Examples of Boats and Their Portsmouth Numbers
See also: List of boats with RYA Portsmouth NumbersThere are hundreds of boats that have a Portsmouth Number, or D-PN, or both; the table below gives some notable examples. An official table of D-PNs is published on the US Sailing website. The classes included below are those used at the 2012 Olympics, the 2012 Paralympic Games, and the 2012 ISAF Youth Worlds.
| Class | Type | Portsmouth Number |
D-PN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49er | Dinghy | 740 | 68.2 | ||
| SL 16 | Multihull | 73.0 | |||
| 29er | Dinghy | 922 | 84.5 | ||
| Sonar | Keelboat | 940 | 81.0 | ||
| Star | Keelboat | 83.1 | |||
| 470 | Dinghy | 973 | 86.3 | ||
| SKUD 18 | Dinghy | 1000 | |||
| Finn | Dinghy | 1060 | 90.1 | ||
| Laser | Dinghy | 1085 | 91.1 | ||
| 420 | Dinghy | 1087 | 97.6 | ||
| Laser Radial | Dinghy | 1110 | 96.7 | ||
| 2.4 m | Keelboat | 1250 | |||
| Elliott 6m* | Keelboat |
* Used primarily for match racing hence not enough fleet races to calculate PY.
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