Tempest (keelboat)
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| Current specifications | |
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| Crew | 2 |
| Type | Monohull |
| Design | One-Design |
| Construction | GRP (Sandwich allowed) |
| Rig | Bermuda rig |
| Keel | Fixed 228 kg (503 lb) |
| Trapeze | single trapeze |
| LOA | 6.66 m (21.9 ft) |
| Beam | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 1.10 m (3 ft 7 in) |
| Hull weight | 480 kg (1,060 lb) |
| Main & jib area | 23.11 m2 (248.8 sq ft) |
| Mainsail area | 15.24 m2 (164.0 sq ft) |
| Jib / Genoa area | 7.69 m2 (82.8 sq ft) |
| Spinnaker area | 25.9 m2 (279 sq ft) |
| D-PN | 83.4[1] |
| RYA PN | 942 |
| Development | |
| Year | 1965 |
| Designer | Ian Proctor |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Role | Designed for the Olympic Games 1972 |
| Former Olympic class (Vintage Yachting class) | |
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The Tempest is a one design two man high performance keelboat with a trapeze. It was designed by Ian Proctor for the 1965 trials for the new Olympic Keelboat, which it won convincingly.
The class has since progressed with the times, including a new deck and cockpit layout and changing the construction from GRP to a foam sandwich. In the last few years the rules have allowed a bigger spinnaker, longer spinnaker pole and the use of epoxy resin in the construction of the hull.
The Tempest has an unusual aspect in that it is a keelboat but also has a trapeze, a rigging element usually only found on certain dinghies. As a result the Tempest is just as exciting to sail as fast dinghies, but is much more forgiving and is unable to be capsized. Due to the planing hull shape and large sailplan, the Tempest is remarkably fast when sailing on a reach, and speeds in excess of 15 kts are not uncommon in moderate winds.
Tempests are sailed actively throughout the world with fleets in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, United Kingdom, North America and Australia.
In sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics the Tempest class was used alongside the Star class as an Olympic racing yacht. The Gold Medal was won by Valentin Mankin and Vitaly Dyrdyra of the Soviet Union. For the 1976 Olympics the Tempest class was used in place of the Star class. The Gold Medal was won by John Albrechtson and Ingvar Hansson of Sweden.
Since 2010 the Tempest is one of the Vintage Yachting Classes at the Vintage Yachting Games.
Contents
Wall of Fame
Olympic Games[2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Sweden (SWE) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1972 Kiel |
 Soviet Union (URS)Valentin Mankin Vitali Dyrdyra |
Great Britain (GBR) Alan Warren David Hunt |
United States (USA) Glen Foster Peter Dean |
| 1976 Montreal |
Sweden (SWE) John Albrechtson Ingvar Hansson |
Soviet Union (URS) Valentin Mankin Vladyslav Akimenko |
United States (USA) Dennis Conner Conn Findlay |
Vintage Yachting Games [3]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Germany |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
2012 Lake Como |
Switzerland (SUI) Cornelia Christen Ruedi Christen |
Germany (GER) Rolf Bähr Christian Spranger |
Germany (GER) Klaus Wende Max Reichert |
2016 Weymouth Bay |
Dates to be decided |
World Championships[4]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
17 | 8 | 12 | 37 |
| 2 | West Germany |
13 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 |  France |
4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 |  United States |
3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Sweden |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Switzerland |
2 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | United Kingdom |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Italy |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Soviet Union |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Austria |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Netherlands |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | 25 | 24 | 91 | ||
European Championships[5]
European championships were only held when a World Championship was held outside the European continent. From 1980 no Europeans were held anymore.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Sweden |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | United Kingdom |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Austria |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Italy |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | West Germany |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Poland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Switzerland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Soviet Union |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 15 | ||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1966 30px Burnham-on-Crouch |
United Kingdom (K) Keith Musto Ian Winter |
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1968 Alassio |
Italy (I) Carlo Massone Favio Risso |
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1969 Kiel |
United Kingdom (K) Cliff Norbury Colin Turner |
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1972 La Rochelle |
Netherlands (H) Ben Staartjes Cees Kurpershoek |
Poland (PL) Tomasz Holc Rutkowski |
Soviet Union (SR) Valentin Mankin Vitaly Dyrdyra |
1975 Brunnen |
West Germany (G) Uwe Mares Franz Wehofisch |
Italy (I) Dotti Girardi |
Switzerland (Z) Kohler Frey |
| 1976 Alassio |
Sweden (S) John Albrechtson Ingvar Hansson |
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1977 Strömstad |
Sweden (S) John Albrechtson Ingvar Hansson |
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| 1978 Kiel |
Sweden (S) John Albrechtson Ingvar Hansson |
Austria (S) Oskar Bilik, Jr. Josef Essl |
West Germany (G) Twelkmeyer |
1979 Attersee |
Austria (OE) Oskar Bilik, Jr. Josef Essl |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Olympic results
- ↑ Vintage Yachting Games
- ↑ Worlds
- ↑ Europeans
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