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Optimist International is an international service club organization with almost 3,000 clubs and over 80,000 members in more than 20 countries. The international headquarters is located in St. Louis, Missouri , United States.
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.
Junior Optimist International (JOI) is an active youth service organization that was created in 1988 [1] and is affiliated with Optimist International, its sponsor. The current Junior Optimist International President is Sophie-Chanel Bourré from Ottawa, Ontario in Canada, with the 2020-2021 JOI theme being "Shooting for the stars of Optimism".
The Optimist World Championship is an annual World Championship sailing regatta in the Optimist class organised by the International Optimist Dinghy Association. Events [ edit ]
Gold Silver Bronze Ref. 1962 Great Britain A. Quiding (SWE) 1963 Sweden B. Baysen (SWE) 1964 Denmark Poul Andersen (DEN) 1965 Finland Ray Larsson (SWE) 1966 Miami
2014 Optimist Asian & Oceanian Championships: Al Jazair Public Beach, Bahrain: 2: 2015 Optimist Asian & Oceanian Championships: Doha, Qatar: 3: 2016 Optimist Asian & Oceanian Championships: Trincomalee, Sri Lanka: 4: 2017 Optimist Asian & Oceanian Championships: Hong Kong, Hong Kong: 5: 2018 Optimist Asian & Oceanian Championships: Ngwe Sang ...
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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 Sailing. The name refers to the ...