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This is a list of sail codes for sailing yachts and the old codes, used until 1992 by the International Sailing Federation. Sail country codes must comply with World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing. The Racing Rules of Sailing Appendix G1.2 specifies that national letters shall be clearly legible and of the same color. [1]
Bray Sailing Club (founded 1896) No active fleets: Two new boats built in Bray by amateurs in 2014. [3] 1896: GBR/IRL: Colleen: L.O.A. 6.71m. James E. Doyle of Kingstown: Various builders: Dublin Bay Sailing Club: 3 boats Dublin Bay: At least three boats still sailing regularly at local regattas. [4] (long keel plus centreboard) [5] 1896: GBR ...
Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 4, Number 1, January/February 2001. Sail magazine, August 2004, pages 54–57. Heart of GLASS: Fiberglass Boats And The Men Who Made Them by Daniel Spurr, pages 244–250. The World's Best Sailboats Volume II, by Ferenc Máté. Albatross Publishing House, 2003. Best Boats to Build or Buy, by Ferenc Máté ...
A 120-year-old sailing boat of a design dating back to the Vikings is helping to preserve the future of traditional boatbuilding in Scotland. "Bee" is one of the very few remaining Stroma yoles ...
Friendship Sloop in c. 1920 Fiberglass Friendship Sloop Bay Lady (launched in 1979) Diagram of a Friendship Sloop. The Friendship sloop, also known as a Muscongus Bay sloop or lobster sloop, is a gaff-rigged working boat design that originated in Friendship, Maine around 1880 and has survived as a traditional-style sailboat.
Special pages; Permanent link; ... Pages in category "1930s sailing yachts" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Code of Conduct;
A large fifie could reach just over 20 metres (66 ft) in length. Because of their large sail area they were very fast sailing boats. Fifies built after 1860 were all decked and from the 1870s onwards the bigger boats were built with carvel planking, i.e. the planks were laid edge to edge instead of the overlapping clinker style of previous ...
The boat has a draft of 3.30 ft (1.01 m) with one centerboard extended and 2.5 in (6.4 cm) with both retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. [ 1 ] For sailing the design is equipped with running backstays , a raked mast and a boom that is very low to the deck, necessitating a recessed radial track for the boom vang .