Class Rules for F20 North American Class:
18 July 2011
The F20NA is Box Rule Set designed to foster the development and progression of the 20 foot racing catamaran fleet by permitting manufacturers and owners to institute improvements within existing fleets and encouraging development and innovation within the parameters of the Class.
1. Intent and Objective
1.1. The intent of the F20NA Class is to open the platform and sail plan to improvements by providing maximum and minimum parameters for the class to develop within. It is specifically the intent of the class to permit any modifications that are not specifically prohibited by these rules within the spirit of the class.
1.2. The F20NA Class is open to any two-hulled sailing boat with essentially duplicate or mirror image hulls, fixed in parallel or near parallel positions.
2. Overall Length
2.1. Any new F20NA build shall comply with a 20 foot overall length requirement. The length shall be measured between perpendiculars to the extremities of the hulls with the catamaran in her normal trim. The measurement shall be taken parallel to the centerline of the craft and shall exclude rudder hangings.
2.1 “Grandfather”—Any legacy “20 ft.” catamaran, defined as a catamaran >=19 feet and <=20’6”, built on or before the adoption of this Class shall be permitted in the F20NA Class provided that it otherwise meets the Class requirements.
3. The sail plan shall consist of 1 mainsail, 1 jib and 1 spinnaker that shall be carried aboard.
3.1 Sails may be manufactured by any sail maker and must measure in accordance with “ISAF Measurement & Calcualtion of Sail Area Instructions”.
3.2 A measurer recognized by the F20NA class shall certify all sails.
3.3 Each sail maker shall present a certification of the sail’s measurements.
3.4 No sail shall be replaced during a regatta, except when a sail has been lost or damaged beyond repair, then only with permission of the Race Committee.
3.5 Total sail area of the 3 sails and mast shall not be more than 50 sq. meters (538 sq. ft.).
3.6 Once measured and certified, the sq. foot/meter measurement of each sail shall be indelibly marked near the tack point of the sail for future verification.
4. Mast—The mast may be built from any materials and may be any length provided that the total sail area limit is not exceeded.
5. The beam of the catamaran shall not exceed 8 feet 6 inches.
6. The minimum weight of the boat in full trim shall not be less than 320 lbs.
7. Crew Weight: no minimum/maximum but same skipper/crew weight must be kept for entire regatta. Any substitution is up to the discretion of the PRO.
8. Team size: 2
