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The Front Runner is a small day sailing dinghy. It is a high-performance, responsive, and comfortable one-design class sailboat. It is stable and user-friendly, having an immense cockpit with all control lines leading aft (to the cockpit). While designed for racing, it also functions as a small cruising day sailer because of the storage space under the deck in the bow. The Front Runner was developed by Bill Spencer in the early 1990s, culminating in its production starting in 1996. The sailboat was produced in three different places: Gloucester, Virginia, Irvington, Virginia, and Hollywood, Maryland. It has a total of of sail area (including only the mainsail and jib; with the spinnaker it reaches of sail area). For the spinnaker it has a retractable bowsprit. The main is loose-footed, and its jib is roller furling. It has no trapeze due to its exceptional balance and hull construction. Its rig, a low-profile, 3 point fractional Sloop rig, kick-up rudder, and swinging keel make the Front Runner a high-performance sailing craft. To this date, between 25 and 30 Front Runners have been manufactured. These craft are sailed primarily in Deltaville, Virginia, but several reside in Florida, Delaware, Northern Virginia, and the Solomon Islands. == Sources == http://www.fbyc.net/ http://video.google.com:80/videoplay?docid=-7131099101976149457&pr=goog-sl http://www.iboats.com/Front_Runner_Sailboats__Front_Runner__2002/bp/64b165620r2 http://www.fbyc.net/Fleets/OneDesign 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Front Runner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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