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Lake Winnipesaukee Sailing Association was founded in 1988 as the Lake Winnipesaukee Yacht Racing Association, [4] and its main focus is on youth sailing education. The Sailing School is located on Smith Cove in Gilford, with classrooms in the Dave Adams Memorial Sailing Center, [5] named after a local sailor who started out sailing at LWSA, but died as a young adult.
American Sailing is the predominant standards bearer and codifier in the arena of recreational sailing education in the Americas and beyond. The organization was founded in 1983 by television producer Lenny Shabes, who felt there was no recognized educational system in place to learn the sport of sailing.
The five essentials of sailing describes the five key things that a dinghy sailor uses to sail the boat as efficiently as possible. The five essentials are: [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Boat balance - which side the sailor sits on and how far out to make sure the boat sails level.
The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies, and multihull (catamarans and trimarans). Olympic classes
The development of the sailing dinghy was helped in the early 20th century by Uffa Fox (1898–1972), an English boat designer and sailing enthusiast. He developed and contributed to many dinghy classes that are still with us nearly a century later: the Albacore, International 14, National 12, Jet 14, Firefly and Flying Fifteen.
The RS Quba is a suitable dinghy for introducing newcomers to the sport of sailing. The shallow cockpit is spacious but is also light enough to be handled by children. The RS Quba is quick to rig, easy to carry on the roof-rack and demands virtually no maintenance. [ 2 ]
The Cadet is a class of sailing dinghy designed to be sailed by two children up to the age of 17. It is a one-design class, originally designed by Jack Holt in 1947. Cadets are sailed worldwide in more than 40 countries.
The Access 2.3 is a single-crew cat rigged sailing keelboat, which is recognised by the International Sailing Federation as an international class. [1] It is typically regarded as being a beginner's dinghy. [2]