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Discussion Document 1
1 History & Background
The International One Metre class was developed by the IMYRD Permanent Committee and was adopted as an international class in 1988. In the previous years ‘one metre’ boats appeared in several different countries, aimed at addressing the increasing costs of buying or maintaining a Marblehead class.
During the development of the 1988 class rules a clear principle was established under the guidance of the Jan Dejmo, Chairman of the IMYRD Technical Committee, which is the boats permitted by the rule would be capable of:
- keeping costs of the boat low
- being capable of being built by non-expert builders, without being at a disadvantage in terms of performance when compared to yachts built by professional builders.
- allowing a wider range in some limitations in order to permit boats built under other rules to comply with the new rules without modification.