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The class is actively raced in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Albacores are also used for adult and youth sail training, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and for leisure sailing. The Albacore was ranked 16th most popular one-design sailboat in North America in 2010 by Sailing Anarchy, [ 6 ] and 38th most popular in the UK from 2001 to 2011 by ...
The sail plan consists of a Bermuda rig with a main, jib, and symmetrical spinnaker. The boat uses a retractable centreboard. An optional asymmetric spinnaker and spinnaker chute is available; also available is a "sail patch" which provides flotation for the mast in the event of a capsize (and particularly to prevent mast inversion – Turtling ...
Fireball flying a spinnaker. The Fireball was granted International Yacht Racing Union international status in 1970. [3] The design is supported by a class club, the International Fireball Class. [12] The Fireball is raced worldwide, with the largest fleets in Australia, Canada, France, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United ...
A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind on courses between a reach (wind at 90° to the course) to downwind (course in the same direction as the wind). Spinnakers are constructed of lightweight fabric, usually nylon, and are often brightly colored. They may be designed to perform best as either a reaching or a ...
The Heron Dinghy is a dinghy designed by Jack Holt of the United Kingdom as the Yachting World Cartopper (YW Cartopper). The Heron dinghy was designed to be built by a home handyman out of marine ply over a timber frame, but can now also be constructed from marine ply using a stitch and glue technique or from fibreglass.
A spinnaker is a type of sail. Spinnaker can also refer to: Spinnaker (software), an open-source continuous delivery platform; The Spinnaker (building), in Durban, South Africa; The Spinnaker, the official student newspaper of the University of North Florida; Spinnaker Tower, a building in Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Canmore is an online database or index to information on over 320,000 archaeological sites, monuments, and buildings in Scotland. It was launched by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland in 1997 as the C omputer A pplication for N ational MO numents R ecord E nquiries.