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2. GP14 - Wikipedia

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   The GP14 was designed by Jack Holt in 1949, with the assistance of the Dovey Yacht Club in Aberdyfi. [3] The idea behind the design was to build a General Purpose (GP) 14-foot dinghy which could be sailed or rowed, capable of also being powered effectively by a small outboard motor, able to be towed behind a small family car and able to be launched and recovered reasonably easily, and stable ...

3. Sunfish (sailboat) - Wikipedia

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   D-PN. 99.6. [ edit on Wikidata] The Sunfish is a personal-size, beach-launched sailing dinghy. It features a very flat, boardlike hull carrying an Oceanic lateen sail mounted to an un- stayed mast . Sunfish was developed by Alcort, Inc. and first appeared around 1952 as the "next generation" improvement on their original boat, the Sailfish.

4. Optimist (dinghy) - Wikipedia

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   Optimist (dinghy) 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. It is sailed in over 120 countries [ 1 ...

5. What is a jetty? What is a jon boat? - AOL

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   A 16-foot jon boat. This is the style of boat that 2 duck hunters were using when they took on water in North Myrtle Beach, SC on the evening of January 26, 2023. Photo from Lund Boats website.

6. List of motor yachts by length - Wikipedia

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   List of motor yachts by length. M/Y Azzam, seen here in Cadiz, Spain, during the summer of 2020, is the world's longest luxury yacht. This list of motor yachts by length, is a table of the world's longest active superyachts, with an overall length of at least 75 metres (246 ft) and up. These boats are also known as "megayachts", "gigayachts ...

7. 420 (dinghy) - Wikipedia

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   1087 [ 3] [ edit on Wikidata] The International 420 Dinghy is a sailing dinghy popular for racing and teaching. The hull is fiberglass with internal buoyancy tanks. The 420 has a bermuda rig, spinnaker and trapeze. It has a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, and is designed to plane easily. The 420 is an International class recognised by World ...

8. Hull speed - Wikipedia

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   Hull speed or displacement speed is the speed at which the wavelength of a vessel's bow wave is equal to the waterline length of the vessel. As boat speed increases from rest, the wavelength of the bow wave increases, and usually its crest-to-trough dimension (height) increases as well. When hull speed is exceeded, a vessel in displacement mode ...

9. Dragon (keelboat) - Wikipedia

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   Dragon (keelboat) Dragon racing in 2008. The Dragon is a one-design keelboat designed by Norwegian Johan Anker in 1929. In 1948 the Dragon became an Olympic Class, a status it retained until the Munich Olympics in 1972. The Dragon's long keel and elegant metre-boat lines remain unchanged, but today Dragons are constructed using the latest ...