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The first 'International Dinghy Championship' was held by the Royal Munster Yacht Club in Cork Harbour on 12, 13 and 14 August 1925. [9] In 2011 the first Irish combined DBSC 12 foot and int. 12 foot Championships for at least 40 years was held at the Royal St George Yacht Club.
The boat has a draft of 3 ft (0.91 m) with a bilgeboard extended and can be transported on a trailer. [1] For sailing the design is equipped with hiking straps and has a mainsail window to improve visibility. It also has a 2:1 mechanical advantage, four-part mainsheet traveler, a Cunningham, a 12:1 boom vang and a 3:1 outhaul. [2]
The Lehman 12 class is still one of the most active racing dinghy classes in Southern California." [8] Ullman Sails says, "the Lehman 12 is an exceptionally responsive two-man planing dinghy that quietly glides through the water with only a whisper of wind. It is a daggerboard boat with a loose-fitted cat rig and a deep rudder.
Another option is an outboard motor. Two horsepower per meter can reach hull speed. Ten horsepower per metre (7.5 kW/m) will put a flat-bottomed dinghy on plane. A 3.05-metre (10 ft) dinghy with a hard V-bottom hull and a fifteen-horsepower (11 kW) outboard can reach speeds of 25 mph (40 km/h; 22 kn
The boat has a draft of 2.50 ft (0.76 m) with the centerboard extended and 0.33 ft (0.10 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof rack. [ 1 ] The design's sharp prow is intended to cut though waves and the design is capable of planing .
The Cherub is a 12 feet long, high performance, [1] two-person, planing dinghy first designed in 1951 in New Zealand by John Spencer [2] (d 1996). The class is a development (or "box rule") class, allowing for significant variation in design between different boats within the rule framework.
Three other dinghy designs are also associated with the 'Mirror' name: the (Mirror) Miracle of 12 ft 8ins length, the Marauder (Mirror 14) (14 ft 6ins), and the Mirror 16 (16 ft 1ins). Of these, the Marauder was designed by Peter Milne, while the other two were Jack Holt designs.
The National 12 is a two-person, two-sail, twelve-foot (3.6 metre) long sailing dinghy. [1] They are sailed extensively in the UK. The class was started in 1936 by the Royal Yachting Association as an alternative to the more expensive International 14s .