The Juniorvlet is a steel sailing and rowing boat. It is used by the

Sea Scout Sea Scouts are a part of the Scout movement, with a particular emphasis on boating and other water-based activities on the sea, rivers or lakes (canoeing, rafting, scuba, sailboarding). Sea Scouts can provide a chance to sail, cruise on boats, ...

s of

Scouting Nederland Scouting Nederland is the national Scouting, Scout organisation of the Netherlands with approximately 110,000 members (53,324 male and 54,663 female, 87,000 youth members, as of 2010. The official patron of Scouting Nederland is Queen Máxima of ...

in the Netherlands. It is a smaller version of the Lelievlet craft, special designed for ages 8 to 13 years. Like a Lelievlet it can be used for

Sculling Sculling is the use of oars to propel a boat by moving them through the water on both sides of the craft, or moving one oar over the stern. A long, narrow boat with sliding seats, rigged with two oars per rower may be referred to as a scull, it ...

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

and

sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cour ...

. There are around 40 juniorvlets in use.

Details and specifications

* Length: 4.00 m * Width: 1.62 m * Height: 4.00 m * Avg. Weight: 350 kg * Sail: 7.00 m²

External links

Juniorvletten, Lelievletten en Lelieschouwen Scouting Nederland
(Dutch) {{Sailing Dinghies and Skiffs Dinghies Scouting and Guiding in the Netherlands