{"id":152906,"date":"2024-08-02T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/?p=152906"},"modified":"2024-08-02T06:00:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T05:00:32","slug":"worlds-coolest-boats-the-olympic-470-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/yachts-and-gear\/worlds-coolest-boats-the-olympic-470-class-152906","title":{"rendered":"World’s Coolest Boats: The Olympic 470 class"},"content":"The two-man 470 dinghy was designed by Andr\u00e9 Cornu over 50 years ago and been an Olympic boat<\/a> since 1976. At the Olympic Sailing in Paris 2024<\/a> it will be sailed by mixed pairs.\r\n\r\n\u201cVery complex and fine-tuned, there is no tweak the 470 hasn\u2019t undergone!\u201d says Heathcote. \u201cEveryone goes through the class rules with a fine-tooth comb and strives to forge a new, faster, more effective modification for the already highly developed boat and systems.\r\n\r\n\"But what really stands true to its Olympic nature is how this obsessive search for technical perfection doesn\u2019t tint the fierce competition on the water.\r\n\r\n\u201cA positive to the boat\u2019s complexity is that a balance can be found for pretty much any size and style of team \u2013 the combinations between hull, rig, foils, sail shape, settings can create infinite combinations and somewhere in there is the perfect one for your team! Call me biased, but the 470 is a true specimen of a boat and watching them on the water makes me think there\u2019s none better.\u201d\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_152908\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"630\"]\"\" Photo: Sailing Energy\/World Sailing[\/caption]\r\n\r\nMake sure you check out our full list of\u00a0Coolest Yachts<\/a>.<\/em>\r\n

Olympic 470 class stats rating<\/h2>\r\nTop speed:<\/strong> 19 knots\r\nLOA:<\/strong> 4.7m\/15ft 5in\r\nLaunched:<\/strong> 1963\r\nBerths:<\/strong> 0\r\nPrice:<\/strong> from \u00a313,000\r\nAdrenalin factor:<\/strong> 70%\r\n

Vita Heathcote<\/h2>\r\nVita Heathcote is the youngest member of the British Sailing Team competing at the Paris Games, aged 22. She helms the 470 with experienced crew Chris Grube. As a junior Heathcote won the Optimist Nationals and 420 World Championships, and hails from an Olympic family \u2013 uncle Nick Rogers twice won 470 silver, at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.\r\n\r\n
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The two-man 470 dinghy was designed by Andr\u00e9 Cornu over 50 years ago and been an Olympic boat since 1976. At the Olympic Sailing in Paris 2024 it will be sailed by mixed pairs. \u201cVery complex and fine-tuned, there is no tweak the 470 hasn\u2019t undergone!\u201d says Heathcote. \u201cEveryone goes through the class rules with a fine-tooth comb and strives to forge a new, faster, more effective modification for the already highly developed boat and systems. “But what really stands true to its Olympic nature is how this obsessive search for technical perfection doesn\u2019t tint the fierce competition on the water. \u201cA positive to the boat\u2019s complexity is that a balance can be found for pretty much any size and style of team \u2013 the combinations between hull, rig, foils, sail shape, settings can create infinite combinations and somewhere in there is the perfect one for your team! Call me biased, but the 470 is a true specimen of a boat and watching them on the water makes me think there\u2019s none better.\u201d Make sure you check out our full list of\u00a0Coolest Yachts. Olympic 470 class stats rating Top speed: 19 knots LOA: 4.7m\/15ft 5in Launched: 1963 Berths: 0 Price: from \u00a313,000 Adrenalin factor: 70% Vita Heathcote Vita Heathcote is the youngest member of the British Sailing Team competing at the Paris Games, aged 22. She helms the 470 with experienced crew Chris Grube. As a junior Heathcote won the Optimist Nationals and 420 World Championships, and hails from an Olympic family \u2013 uncle Nick Rogers twice won 470 silver, at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. If you enjoyed this\u2026. Yachting World is the world’s leading magazine for bluewater cruisers and offshore sailors. Every month we have inspirational adventures and practical features to help you realise your sailing dreams. Build your knowledge with a subscription delivered to your door. See our latest offers and save at least 30% off the cover price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":447,"featured_media":152907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[754,1633,2135],"review_manufacturer":[],"acf":[],"introduction":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152909,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152906\/revisions\/152909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152906"},{"taxonomy":"review_manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_manufacturer?post=152906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}