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Sail Class Markings
The list of sail emblems consists of sail emblems and their class description. File:12 Metre insigna.png, 12 Metre File:Sharpie black.svg, 12m² Sharpie File:125 insignia.png, 125 File:145_insignia.png, 145 File:15 Metre.png, 15 Metre File:2.4mR black.svg, 2.4 Metre File:29er black.svg, 29er File:30m2 Skerry cruiser insigna.png, 30m² Skerry cruiser File:40m2 Skerry cruiser insigna.png, 40m² Skerry cruiser File:420 black.svg, 420 File:470 blue.svg, 470 File:49er black.svg, 49er File:49erFX.svg, 49er FX File:5.5 Metre insigna.png, 5.5 Metre File:International_5o5.svg, 5O5 File:6 Metre insigna.png, 6 Metre File:7 Metre insigna.png, 7 Metre File:8 Metre insigna.png, 8 Metre File:A-ScowLogo.png, A-Scow File:Albin Express emblem.svg, Albin Express File:Albin Vega logo.svg, Albin Vega File:Australian sharpie insignia.png, Australian Sharpie File:C-ScowLogo.png, C-Scow File:Cadet black.svg, Cadet File:Cherry_16_insignia.png, Cherry 16 File:Classemini logo.svg, Classe Mini Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sail Emblem
A sail emblem is a figure placed on the sail of sailing boats to mark the boat type. The figure helps to recognize boats from further distances. It's placed above the boat's sail number and the country's sail code. Also check * List of sail emblems The list of sail emblems consists of sail emblems and their class description. File:12 Metre insigna.png, 12 Metre File:Sharpie black.svg, 12m² Sharpie File:125 insignia.png, 125 File:145_insignia.png, 145 File:15 Metre.png, 15 Metre File:2.4m ... Sailing rigs and rigging {{Water-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albin Express
The Albin Express is a Swedish trailerable sailboat that was designed by Peter Norlin as a cruiser- racer and first built in 1978. The design was intended as a competitor to the J/24. Production The design was built by Albin Marine in Sweden between 1978 and 1985, with about 1,400 boats completed, but it is now out of production. Design The Albin Express is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars, a deck-stepped mast, wire standing rigging and a single set of swept spreaders. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and manoeuvring. The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a straight settee on the port s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E-Scow
The E Scow is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Arnold Meyer Sr as a one-design racer and first built in 1924.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 128-129. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Production The design was initially built by Johnson Boat Works in White Bear Lake, Minnesota United States, but that company closed in 1998 and production passed to Melges Performance Sailboats, who continue to build it. Design The E Scow is a recreational sailboat, originally built of wood and now predominantly of fiberglass sandwich construction, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with either wooden or aluminum spars and running backstays. The forestay is attached well aft of the boat's bow. The hull is a scow design, with a vertical transom, a spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and retractable dual centerboards (also called bilgeboards). It displaces . The boat has a draft of with a centerboard ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 technology to make the boat durable and easy to maintain. GRP construction was introduced in 1973 and the rigging has been regularly updated. The Dragon class is actively represented in over 26 countries on 5 continents. By 2004 there were 1,444 boats registered, and the number of boats built has averaged 45 per year. There are many more which are used for day sailing. The World Championships are held in every odd year and the European Championships are held annually. The Gold Cup, which can only be held in certain specified European countries, is unique in that all six races count without discard. It is held annually and often attracts over 100 entries, usua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division II (windsurf Board)
The 1988 Olympics, Olympic sailing report ISAF ' ps, کمک او همکاري ' , allies = Afghanistan , opponents = Taliban Al-Qaeda , commander1 = , commander1_label = Commander , commander2 = , commander2_label = , commander3 = , command ... saw the introduction of Lechner Division II boards. The Division II class used a 6.5 m sail and were round bottomed boards designed for upwind sailing in light to moderate winds. Although they were difficult to sail downwind and a technical board to sail upwind, they are still the fastest board upwind in up to of breeze. The contest for the Olympic board had been between the Davidson (a Swedish design) and the Lechner built in Austria. The final Olympic rig was available less than a year before the Olympics. Like in 1984, the supplied equipment was rotated daily (except for the rigs). References Olympic sailing classes Windsurfing equipment {{Windsurfing-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dart 18
The Dart 18 is a one-design long glassfibre sailing catamaran. It is designed to be sailed by two people and can achieve speeds of up to 20 knots. This is reflected in its Portsmouth Yardstick of 805 and D-PN of 76.3 History The Dart 18 was designed and built by Panthercraft, which was formed in 1969 The very first Dart 18, designed and built in Falmouth, Cornwall, is now owned by the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Up to the present, a number of improvements have been made, but the original concept was preserved through strict class rules. More than 8350 boats have been built up to 2016, which are sailed in more than 16 nations on 4 continents. Since 2012, Windsport International holds the worldwide licence to build the Dart 18. The boats are manufactured since 2005 at Collins Fibreglass Plastics in South Africa and in Europe. The World Championship results can be found here. Design The hulls of the Dart 18 are similar to most sailing catamarans, but without centreboard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyclone 13
