Blaze (dinghy)
Class symbol | |
Helmed by Paul Hemsley | |
| Boat | |
|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
| Hull | |
| Hull weight | 72 kg |
| LOA | 4.20 m |
| Beam | 2.48 m |
| Rig | |
| Mast length | 6.5 m |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 10.0 m2 |
| Racing | |
| RYA PN | 1032 |
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The Blaze was designed in the mid-1990s by Ian Howlett, one time International 14 designer and associated with America's Cup design work and John Caig, winner of Fireball Worlds. It is a powerful winged single-hander with well-developed 10 m2 sail. Unusually in recent performance designs both foils are pivoting enabling the centreboard to be adjusted from the wing as well making it particularly suitable for estuaries and shallow lakes.