FISLY RULES MINI YACHT SPECIFICATIONS 5.60 Spirit Mini Yacht

MINI YACHT specifications – 5.60 Spirit Mini Yacht International Rules, Appendix 2 G & Preliminary publication revised FISLY rules

The SPIRIT MiniYacht

1. Size: A fully assembled Spirit miniyacht must have all wheels fit inside a continuous loop of rope/ cable 5.60 meter long and of 4mm minimum diameter.
2. Measuring: The Spirit Miniyacht must be measured on hard, level ground, with the measuring rope or cable running around the outside of the point of contact between each wheel and the ground.
3. Wheels: The wheels / wheel rims on the Spirit Miniyacht without exception must be what are known as a “wheel barrow” style. Wheel covers may be fitted to the inside and outside faces of the wheels and are mandatory for any spoked wheel.
4. Tyres: The tyre size is maximum 4.80/400x8 and the wheel/wheel rim with a fitted inflated tyre is a maximum of 400mm tall and 100mm wide when inflated firmly. Without a tyre the maximum permitted height of a wheel/wheel rim at its tallest point is 230mm and the minimum wheel/wheel rim width is 70mm.
5. Mast: The mast must be of circular tube, any cross section of the mast must be circular and no wing sections are allowed on or around the mast.
6. Seat: The seat shape must be such that the pilot’s body is always fully exposed from the mast foot rearwards when viewed directly from above.
7. Sail:
  1. The sail must be located onto the mast by means of a pocket.
  2. The internal circumference of the mast pocket must not exceed 240 mm (i.e. 120 mm long when laid flat).
  3. The sail must be free to rotate around the mast.
  4. The mast pocket must be made of sail cloth. Stiffeners, fairings or similar devices fitted inside or outside the mast pocket are prohibited.
  5. Fairings or similar devices fitted to the sail are prohibited.
  6. The maximum width of the battens is 50 mm and the battens must extend from the leech of the sail to the closed edge of the mast pocket.
8. Sail controls: The sail may be controlled by devices as follows :
  1. A mainsheet with a mechanical advantage provided by a maximum of four pulleys. Rings or other devices that provide a mechanical advantage to the mainsheet are not permitted. One end of the mainsheet and one of the permitted four pulleys must be behind the pilot. The attachment of the mainsheet and/or pulley to the yacht must be fixed permanently on the centre line of the yacht. A mainsheet traveller is not permitted.
  2. A cunningham eye, foot tensioner, kicking strap, batten tensioner line or leech line, all or any of which must be tensioned independently of the mainsheet and its pulleys.
9. Boom: The boom must extend behind / past the pilot’s head. With the sail fully sheeted in and the pilot facing forward, the boom must be able to pass freely over the pilot's head and helmet.
10. Visibility: For safety the pilot must have unobstructed forward vision at all times and no part of the yacht or sail, apart from the mast or mast supports, shall obstruct the forward or side vision of the pilot.
11. Fairings: No aerodynamic fairing, is permitted on any wheel, mast or axle. A simple splash or mud guard is allowed on any front wheel and only on a front wheel. A wheel cover that complies with Section 3 of this specification is allowed. A Blokart pod is allowed when fitted to a Blokart chassis.
12. Front wheel position: No part of the yacht or the pilot is allowed to go forward of the front wheel centre point.
13. Mast foot position: The minimum permitted distance between the rear of a Spirit Miniyacht front wheel and the front of a mast is 200 mm.
14. Brake: A Spirit Miniyacht must have an effective brake.

The SPORT MiniYacht

  1. An assembled land or sand yacht that fits inside a continuous loop of rope/cable 5.60 meter long and of 4mm minimum diameter.
  2. The Sport Miniyacht must be measured on hard, level ground, with the measuring rope or cable running around the outside of the point of contact between each wheel and the ground.
  3. All of the wheel rims on the Sport Miniyacht without exception must be what are known as a “wheel barrow” style.
  4. The maximum tyre size is 4.80/400x8 and the wheel rim with a fitted inflated tyre is a maximum of 400 mm tall and 100 mm wide when inflated firmly.
  5. The mast must be of circular tube; with no wing sections.
  6. The sail must be free to rotate around the mast with a mast pocket that is constructed of sail cloth without any stiffener, shape former or support.
  7. The boom attached to the sail must extend behind / past the pilot’s head. With the sail fully sheeted in and the pilot facing forward, the boom must be able to pass freely over the pilot's head and helmet.
  8. The pilot must have unobstructed forward vision at all times and no part of the yacht or sail - apart from the mast - shall obstruct the forward vision of the pilot.
  9. A Sport Miniyacht must have an effective brake.

As a guide: The wheels must be similar to those used on Class Promo and the Class Standart front wheels. The “Swiss” Miniyacht measuring cable is the official default FISLY measuring device.