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Encyclopedia > Byte (dinghy)

The Byte is a cat rigged dinghy sailboat produced by PS2000. It is 12 ft (3.7 m) long, 4 ft 3 in (1.3 m) wide and roughly 100 lb (45 kg). The hull is composed of glass reinforced polyester and foam sandwich. The Byte is designed for sailors weighing 120 to 145 lb (54 to 66 kg) although most sailors weighing 90 to 160 lb (41 to 73 kg) should have no problems sailing this boat on a recreational basis. The Byte sail size is only 58 square feet (5.4 m²) making it the ideal boat for those sailors who enjoy the independence and simplicity of a cat rigged boat, such as the Laser, but who are not strong or heavy enough to control a large sail. A dinghy is either a small utility boat used to tend a larger boat, or a boat developed from these tenders but now used in its own right for form leisure sailing and/or rowing. ... Close-up of a polyester shirt SEM picture of a bend in a high surface area polyester fiber with a seven-lobed cross section Polyester is a category of polymers, or, more specifically condensation polymers, which contain the ester functional group in their main chain. ... Laser (US Air Force) A laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is a device which uses a quantum mechanical effect, stimulated emission, to generate a coherent beam of light from a lasing medium of controlled purity, size, and shape. ...


The hull is quite narrow which makes the boat less stable than the Laser and definitely only suitable for one person. The rigging is similar to that of the Laser except one noticeable difference. The traveler is just below the main sheet block and not at the stern of the boat (similar to a Finn or Europe dinghy). This eradicates the chance of the main sheet getting caught on the transom which is a common complaint of the Laser. The sail controls are also "split" and led to both side-decks, again somewhat like a Finn or Europe and allows for more technical adjusments. Traveler can refer to: a 1983 album named Traveler by Steve Roach a 2003 album named Traveler by Colin James a 2003 album named Traveler by Steve Hass a 2003 album named Traveler by Tim OBrien It is also a synonym for Traveller. ... For other meanings of the term, see Stern (disambiguation). ... The Europe is a one person dinghy. ... Transom (probably a corruption of Latin transtrum, a thwart, in a boat; equivalents are French traverse, croisillon, German Losholz) is the architectural term given to the horizontal lintel or beam which is framed across a window, dividing it into stages or heights. ... The Europe is a one person dinghy. ...


A new design known as the "CII", with a large skiff-style sail and carbon-fibre mast, has recently been developed. A skiff is a small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern, used mainly by fisherman. ...


Information on the Byte and other PS2000 products [1]


Other Types of Dinghy


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 | Contender | El Toro | Enterprise | Europe | Finn | Flying Dutchman | Flying Scot | GP14 | Heron | International Fourteen | Javelin | Jersey Skiff | Laser | Laser 4.7 | Laser Radial | Lightning | Mirror | Musto Skiff | National 12 | OK Dinghy | Optimist | Sabot | Sea Bright | Scow (A, C, E, MC, M16, 17) | Snipe (dinghy) | Sunfish | Solo | Sport 14 | Sport 16 | Streaker | Thistle | Topper | Topper Topaz | Wayfarer | Y flyer | Zoom 8 The 420 is a monohull planing dinghy with centerboard, bermuda rig and center 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. ... The term 49er may refer to: Someone who took part in the California Gold Rush, which began in 1849. ... The International 505 is a one design high-performance two person monohull planing centerboard dinghy. ... The Albacore is a 4. ... The Buccaneer 18 is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America. ... A Cadet is a small sailing dinghy. ... 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 (often called Laser Standard to avoid confusion with the laser variants) is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy. ... The Laser 4. ... 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. ... 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 by sailors young and old 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 Sunfish sailboat is popular for races. ... Streakers at Ripon Sailing Club A Streaker is a type of sailing dinghy designed in 1975 by Jack Holt. ... 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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These days, yacht racing and dinghy racing are common participant sports around the developed world, particularly where favourable wind conditions and access to reasonably sized bodies of water are available.
Dinghy races are conducted on sheltered water on smaller craft, usually designed for crews of between one and three people.
Dinghy designs vary from small, stable, and slow craft for novice sailors to lightweight, high-speed designs that are very difficult for even experienced crews to sail safely and effectively.
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