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Classic Dinghy Classes
The following is a list of dinghy classes designed before 1960. Classic one design dinghy and small keelboat classes Classic development dinghy classes See also * Classic keelboat classes * Dinghy racing * Dinghy sailing * Olympic sailing classes The Olympic sailing classes have been used in the sport of Sailing/Yachting during the Olympic Summer Games since 1896. Since then, 46 different classes have been used. History Over a period of more than 112 years, in a sport that uses complex te ... References {{reflist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Wag
The Water Wag is the oldest one-design dinghy in existence, having been devised in 1886 and formalised as a one-design class in Ireland in 1887. It was last modified in 1900. The class is still sailed to this day, notably with large Water Wag fleets racing during summer evenings from Dún Laoghaire harbour on Dublin Bay. The Water Wag class is administered by the Water Wags club, based in Dún Laoghaire. The Water Wag inspired similar one-design fleets around Ireland and subsequently around the world. Design In 1886 the Water Wag was designed as a one-design sailing and rowing boat by Thomas B. Middleton of Shankill Corinthian Sailing Club. are silver-spruce-planked boats with a sloop rig and of main sail, and with a spinnaker and no jib. The boat is open-decked, with a single mast close to the bow. Middleton, who was a solicitor and not a professional yacht designer, prepared a concept sketch for the boat which may have been developed into a construction drawing by Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon-One-Design
The Shannon One Design sailing dinghy is an open centre board sailing boat raced on the River Shannon, Lough Derg and Lough Ree in Ireland. The boats are long by beam, drawing with her centreboard down. They have a sail area of 140 square feet (15.6m2) set in a single sail, giving the boat what is called a gunter rig. History During the 19th and early 20th century racing was organised for 18'-0" long open centre board boats with one sail on the Shannon lakes. These boats were effectively a restricted class, restricted by length, beam and sail area. different lakeside and riverside builders adapted their traditional rowing boats to meet an owners preferences. The creation of the Shannon One Design sailing dinghy came about after a meeting of representatives of Lough Ree Yacht Club, Lough Derg Yacht Club and North Shannon Yacht Club ( Lough Boderg) held in the Prince of Wales Hotel, Athlone, on 29 January 1920. The committee commissioned a leading British designer of the tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firefly (dinghy)
The Firefly is a British sailboat that was designed by Uffa Fox as a one design racer and first built in 1946. The boat was originally named the Sea Swallow. It was an Olympic class and raced at the 1948 Olympics. Production The design was initially built by Fairey Marine in the United Kingdom, starting in 1946. Today it is built by Rondar Raceboats in the UK and Whitecap Composites in the United States and remains in production. Design The Firefly is a recreational sailing dinghy, initially built predominantly of hot-moulded plywood, glassfibre construction was authorized by the class starting in 1965. A rotating mast was introduced in 1970. The design has a fractional sloop rig, a plumb stem and transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centreboard. It displaces . The boat has a draft of with the centreboard extended and with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Moth
British moth is the name of an sailing dinghy designed in 1932 by Sydney Cheverton. The first boats built were sailed on the Brent Reservoir in north London North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames. It extends from Clerkenwell and Finsbury, on the edge of the City of London financial district, to Greater London's boundary with Hertfordshire. The term ''nor .... British Moths were the first class to use this famous stretch of water for dinghy racing, and for a time it was known as the "Brent One Design". The British Moth National Championship trophy is still the Brent Cup. After World War II, sailing was not resumed on the Brent Reservoir and the fleet became scattered. However, the British Moth continued to sail at other clubs in small numbers. In 2004 the British Moth Boat Association funded the development of a new hull mould designed by Ian Howlett. This has seen renewed activity within club fleets and a number of river clubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin Bay Mermaid
The Dublin Bay Mermaid is a one-design, wooden sailing dinghy originally designed for sailing in Dublin Bay, Ireland. It is a 17-foot, half-decked, centreboard boat rigged as a Bermuda sloop, designed for the Dublin Bay Dublin Bay ( ga, Cuan Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a C-shaped inlet of the Irish Sea on the east coast of Ireland. The bay is about 10 kilometres wide along its north–south base, and 7 km in length to its apex at the centre of the city of ... Sailing Club in 1932 by John B. Kearney. The class still actively races with fleets in Dun Laoghaire, Rush, Skerries and Foynes. The class usually have 5 Championship level events every year, these include the Munster Championship, the Leinster Championship, the National Championship, Skerries Regatta and Rush Regatta. Regular club racing also runs from May to September but can start as early as April and continue up until the end of October depending on the club. The national class association is the Mermaid Sailing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comet (dinghy)
