The 12 Metre class is a rating class for racing sailboats that are designed to the International rule. It enables fair competition between boats that rate in the class whilst retaining the freedom to
Winged keel
…The winged keel is a sailboat keel layout first fitted on the 12-metre class yacht Australia II, 1983 America's Cup winner. This layout was adopted by Ben Lexcen, designer of Australia II. Although Ben Lexcen "had tried the…
The 12 Metre yacht Freedom, third rating rule
Swedish Erna Signe won silver at the 1912 Summer Olympics in 12 Metre class (1907 rule boat).