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The Optimist was designed in 1947 either by American Clark Mills or a Canadian sailor Gordon Reid a member of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and the Clearwater Optimist Club [3] at the request of the Clearwater Florida Optimist service club following a proposal by Major Clifford McKay to offer low-cost sailing for young people. The Optimist Club ...
The Optimist World Championship is an annual World Championship sailing regatta in the Optimist class organised by the International Optimist Dinghy Association. Events [ edit ]
The O'PEN Skiff is a single-handed training and racing sailboat.The hull is built of thermoformed, molded polyethylene, with a two-section mast and aluminum boom.It has a catboat rig, with a K.Film polyester, fully-battened mainsail; a raked stem, an open transom; a transom-hung, composite epoxy rudder, controlled by a tiller with an extension and a retractable, composite epoxy daggerboard.
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.
Pages in category "Optimist class sailing competitions" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. O.
In 2013, at the age of 14, Van Aanholt was the South American Optimist champion, [1] and she took second place in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. [3] Sailing World detailed her training in the Persico 69F in preparation for the 2021 Youth America's Cup in Auckland. [4] Van Aanholt also sails in the 49erFX, starting first with Marieke Jongens. [5]
An 11-year-old girl who was taken to a hospital in critical condition after attempting to save her 12-year-old classmate's life when he fell through the surface of an icy upstate New York lake has ...
The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, ... OK Dinghy: Optimist: 400,000: 1947: Clark Mills: Several [31] RS Feva ...