The Sabot is a sailing dinghy that is sailed and raced singlehandedly usually by young sailors in various parts of the world. The boat is suitable for amateur production. Early models were usually made from plywood. More recent models have been made from

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. Variations on the design include the daggerboard-equipped El Toro from the Richmond Yacht Club in

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, the US Sabot, the " Naples Sabot" from Naples community of

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, as well as Australian varieties, such as the

Holdfast Trainer The Holdfast Trainer is a South Australian sailing dinghy designed in 1948 for junior sailors under the required age of 16. Based on the Sabot, the class features a hard-chine wooden or fiberglass hull with a flat (or "pram") bow and a daggerbo ...

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Australian National Sabot CouncilRYCT Off The Beach (OTB) SailingTasmanian Sabot Sailing Association
Dinghies Sail ships of Australia Sailboat type designs by Charles McGregor {{ship-type-stub

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