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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.
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. The Flying Scot was inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame.
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 ...
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The International FJ is a Dutch sailboat that was designed by Uus Van Essen and Conrad Gülcher as a trainer and one design racer, first built in 1956. [1] [2] [3] [4]The boat was initially called the Flying Dutchman Junior (after the Flying Dutchman one design racer), as it was designed as a trainer for that Olympic sailing class boat.
A polar diagram, or polar plot, is a graph that shows a sailboat's potential speed over a range of wind speeds and relative wind angles. [1] It normally consists of the right side of a line chart with the radius representing the yacht speed and the angle representing the wind direction blowing from top to bottom.
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.
The sail area for the weight is small, leading to the boat acting similarly to a small keelboat in feel. The overhanded crew and no leaning-out devices add to this effect. This also makes the boat ideal for sail training as its strength and stability allow inexperienced sailors to jump in with more knowledgeable instructors; the boat is capable ...