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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.
The Highlander sails with a main, jib and spinnaker. With over 1000 boats built, the Highlander has gained reputation for being stable and secure. There are currently 14 racing fleets of Highlanders located in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. [2] Douglass' Flying Scot is known as the little sister to the Highlander.
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 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting.Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork is necessary to sail it well.
For sailing the design is equipped with symmetrical spinnaker of 220 sq ft (20 m 2) and built-in flotation. [ 3 ] The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 83.0 and is normally raced with a crew of three sailors , although it has a capacity of six people.
The 505 is a large boat by dinghy standards, with a powerful sailplan, especially with the adoption in October 2001 of a larger spinnaker. [6] The 505 will plane upwind in wind speeds of around 10 knots or more.
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The 49er and 49er FX is a two-handed skiff-type high-performance sailing dinghy.The two crew work on different roles with the helm making many tactical decisions, as well as steering, and the crew doing most of the sail control.