The Comet, sometimes called the Comet OD or Comet One-Design, is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by C. Lowndes Johnson as a one-design racer and first built in 1932. The design has evolved over time via modifications.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 66-67. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. The design was intended as a smaller version of the Star keelboat, making it easier to transport. Production The design was first shown in an article in ''Yachting'' in 1932 and was initially built from wood by the Skaneateles Boat & Canoe Co. Later builders included the Lippincott Boat Works, Customflex and Siddons & Sindle. The current builder is Whitecap Composites of Peabody, Massachusetts, United States. It remains in production, with more than 4,100 boats completed in total. Plans for the design remain available for amateur construction. Design The Comet is a recreational planing sailboat, built predo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Woods
Herbert Woods (3 February 1891 – 18 April 1954) was an English boat builder and mooring developer from Potter Heigham, Norfolk. Early life Woods was born to a family of boat builders in Brundall in 1891. He started his career as an apprentice at the Norfolk Broads Yachting Company upon leaving school in 1907. The company was then managed by his father, Walter Woods. Following the outbreak of World War I, Woods was spared from active service as a result of a chronic neck problem. During this time, he worked in aerodynamics at agricultural machinery maker Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, based in Ipswich, Suffolk. Woods returned to Norfolk in 1922, after the Norfolk Broads Yachting Company had gone into liquidation. His father, Walter, purchased the premises and enlisted the help of Herbert and his brother to build the family company, Walter Woods & Sons. Boat building In 1926, Woods designed and built a Broads motor cruiser titled the ‘Speed of Light’. The vessel was smaller th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snipe (dinghy)
The Snipe is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by William F. Crosby as a one design racer and first built in 1931. The boat is a World Sailing recognized international class. Sailboatdata.com summarizes the design as "one of the most popular sailing dinghies ever. (In its heyday, the largest sailboat racing class). Origins in the US. Built, sailed and raced around the world to this day." Production In the past the design has built by Grampian Marine in Canada; Eichenlaub Boat Co., Jack A. Helms Co., Lofland Sail-craft, Nickels Boat Works and W. D. Schock Corp in the United States; Cantiere Nautico Lillia in Italy; Chantier Aubin in France and AX Boats in Spain. W. D. Schock Corp records indicate that they built 165 boats between 1963 and 1970. Today the boat is built by Jibetech in the United States, Zeltic in Spain and DB Marine in Italy. More than 31,000 Snipes have been delivered. Design The Snipe is a racing sailboat, with early examples built with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12 Square Meter Sharpie (dinghy)
The 12 m2 Sharpie was a type of Sharpie designed in 1931 by the Kröger Brothers in Warnemünde, Germany. The peak of the class was in the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. To this day, the original design has been preserved, and the class is sailed competitively in the UK, The Netherlands, Germany, and Portugal. The European Championships are rotated between these four countries every year. The term 'Twelve Square Metre' evolves from the original sail area, though on modern sharpies due to modern sail designs has now reached to around sixteen square metres. 12 m2 Sharpie Past Australian champions to have passed through the ranks include Sir James Hardy, John Cuneo, Rolly Tasker and John Bertrand. Rolly Tasker won Australia's first sailing medal at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne when he and John Scott won a silver medal in their 12 m2 Sharpie. The 12 m2 Sharpie is one of the Vintage classes for the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games. There are stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea View Yacht Club
The Sea View Yacht Club is in the village of Seaview, on the Isle of Wight, on the north-east coast of the island. Founded in 1893, its stated aim is 'to encourage amateur sailing and boat racing'. The Club is well known for two designs of boat: the Mermaid (keel boat) and the Sea View One-Design (SVOD), also known as the Seaview Dinghy. Notable members include Olympic Gold Medallist Ben Ainslie Sir Charles Benedict Ainslie (born 5 February 1977) is a British competitive sailor. Ainslie is the most successful sailor in Olympic history. He won medals at five consecutive Olympics from 1996 onwards, including gold at the four consecutiv .... The Mermaids The Mermaids are a fleet of 13 identical keelboats, owned by the Club. They are moored off Seaview from April through to October. There is an ISAF grade 3 Match race held annually in April to get the Season going. The first fleet of boats were built in 1907. The current fleet, of GRP boats, were built around the 2000 millenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brightlingsea
Brightlingsea is a coastal town and an electoral ward in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is situated between Colchester and Clacton-on-Sea, at the mouth of the River Colne, on Brightlingsea Creek. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 8,076. The town is an active though small port. Its traditional industries included fishery (with a renowned oyster fishery) and shipbuilding. With the decline of these industries, the town is largely a dormitory town for Colchester. Brightlingsea is a limb of Sandwich, one of the Cinque Ports. The town retains an active ceremonial connection with the Cinque Ports, electing a Deputy from a guild of Freemen. Brightlingsea was for many years twinned with French oyster fishery port Marennes, Charente-Maritime, but the relationship fell into disuse. In the mid-1990s, the port of Brightlingsea was used for the export of live animals for slaughter, leading to a protest campaign dubbed "The Battle of Brightlingsea". History Earli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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