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{{Short description|Single-handed sailing skiff that achieves speeds over 20 knots}}
{{Infobox Sailboat Specifications
|name            = Musto Skiff
|image           = 
|alt             = 
|caption         = A Musto Skiff downwind in the Bahia de Palma
|class_symbol    = 
|class_image     =  MUSTO_SKIFF_BLACK_FD-300x225.jpg
|class_imagealt  = 
|class_imagesize = 150 
|crew            = 1
|type            = [[Monohull]]
|design          = 
|construction    = 
|rig             = 
|keel            = 
|trapeze         = Yes
|loa             = {{Convert|4.55|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|loh             = 
|lwl             = 
|beam            = {{Convert|1.35|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<br />{{Convert|2.35|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (with racks)
|draft           = 
|hull            = {{Convert|44|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|mastheight      = 
|mainsailandjib  = 
|sailarea        = 
|mainsail        = {{Convert|11.08|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}
|jib             = 
|spinnaker       = {{Convert|15.5|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} ([[Spinnaker]])
|d-pn            = 80.0<ref name="UScb">{{cite web |url=http://offshore.ussailing.org/Portsmouth_Yardstick/Current_Tables/Centerboard_Classes.htm |title=Centerboard Classes |publisher=US Sailing |access-date=31 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315064646/http://offshore.ussailing.org/Portsmouth_Yardstick/Current_Tables/Centerboard_Classes.htm |archive-date=15 March 2012 }}</ref>
|rya-pn          = 847<ref name="RYA2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.rya.org.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/technical/Web%20Documents/py-general/2012%20listv3.xls |title=Portsmouth Number List 2012 |publisher=Royal Yachting Association |access-date=31 July 2012}}</ref>
|phrf            = 
|year            = 1999
|designer        = Joachim Harpprecht
|location        = 
|builder         = [[Ovington Boats]]
|updated         = 2017
|olympic         = 
}}

The '''Musto Skiff''' is a single-handed [[Skiff (sailing)|sailing skiff]] with a length of {{Convert|4.55|m|ftin|abbr=on}}.  It features a [[Trapeze (sailing)|trapeze]], [[asymmetrical spinnaker]], wings and low weight and achieves speeds of over {{convert|20|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}}, which makes it one of the fastest single-handed sailing boats.

==History==
It was designed in 1999 for the 2000 Olympic Class trials in [[Quiberon]] by [[Joachim Harpprecht]], where it won every race in the single-handed [[Dinghy sailing|dinghy]] competition.  Since then, the class has attained World Sailing international status and is sailed in 20 countries worldwide. 
It is built by Ovington Boats Ltd in England.

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 (dinghy)|49er]] in 1996. The boat remains challenging to sail, and really shows its strengths when raced. World Championships occur annually and regularly usually attract in excess of 70 sailors from over 10 nations.{{cn|date=February 2020}}

In 2016, the class association agreed to continue its branding as the 'Musto Skiff', in a [[naming rights]] deal with the [[Musto (company)|Musto]] clothing company.<ref name="mustonews">{{cite web |url=http://www.mustoskiff.com/reports-and-news/2016/musto-renew-title-sponsorship.html |title=Musto and Ovington sign renewed contract |publisher=Musto Skiff Class Association |access-date=2 December 2016}}</ref>

==Events==

===World Championship===
{{Musto Skiff World Championship medallists}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://mustoskiff.com/ Musto Skiff Class Association]
{{Classes of the International Sailing Federation}}

[[Category:Dinghies]]
[[Category:1990s sailboat type designs]]
[[Category:Sailboat types built by Ovington Boats]]