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The Optimist is a small, single-handed sailing dinghy intended for use by young people up to the age of 15. The Optimist is one of the two most popular sailing dinghies in the world, with over 150,000 boats officially registered with the class and many more built but never registered.
The Sabot is a sailing dinghy that is sailed and raced singlehandedly usually by young sailors in various parts of the world.. Sabots returning to the clubhouse after a race
The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, ... Optimist: 400,000: 1947: Clark Mills: Several [33 ... amateur construction from plans [77 ...
The El Toro is an American pram sailboat that was designed by Charles McGregor as a sail training dinghy and yacht tender, first built in 1939. It is now often sailed as a singlehanded one-design racer. [1] [2] [3] The boat is a development of McGregor's Sabot design, the plans for which were published in The Rudder magazine in 1939.
The boat has been used for team racing in both the ISAF Team Racing World Championship and the ISAF World Sailing Games however the class established its own team racing competition in 2015. Only the International 14 and Optimist (dinghy) class association hold a team racing based World Championships in addition to the two discipline led events.
The boat uses a cat rigged mainsail which must be made from dacron or nylon, and the mast can be made from a variety of materials, including wood, aluminum and carbon fiber. [4] The sabot is the traditional first boat for juniors from Long Beach, CA to San Diego, CA, with the Optimist being more popular in the rest of the country.
Clark Wilbur Mills (1915, Michigan - December 11, 2001, Clearwater Florida [1]) was an American designer and builder of boats.. He was best known as the designer of economical and practical boats such as the Optimist pram, Windmill, Com-Pac 16 and others.
The boat has a draft of 3.00 ft (0.91 m) with the daggerboard fully down. [1] For sailing the design is equipped with flotation bags. To ensure equal competition, the class rules require ballasting to a combined boat and crew weight of 214 lb (97 kg), using water-filled plastic jugs. A boom vang, Cunningham and mainsheet traveler are optional. [2]