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2. Vanguard 15 - Wikipedia

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   The Vanguard 15 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable daggerboard. It displaces 200 lb (91 kg) and is capable of planing upwind. [1] [2] [5]

3. Vanguard Sailboats - Wikipedia

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   Vanguard Sailboats was founded in 1967 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA by Peter and Olaf Harken. The brothers started to gain attention after their sailing hardware was used on boats that won Olympic gold in 1968 , and after Vanguard supplied the Finn class for several countries in the 1976 Olympics .

4. Optimist (dinghy) - Wikipedia

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   The Optimist was designed in 1947 either by American Clark Mills or a Canadian sailor Gordon Reid a member of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and the Clearwater Optimist Club [3] at the request of the Clearwater Florida Optimist service club following a proposal by Major Clifford McKay to offer low-cost sailing for young people. The Optimist Club ...

5. 420 (dinghy) - Wikipedia

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   The International 420 Dinghy is a sailing dinghy popular for racing and teaching. The hull is fiberglass with internal buoyancy tanks. The 420 has a bermuda rig, spinnaker and trapeze. It has a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, and is designed to plane easily. The 420 is an International class recognised by World Sailing. The name refers to the ...

6. List of sailing boat types - Wikipedia

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   The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies, and multihull (catamarans and trimarans). Olympic classes [ edit ]

7. Optimist World Championship - Wikipedia

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   The Optimist World Championship is an annual World Championship sailing regatta in the Optimist class organised by the International Optimist Dinghy Association. Events [ edit ]

8. 470 (dinghy) - Wikipedia

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   The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting.Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork is necessary to sail it well.

9. Laser 2 - Wikipedia

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   A Laser 2 flying its spinnaker, with the crew on the trapeze. The Laser 2 is a sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fibreglass.It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension and a retractable daggerboard.