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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 12-foot (3.7 m) hull is a scow design. The craft has a stayed 18-foot (5.5 m) mast set as a Marconi rig with a single mainsail with a 75-square-foot (7.0 m 2 ) surface area. The cockpit is 15 ½" deep, exceptionally deep for this size of sailboat, and can accommodate an adult up to 6 feet in height.
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 125 was designed in 1969 by Simon Greig as a class that would sit between Jack Holt's 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) Mirror and the larger Mirror 16 at 4.9 m (16 ft). [2] As with the Mirrors, the 125 can be assembled from plywood using the " stitch and glue " method, and, as far as possible, the 125 uses Mirror parts in its design.
The boat has a draft of 3.50 ft (1.07 m) with the centerboard extended and 0.42 ft (0.13 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof rack. [ 1 ] The boat may be fitted with a small outboard motor of up to 4 hp (3 kW) for docking and maneuvering.
The boat has a draft of 1.50 ft (0.46 m) with the daggerboard extended and 0.33 ft (0.10 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof rack. The mast is a two-piece design to allow it to be disassembled for car-top transport. [1] [2]
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The origin of the 12 ft Skiff is dubious, but it is thought to have roots in the smaller skiffs sailed on Sydney Harbour in the late 1800s. The skiff became a class in its own right in 1926 when, at a meeting between Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club, Greenwich 12 ft Flying Squadron, The Spit 12 ft Skiff Sailing Club and Vaucluse Amateur 12 ft Sailing Skiff Club, the 12 ft Sailing Skiff ...