The Capri Cyclone, also referred to as the Cyclone 13 or just the Cyclone, is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Frank V. Butler as a one-design racer and first built in 1970.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 22-23. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Production The design was built by the Capri Yachts division of Catalina Yachts in the United States. A total of 2,400 boats were completed, but it is now out of production. Design The Capri Cyclone is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass with foam flotation. It has a stayed catboat rig with a short forestay, aluminum spars, a flexible mast and a loose-footed mainsail with mid-boom sheeting and a full cockpit width mainsheet traveler. The hull design features a spooned raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung fiberglass rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable fiberglass daggerboard. There is a forward compartment for stowage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsair (dinghy)
The Corsair is a class of sixteen foot, three handed sailing dinghy. The boat was designed by Australian designer Alan Payne who is famous for designing Sir Frank Packer's America's Cup challenge yachts ''Gretel'' and ''Gretel II ''Gretel II'' (KA-3) is an International 12-metre class racing yacht built for the America's Cup challenge series in 1970. She was designed by Alan Payne and built by W.H. Barnett for Australian media tycoon Sir Frank Packer. Packer had fir ...''. The boat The boat is built in fiberglass, originally by De Havilland Marine (Sydney c1967), then Blue Water marine (until 2008) and most recently Corsair Dinghy Marine. It is a rather heavy boat, with minimum race weight being 136 kg and many boats frequently exceeding that. The sail area for the weight is small, leading to the boat acting similarly to a small keelboat in feel. The overhanded crew and no leaning-out devices add to this effect. This also makes the boat ideal for sail training as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contender (dinghy)
The International Contender is a single-handed high performance Dinghy sailing, sailing dinghy, designed by Bob Miller, latterly known as Ben Lexcen, (Australia) in 1967 as a possible successor to the Finn (dinghy), Finn dinghy for Olympic Games, Olympic competition. The Contender is recognised as an International Class by World Sailing, the governing body of sail boat racing, which administers the class rules. Background "Single-handed" means sailed by only one person. The boat has a Trapeze (sailing), trapeze which allows the sailor to use their weight more effectively. The design of the boat does not favour sailors within a narrow or extreme size or weight range, past champions have ranged from 60 kg to more than 90 kg. While physical fitness, agility and strength are advantageous, good technical sailing skills and experience can count for more. Sailors wishing to master the Contender must learn how to trapeze and steer the boat at the same time, and how to move abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classe Mini
Mini Transat 6.50 also known by a number of alternatives Mini, Class Mini, Transat 650 is a development measurement controlled offshore sailing primarily used for racing in the Mini Transat Race hence the name. Background History The Classe Mini conceiver around the Mini Transat race is run bi-annually and first took place in 1977. The race is a solo transatlantic yacht race. The class rules focus on this event and encourage development while controlling both costs and design and fitout safety requirements. The size of the boat allows for more experimentation in design without the costs of larger classses. Class Association The class association is an owner led organization that administers the rules and co-ordinates a series of single and double handed events for the class. In response to the perceived challenge of sailing small high-performance boats the class has created rigorous trials, equipment, and inspection requirements to add promote safety. The mini Transat class is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherry 16
The Cherry 16 is a light weight trailer sailer designed by Frank Pelin in the 1970s. The hull is assembled from plywood using the stitch and glue Stitch and glue is a simple boat building method which uses plywood panels temporarily stitched together, typically with wire or zip-ties, and glued together permanently with epoxy resin. This type of construction can eliminate much of the need f ... method and can be assembled by an amateur boat builder. Plans for the construction of the Cherry 16 are still commercially available from Pelin Plans (New Zealand). References External links Pelin Plans Trailer sailers {{ship-type-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadet (dinghy)
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 (dinghy designer), Jack Holt in 1947. Cadets are sailed worldwide in more than 40 countries. History In 1947, ''Yachting World'' organised a design competition for a beginners' sailing dinghy that the current Cadet-design won. Design The boat is crewed by two people and sails with a bermuda rigged mainsail, jib and spinnaker. The Cadet is the only recognised two persons youth-boat by World Sailing (formerly ISAF) as an International Competitive Youth Sailing Class since 1958. Over 10,000 Cadets have been built worldwide by registered licensed builders on four continents. The Cadet is sailed internationally throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. Originally made of wood, the majority of the international fleet is now constructed of fibreglass. The strongest fleets are currently situated in Ukraine, Poland, Belgium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
