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"The only true singlehanded skiff available. With spinnaker, wings and trapeze the MPS is the best performing sinlehanded trapeze boat." Ovington Boats.
"The Musto Performance Skiff is a single-handed sailing skiff with a length of 4.55m. It features a trapeze, asymmetrical spinnaker, wings and low weight and achieves speeds of over twenty knots which makes it one of the fastest single-handed sailing boats.
It was designed for the 2000 Olympic Class trials in Quiberon by Joachim Harpprecht where it won every race in the single-handed dinghy competition. Since then, the class has grown mainly in the UK and Europe. The racing circuit had up to seven nations participating at regattas in 2004.
It is a demanding boat for experienced dinghy sailors. At the time of the design, the concept of a single-handed skiff was first met with scepticism by many observers, very similar to the initial reaction after the introduction of the 49er in 1996. Since then other single-handed skiff classes such as the RS700 have developed, bringing this kind of boat closer to mainstream dinghy sailing."
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Check out the Ovington Boats website and the special limited editon anniversary boats, or visit their stand at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show 2010 which is on at Alexandra Palace, London Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 March 2010.
Musto Performance Skiff class and Ovington Boats are celebrating the 10th birthday of the class by offering 10 limited edition Musto Performance Skiffs
