Status of Class: Adopted
Administrative Body: MYA
This MYA national class is a scaled down version of the full sized International Six Metre class rule. The overhangs make the boats elegant and graceful on the water. Being displacement boats they rely on the hull shape, as well as the ballast, for their stability. It therefore provides a somewhat different, distinctly ‘yacht like’ sailing experience. It is particularly suited to lakes with restricted depth.
It is a class that lends itself for those who enjoy home building with a number of designs available. This, together with the need for only one mast, a main boom and a jib boom together with just two suits of sails, helps make this an ideal class of boat for the more cost conscious sailor.
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- Contact the Six Metre Class Captain here
- Six Metre Class GBR website here
- Six Metre Class Rules attached below
- Six Metre Class Measurement Procedure here
- Six Metre Class Measurement Forms attached below
- Six Metre Boats For Sale or Wanted here
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Interim 6M Class Rule Changes
In recent years Council have agreed several necessary amendments to the 6 Metre Class Rules in order to keep them in line with ERS changes, other MYA documents, and most recently to permit 6 Metre class measurers not to be Official Measurers (except for sails). The Six-Metre-Class-Rule-2017-05-29 plus interim changes document incorporates these changes into the 2017-05-30 version.
A further revision of the 6 Metre Class Rules is proceeding that is intended to bring it fully into line with ERS terminology, and correct errors and omissions. At some stage those changes will be put to the owners for ratification.