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Encyclopedia > Albacore (dinghy)

The Albacore is a 4.5m (15 ft.) planing dinghy developed in 1954 from an Uffa Fox design. A Musto Skiff, planing on a fast reach A planing boats hull skims across the surface of the water rather than pushing through the water in the way a traditional displacement hull works. ... 2 GP14s, a Topper and a Graduate Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using (1) the sails and (2) underwater foils (centreboard and rudder). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Introduction Uffa Fox was an English boat designer and sailing enthusiast. ...

An Albacore dinghy planing

By 2005 over 8,000 Albacores have been built and the class is actively raced in England, United States and Canada. (See Dinghy racing for more information on these races.) Image File history File links An Albacore dinghy planing. ... Image File history File links An Albacore dinghy planing. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Dinghy racing is the competitive sport of sailing dinghies. ...


The Class has a bi anual world championship with the venue alternation between the 3 key countries where the class is sailed the 2005 chapionship is in Lyme Regis in Dorset Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ...


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Classes of sailing dinghies, scows and skiffs (worldwide list)

420 ("Four-twenty") | 470 ("Four-seventy") | 49er | 505 ("Five-oh-five") | Albacore | Buccaneer 18 | Byte | Cadet | Comet | Contender | El Toro | Enterprise | Europe | Finn | Flying Dutchman | Flying Scot | GP14 | Heron | International Fourteen | Javelin | Jersey Skiff | Laser | Laser 4.7 | Laser Pico| Laser Radial | Lightning | Manly Junior | Mirror | Musto Skiff | National 12 | OK Dinghy | Optimist | Sabot | Sea Bright | Scow (A, C, E, MC, M16, 17) | Snipe (dinghy) | Solo | Sport 14 | Sport 16 | Streaker | Sunfish | Thistle | Topper | Topper Topaz | Wayfarer | Y flyer | Zoom 8 The International 420 Class Dinghy is a monohull planing dinghy with centreboard, bermuda rig and centre sheeting, designed for a crew of two. ... The 470 is a monohull planing dinghy with centerboard, bermudan rig and center sheeting, designed for a crew of two. ... A 49er in a high-speed plane The 49er is a newer one-design class of small sailing dinghy. ... The International 505 is a one design high-performance two person monohull planing centerboard dinghy. ... The Buccaneer 18 is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America. ... The Byte is a cat rigged dinghy sailboat produced by PS2000. ... A Cadet is a small sailing dinghy. ... The Comet dinghy is a sixteen foot long, two person, one-design class, racing sloop. ... The Contender is a single-handed high performance sailing dinghy, designed by Ben Lexcen (Australia) in 1967 as a possible successor to the Finn dinghy for Olympic competition. ... The El Toro is a one-design class of sailing dinghy. ... The Enterprise type is a two-man hiking sailing dinghy with a distinctive blue sail and no spinnaker. ... The Europe is a one person dinghy. ... The Flying Dutchman is a high-performance class of racing dinghy. ... The Flying Scot is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America. ... GP14 from astern The GP14 is a 4. ... The Heron Dinghy is a dinghy designed by Jack Holt of the United Kingdom as the Yachting World Cartopper (YW Cartopper). ... The Javelin is a fast, 14 foot sailing dinghy. ... The Jersey Skiff is a beach launched boat first appearing around the end of the 1800s. ... The Laser Standard Rightening a capsized boat This article focuses on the Laser Standard dinghy. ... The Laser 4. ... The Laser Pico dinghy is a small sailboat designed by Jo Richards in the mid 1990s and used primarily for training and day sailing. ... The Laser (often called Laser Standard to avoid confusion with the laser variants) is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy. ... International Lightning Sailing Dinghy The Lightning is a sailing dinghy originally designed by Sparkman & Stephens in 1938. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A Mirror on Combs Reservoir in Derbyshire The Mirror is a highly successful pram dinghy, with more than 70,000 built. ... Introduction A Musto Skiff reaching at Lake Garda The Musto Skiff is a single-handed sailing skiff with a length of 4. ... The National 12 is a two person, two sail, twelve foot long sailing dinghy. ... A Brief History of the OK In 1957 Axel Dangaard Olsen of Seattle, U.S.A., asked the Danish yacht designer Knud Olsen to prepare drawings for a light and fast single-handed sailing dinghy based on conventional plywood construction. ... Introduction The Optimist, more commonly called the Opti, is a beginner dinghy with a daggerboard and single sail. ... The Sabot is a sailing dinghy that is sailed and raced singlehandedly usually by young sailors in various places around the world. ... The Sea Bright is a derivation of the Jersey Skiff. ... A scow, in the original sense, is a flat bottomed boat, often used to haul garbage or similar bulk freight; cf. ... The Snipe is a 15-1/2 foot, 2 person, one design racing dinghy with a rich history. ... Streakers at Ripon Sailing Club A Streaker is a type of sailing dinghy designed in 1975 by Jack Holt. ... The Sunfish sailboat is popular for races. ... The Thistle is a high performance racing dinghy, also used for day sailing, popular in the United States. ... Categories: Stub | Dinghies ... The Wayfarer is a wooden or fibreglass hulled bermudan rigged sailing dinghy, often used for short sailing trips as a day boat. The boat is 15 foot 10 inches (4. ...


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Albacore (dinghy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (130 words)
The Albacore is a 4.5m (15 ft) planing dinghy developed in 1954 from an Uffa Fox design.
By 2005 over 8,000 Albacores have been built and the class is actively raced in England, the United States and Canada.
The Class has a biannual world championship with the venue alternation between the three key countries where the class is sailed.
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