420 vs Flying Fish
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On the numbers
Next to the 420, the Flying Fish is 0.1 m longer and 2% heavier. The Flying Fish has the higher Capsize screening (3.73, above the guideline), the 420 the lower (3.59, above the guideline).
420
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Flying Fish
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| General | ||
| Builder | Various (amateur or kit built) | AMF/Alcort |
| Designer | Christian Maury | Carter Pyle/Joe Quigg |
| Hull type | Centerboard Dinghy | Centerboard Dinghy |
| Rigging | Fractional Sloop | Cat (rotating spar) |
| Construction | FG | FG |
| First built | 1959 | 1970 |
| Number built | 56,000 | – |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length overall | 4.20 m ▼ | 4.27 m ▲ |
| Waterline length | 4.01 m | – |
| Beam | 1.65 m ▼ | 1.73 m ▲ |
| Draft (max) | 0.97 m ▲ | 0.86 m ▼ |
| Draft (min) | 0.15 m ▲ | 0.10 m ▼ |
| Weight & ballast | ||
| Displacement | 100 kg ▼ | 102 kg ▲ |
| Ratios | ||
| D/L | 43 ultralight | – |
| Comfort ratio | 2.7 lightweight racing | – |
| Capsize screening | 3.59 ▼ above the guideline | 3.73 ▲ above the guideline |
| Hull speed | 4.86 kn | – |
▲ highest and ▼ lowest value in each row. Ratio bands as on the yacht pages; – means the value is not in the catalogue.