onwards)
Invited wing: 89
(Alloy mast, Dacron sail)
(Magnum 9, 9.5, Axeman 2 to 5, Pearce 6, Blitz 3, Aussie Axeman, Ghoul3 and other 1989-95 designs)
Invited wing: 87
(Alloy mast, Dacron sail)
(Magnum 9.9, Hungry Tiger, Axeman 6, 7, Skippy 1,2,3 and other 1995 onward designs)
Old wing: 93
(Alloy mast, Dacron sail)
(Magnum 5 and 6 and any other design of Moth built in the early 1980s)
Old wing: 91
(Alloy mast, Dacron sail)
(Magnum 8 and other designs built 1985-1989)
Old wing: 96
(Alloy mast, Dacron sail)
(Shelley and any other design of Moth built 1965-70)
Old wing: 92
(Alloy mast, Dacron sail)
(Magnum 7, Axeman 1, Blitz 1,2, Gentleman Jim and other pre 1985 designs)
Old wing: 95
(Alloy mast, Dacron sail)
(Womble, Stockholm Sprite, Poacher, Mistral and any other design of Moth built 1970-75)
Old wing: 94
(Alloy mast, Dacron sail)
(Magnum 3 and 4 and any other design of Moth built 1975-79)

This is an active experimental class now divided between Lowriders and Foilers. More recent boats have narrow hulls, often only 1 foot wide, and wide wings though earlier boats were more traditionally shaped. Tunnel hull scows also were developed within class rules.

 

Class Association website:
http://www.int.moth.org.uk/
Other links:
https://intmothlowriders.org/

 

 

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