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The Optimist is the slowest dinghy in the world according to the RYA Portsmouth Yardstick scheme, with a Portsmouth number of 1646. [10] Its equivalent rating in the US scheme is a D-PN of 123.6. [ 11 ]
The Redhouse Yacht Club (RYC), which is amongst the oldest yacht clubs in South Africa, [1] hosts large dinghy races, and operates a training program that has produced international champion sailors. [2] [3] The club is located in the village of Redhouse, Eastern Cape, South Africa within a fifteen-minute drive of Port Elizabeth.
Burgee of the Mossel Bay Yacht & Boat Club. View of the Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club and harbor. Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club (abb: MBYBC)/Mosselbaai Seiljag- en Bootklub (Afrikaans) was a yacht club in South Africa. [1] Established in 1956, it was located in the harbour city of Mossel Bay on the Garden Route in the Western Cape Province.
The Optimist World Championship is an annual World Championship sailing regatta in the Optimist class organised by the International Optimist Dinghy ... South Africa ...
Optimist class sailing competitions (12 P) Optimist class sailors (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Optimist (dinghy)" This category contains only the following page.
Optimist (dinghy) (2 C, 1 P) R. RS Aero (2 P) S. ... Dinghy; List of dinghy classes designed before 1960; Dinghy racing; Dinghy sailing; 0–9. 12 foot dinghy; 12 m2 ...
The Dabchick is a South African youth sailing dinghy that is raced two up or single-handed. A Bermuda rigged boat, it has a mainsail and jib. Its hull is very shallow and its skipper sits on its flat deck. This hard chined scow was designed by Jack Köper [1] in 1955. [2]
The GP14 is a wooden or fibreglass hulled double-handed fractional Bermuda rigged sailing dinghy designed by Jack Holt in 1949. The class is active in the UK, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and parts of the north-eastern USA. With over 14,000 built, the GP14 is popular for both racing and cruising.