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The Flying Scot is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass with a balsa core. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars. The hull has a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard that weighs 105 lb (48 kg) and is raised with a 6:1 mechanical advantage assist.
Boat Type Class Marking Marking description Mirror: Red Italic Capital letter M on a crescent section of a circle Redwing: 18. White Number on a dark red sail Rhodes 19: An "R" surrounded by a "19", arranged to fit the contour of a circle Sonar: Six horizontal bars of progressively larger thicknesses, from top to bottom
Gordon K. "Sandy" Douglass (October 22, 1904 – February 12, 1992) was an American racer, designer, and builder of sailing dinghies.Two of his designs, the Thistle and the Flying Scot, are among the most popular one design racing classes in the United States.
Douglass was a boat designer and created the Highlander and the Thistle for production by the new company, as they concentrated on one design racing boats. His Flying Scot followed in 1958. [1] [2] In 1961 the company commissioned Sparkman & Stephens to design the Tartan 27, which was a commercial and racing success.
Flying 11: Flying Ant: Flying Scot (dinghy) 1958: Sandy Douglass: Tanzer Industries Douglass & McLeod Customflex Loftland Sail-craft Flying Scot, Inc. [94] Force 5: 1972 Fred Scott AMF Alcort Weeks Yacht Yard Geary 18: 1928: Ted Geary: Clark Boat Company [95] Gloucester 15: 1987: Rod Macalpine-Downie and Dick Gibbs: Gloucester Yachts [96 ...
Flying Scot may refer to: Flying Scot (dinghy), a class of day sailer dinghy designed in 1957; The Flying Scot, a 1957 British crime film directed by Compton Bennett; Flying Scot (bicycles), a marque used by Scottish bicycle manufacturer, David Rattray and Co. Scottish Formula One competitor, Jackie Stewart.
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