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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 requirements for this dinghy were: an overall length of 12 feet, a beam of 4 feet 6 inches and; a single sail of 100 square feet. The hull was to be clinker, planked in spruce on bent timbers. [4] Cockshott's design became known worldwide as the 'International' 12 Foot Dinghy.
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The laser is cat rigged, with a single mainsail and is a simple, light and fast boat to sail. The Laser Standard is the original of the Laser family of dinghies , which also includes the Laser Radial and Laser 4.7, both of which use the same hull, but have smaller rigs.
The class is still sailed today, well over a hundred years later. The first International one-design class was the B.R.A. 12 foot dinghy which was designed by George Cockshott in 1914 for West Kirby marine lake. This design expanded to Holland, Netherlands, Germany, France, Ireland etc. and further afield.
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.
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The OK Dinghy was selected as the Open class single hander for the Asian Games 1998. In 2003 carbon fibre masts were introduced to the class. In 2005, there was a revival of the OK class with many older boats being restored and updated, new boats being built and participation in club races rising.