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ASC (dinghy)
| Current Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Crew | 2–6 |
| LOA | 16.5 ft (5.0 m) |
| Beam | 2.025 m (6 ft 7.7 in) |
| Draft | 0.26 m (10 in) plate up 1.14 m (3 ft 9 in) down |
| Hull weight | 480 kg (1,100 lb) |
| Main & Jib area | 171.5 sq ft (15.93 m2) |
| Mainsail area | 127.5 sq ft (11.85 m2) |
| Jib / Genoa area | 44 sq ft (4.1 m2) |
The ASC or Admiralty Sailing Craft (sometimes called Admiralty Sea Cadet) is a purpose built, rugged GRP or wood sailing dinghy, historically with gunter rig, with a bermuda rig optional, designed for use by UK naval and sea cadet establishments as a pulling or sailing dinghy.[1][2]
It is a substantial craft, usually left on a mooring in quiet waters rather than being slipway launched. It is intended for a total crew of anything up to half a dozen.
It has a heavy metal centreplate, and is equipped for pulling in addition to sailing. There is also a sculling notch on the transom.
This type of pulling boat is gradually being phased out of the Sea Cadets due to the production of the new Trinity 500 pulling boats.
Notes
- ^ "Boat Pulling (Rowing)...". Coventry Sea Cadets. http://www.coventryseacadets.org.uk/Activities/act_pul.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
- ^ "ASC Pulling Dinghy". Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. http://www.bossoms.com/launches-dinghies-yachts/asc-pulling-sailing-dinghy.html. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
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